Friday, 1 January 2010

Travel Guide - Hallstatt, Austria - SALZWELTEN

SALZWELTEN - Hallstatt Salt Mine Tour

Hallstatt Salt Mine Prices – combination ticket at rate of approx. Euro24/adult, including return rides on the Salzberg funicular railway and admission to the Salt Mine. The Salt Mine and Salzberg funicular railway both are open from end of April to end of Octobor only.

Take Salzbergbahn funicular railway up to the Mount. Plassen.

Walk up to the valley and pass-by open gravesite and Mirror pillars on the pathway to Miners' hostel

Enter into Miners' hostel - where the tour of Hallstatt salt mine begins

Visit Exhibition in the miners’ house to experience of the work and life of the miners’ in the 19th century before enter into mine

Walk into the depth of the mine and take the First miners' slide

View a slideshow about Time spiral : how it all began and Geology - how salt got into the mountain in the first

Take another 64meters mega slide with speed gun and photo shot

Reach Hornerwerk cavern (the subterrancean salt lake) where you can View information film about salt mining and storytelling about "Man in Salt" (Man in Salt was found in 1734.)

Ride back out on the mine train

Walk pass Vantage-point bridge and take Panorama lift before taking funicular back to the ground

Useful link:

The official website of SALZWELTEN - http://www.salzwelten.at/




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