# Tourist Route through the mine

What to do en Wieliczka Salt Mine · Wieliczka Salt Mine

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine/things-to-do/tourist-route · Revisado: 2026-11-11

- Desde: 121 € per person
- Duración: 2 h 30
- Para quién: All ages, without a pushchair

A 2 to 3 h guided visit through 3.5 km of salt chambers down to 135 m, including St Kinga's Chapel. From 121 zł.

What it is
The Tourist Route is the classic visit to the Wieliczka salt mine, the one almost everyone does. You walk about 3.5 kilometres of galleries and chambers between levels I and III, down to 135 metres underground, always with a guide and in groups of up to 40 people. You see salt lakes, tools and machines used to extract and move the salt, figures carved by the miners themselves and St Kinga's Chapel, the great salt church. At the end of the route is the underground exhibition of the Kraków Saltworks Museum, on level III.
The mine was worked from the thirteenth century until the end of the twentieth and was among the first places on the World Heritage list, in 1978. What you see is not a recreation: they are chambers opened by miners over centuries, with grey salt on show in walls, floors and ceilings.
What the route is like
You enter through the Daniłowicz shaft. First come about 380 steps down to level I, at 64 metres. From there the path is gentler, with stretches of stairs down to the lower levels; in total there are about 800 steps, almost all downhill. The return to the surface is by lift from level III.
Allow two to three hours, including the museum exhibition. Down below it is 17 to 18 °C all year, so in summer you will need a layer and in winter you can go down without your heavy coat. You do not need any special fitness, but the stairs add up if you have knee problems.
Opening hours and tickets
The Tourist Route runs from 9:00 to 17:00. Visits leave at set times, and those in languages other than Polish, including Spanish and English, follow the calendar you see when buying. The mine publishes prices from 121 zł per person for reduced, standard and family tickets; a ticket with a guide in another language costs more than the Polish one and the price changes with the season. See the exact price when choosing a time in the official shop. Children under 4 enter free.
Buy online on the mine's website: that way you choose language and time. At the entrance there are ticket machines and at the Daniłowicz shaft a ticket office, but they only sell what has not been sold online. It is summarised in timed tickets.
Luggage, pushchairs and accessibility
You can only go down with small bags, up to 20 × 20 × 35 cm. Large backpacks, suitcases and pushchairs stay in the cloakroom in the Górnik building, free during visiting hours, or in the automatic lockers, of which there are few. Pushchairs are allowed, but there is nowhere to leave them down below and the stairs make them impractical: carry the baby in a baby carrier. Smoking is not allowed inside, nor are e-cigarettes, and naked flames are forbidden.
How to get there
From Kraków, by commuter train from Kraków Główny to Wieliczka Rynek-Kopalnia station, a few minutes' walk from the Daniłowicz shaft, or on bus 304. By car it is about 10 km; the mine car parks are Tężnia and Daniłowicz, next to the entrance shaft.
With children
It works well from the moment they walk on their own: the lakes, the salt figures and the chapel catch their attention, and you can touch the wall. For those over 10 who want more, the Miners' Route is a different visit, with helmet and lamp, and repeats nothing from this one.
Halfway round there is a place to eat underground, at the Karczma Górnicza; on the surface, by the entrance, is the Bistro Posolone.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/visiting/tourist-route
- Coordenadas: 49.9833, 20.0546

## Cerca de aquí

- [Karczma Górnicza](https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine/where-to-eat/karczma-gornicza), a 18 m
- [St Kinga's Chapel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine/things-to-do/st-kinga-chapel), a 36 m
- [Bistro Posolone](https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine/where-to-eat/bistro-posolone), a 36 m
- [Hotel Grand Sal](https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine/where-to-stay/grand-sal), a 127 m
- [Saltworks Castle](https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine/things-to-do/saltworks-castle), a 247 m
- [Miners' Route](https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine/things-to-do/miners-route), a 499 m
- [Hotel Salis](https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine/where-to-stay/hotel-salis), a 661 m
- [Kraków, 10 km away](https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine/things-to-do/krakow), a 12.1 km

## Consejos

### Buy a time slot in your language with days to spare
Visits in Spanish are fewer than in English and sell out sooner in summer.

### Choose first or last slot
By mid-morning the groups arrive by coach from Kraków and the chapel fills up.

### Go down light
Leave your backpack in the car or at the cloakroom: only a small bag gets through down below.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How long does the Tourist Route last?
Two to three hours, with the museum exhibition at the end. It is about 3.5 km on foot.

### Do you have to climb the steps?
No. You go down about 380 at the start and about 800 in total; the way up is by lift.

### Does it include St Kinga's Chapel?
Yes, it is on the route. The Miners' Route, by contrast, does not pass through it.

Destino: [Wieliczka Salt Mine](https://www.geocalia.com/en/poland/wieliczka-salt-mine.md)