Hotel Galicja Wieliczka

Dembowskiego 20 Wieliczka, Southern Poland, 32-020, Poland

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Salt Mines

A travel blog entry by binni

... of kilometers of hand pick axed tunnels, all entirely made of salt - all the colours of the salt rainbow - light grey, gray, white...apparently not the largest salt mine in Europe, (with Austria holding that title) but, according to the guide, "the most beautiful".

Probably the most impressive bit was a huge chapel, made entirely out of salt. Crucifix, ...

Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's Off to Work We Go

A travel blog entry by lindseyandpaul

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... more recently, by contemporary artists. The statues at first were carved into wood, and are still amazingly preserved due to the protection from the salt; however, due to a potential fire hazard, they began carving their statues and small cathedrals out of the salt itself. Statues of the Pope, different kings, and others can be seen throughout the tunnels and the workmanship is outstanding. And then you enter the ...

We go underground

A travel blog entry by d-ashworths

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We'll get some proper words onto this page as soon as we can but for a bit of an overview ........ salt mining started here during the middle ages and made Poland a very wealthy country. It seems to have been managed really well with the miners being well paid & looked after.
The mine goes down to a depth of more than 300 m & the tunnels & caverns extend for 300 kms. ...

A sombre experience

A travel blog entry by thebarretts

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... also had standing room only cells (which was smaller than a telephone booth), cells that had no natural light and starvation cells. The extent to which the people were treated here is so horrific that unless you visit it, is hard to comprehend by reading our blog or any other printed matter.

After Auschwitz I, we headed to Birkenau which is 20 times as big as the first camp. The conditions here were more brutal, if that's possible. There's a picture below of ...

Wieliczka Salt Mine

A travel blog entry by carpefeline

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... and were sitting on a bench having a nice chat when the rest of the group appeared.

The Wieliczka Salt Mine has been in operation for hundreds of years but due to a flooding on one of the lower levels in the 1990’s, its license to mine was revoked and now it is just one of Poland’s biggest tourist draws. It’s really quite worth a look too. The mine has 300 kilometers of ...

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