Visiting Wieliczka Salt Mine

Located in the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland not far away from Krako, this salt mine was once the town’s gold mine because it provided wealth for the owner an employment for the towns people. Today it was a museum. You go in by walking down the many stairs steps from the ground and you come back up in four stocked elevators (each holds 9 passengers). In the museum, you learn the process of salt mining and the properties of salt. Most impressive things are the lights and salt sculptures presented to you throughout the tour. We were told all of the sculptures were done by their own salt miners.