WIELICZKA SALT MINE - KRAKAW POLAND

THE WIELICZKA SALT MINES

KRAKAW POLAND

The Wieliczka Salt Mines are a short train ride from Karkaw on  local train that was easy to locate and arrange tickets.By suburban train board at the Krakow Główny station and get off at the Wieliczka Rynek Kopalnia station. By bus, tale  line 304 and  board the at the Dworzec Główny Zachód stop near Galeria Krakowska.

WARNING

The tour takes about four hours plus and you are underground. If you do not like confided spaces be careul. After four hours I wanted to get out.but you had to staywith your group and there was no easy way out. 

The  mines reach a depth of 327 metersand there are over 287 kilometers of tunnels. The mines date back to the 14th century and you cover about 3.5 kilometers (many steps and tunnels)  and less than 2% of the mines passages.Take care as there are many passages that are opene and not lit. You will find  exhibits on the history of salt mining,a lake  and staues careved from salt.

INTERESTING, BUT ONCE WAS ENOUGH

Auschwitz-Birkenau-Poland

The Horrors of Auschwitz and Birkenau

Both places are now museums and visited by many people who cannot perceive of the horrors and atrocities that took place in both places during WW2. Both provide stark reminders of what people can do and what people have been put through. The best place to visit is from Krakow where there is a regular and convenient train service. There is a bus service between Auschwitz and Birkenau but it is a short walk of about 2 kilometres. Words do not tell the story but visiting does.

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