Berchtesgaden Salt Mines (Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden)

We are leaving Salzburg, heading to Munich with a side trip to our first adventure of the day - going into a salt mine. It was beginning to rain so this was an ideal excursion - to be out of the rain. We donned miner's uniforms, dark one piece coveralls, and rode a miner's trains deep into the mountain.

The weather in the Alps is always unpredictable. So I was glad I had opted for the tour of the Salt mines at Berchtesgaden.

The tour of the mines was interesting. I was surprised at the extent of the mine about 4km by 4km under ground. The salt mine is still a serious commercial operation today.

The drive up to Obersalzburg was …

Another slow start after a womderful 3 course meal and drinks to end the day yesterday. Gerti is a great cook and we have enjoyed their wondeful hospitality.
After some reworking of the days plans we went with Michael, Gerti and Chris to the Berchtesgaden Salt Mines where we enjoyed an hour lomg underground tour. After pulling on our required …

We started our week in Berchtesgaden with a freeday. The weather was beautiful in the alps. The view was incredible and the hiking was magnificent. The second day we had class and did a tour of the salt mine. That salt mine was so interesting. We got dressed in miners clothing, took a sexy group photo, took a train into the mine and then got to go …

Mozart was born in Salzburg, but even though all of our kids have taken countless hours of piano lessons, they were more interested in Mozartkugeln, the chocolate candy balls filled with a pistachio than anything to do with the composer. In fact, we learned that 70% of the tourists come to Salzburg for the Sound of Music stuff, not Mozart. It's …

So today, on the recommendation of my father, I took a tour of the salt mines for which Salzburg is named.  Before I go on, I would like to compliment the tour operators at Panorama Tours.  They are excellent, well organized, informative and ...

... Nest was spared.  Dwight D. Eisenhower and Allied Forces used it and then turned it back over to Germany. After The Eagle's Nest, we headed to the salt mines.  You have to put on the jumpsuit the actual workers wear, so we looked like ...

... said you can safely drink directly from the lake because the water is so clean but we didn't try.  We also toured the salt mines and wore funky outfits (they make you wear them). There were cool slides and underground trains and salt lakes. It was ...

Berchtesgaden - salt mines tour - dressed up - little train took us underneath mountain Slipped down 80 foot slide, caught lift back up to museum & film Raft ride across underground grotto Slid down giant slide 130 feet to catch express train back ...

... views from the dining room.  What a great hotel!  The region is known for salt bearing rocks and salt mines, and they think that some of the minerals in these rocks have properties for health and energy.  Consequently, if you look at the ...

We took a day trip to the salt mines in ...

... day.  Out of 2 "objectives" for Berchtesgaden, saw neither.  We'll have to go back for the Eagle's Nest and Salt Mines.  We did walk downtown even in the rain, see our rainy day rig?  The castle has a cobblestone courtyard that ...

... the opportunity to enter.  It was beautiful.  Salzburg (as stated by the name) sprung up because of the salt mines.  The salt mining industry was very important in this part of Europe.  Sunday, unfortunately, was our free day.  ...

Took the bus to Berchtesgaden and did the tour of the salt mines. Dressed in miners outfits Rode trains, slid down wooden slides down deep into the mine. Very cool. After the tour we took the bus back into town and walked to the Fortress. Climbed up ...