47.64° N · 13.02° E · Berchtesgaden
The Salzbergwerk in Berchtesgaden has been extracting salt since 1517. The guided visit dresses you in miner's overalls, takes you into the mountain on a mine train, sends you down the miners' slides and carries you across a salt lake by boat. It costs €26.50, €13.50 for ages 4 to 16, and a family of two adults and one child pays €59.
Part of BerchtesgadenAlps
Who offers it
Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.
Step by step
The mine is 1.4 km from Berchtesgaden station: about 30 minutes on foot or 5 on bus 840 and 250 m on foot.
Everyone puts on protective overalls, children too. Rucksacks and umbrellas go in the lockers.
Mine train, slides, the salt lake by boat and the history of salt. Free audio guide in your language.
The Salzbergwerk in Berchtesgaden is a salt mine that has worked without interruption since 1517, and is still active: it extracts salt by dissolving it in water and produces about 850,000 m³ of brine a year. Part of it can be visited. It works very well with children, and is a safe plan for a rainy day: inside the mountain it is always 12 °C.
It is a one-hour guided visit, in groups of up to 30 people, with about 800 m of walking.
There is a free audio guide in your language. Allow between an hour and a half and two hours in total, counting buying tickets, changing clothes and returning the overalls.
Closed on 1 January, Good Friday, Whit Monday, 1 November and 24, 25 and 31 December.
| Ticket | |
|---|---|
| Adult | €26.50 |
| Child aged 4 to 16 | €13.50 |
| Student aged 17 to 25 | €23.50 |
| Family (two adults and one child) | €59; each additional child, €8 |
| Ages 0 to 3 | Free |
There is a combined ticket with the old saltworks in Bad Reichenhall, online only and 20% cheaper: €33 adult, €17 child and €75 family. Buy the ticket on the mine's website and choose a time: in high season there are queues.
The mine is on Bergwerkstraße, 1.4 km from Berchtesgaden station: about 30 minutes on foot, or 5 minutes on bus 840 to the Salzbergwerk stop and 250 m on foot. It has its own car park; payment is by card or phone only.
Children have a great time with the train and the slides. Children under 3 go in free, but pushchairs and baby carriers cannot go down: the mine recommends carrying the baby in a sling. Dogs are not admitted either. The visit is not accessible: there are slides, stairs and changes of level; the mine has a page of advice for people with reduced mobility.
Warm clothes and sturdy, closed shoes. Rucksacks, umbrellas and hats may not enter the mine: leave them in the car or in the lockers.
To round off the day, the Dokumentation Obersalzberg is another indoor visit, and if the weather is fine, the Königssee boat runs all year.
Who it's for
What to bring
Map
What you have around the starting point.
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Tips
That way you avoid the ticket-office queue on holidays and weekends.
You cannot go down with it; nor with an umbrella or hat.
The joint ticket with the old saltworks, online only, works out 20% cheaper.
Questions
€26.50 for adults, €13.50 for ages 4 to 16 and €59 for a family of two adults and one child. Up to age 3, free.
Yes. Ages 0 to 3 do not pay, but you cannot go down with a pushchair or baby carrier: bring a sling.
From 9 November to 29 March, from 11:00 to 15:00 every day, except the closing holidays.
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