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Pankaj Kumar (15 months ago)
It was not big as Wieliczka, but good enough.There are not many attractions to see and most of the time we were walking and listening to guide's commentary in Polish. Guide was good and had good sense of humor. Train ride, underground-restaurant and sports facilities were highlights. Commuting from Bochnia was poor. Hardly any taxi at railway ? and was lucky to get one. During return no ? available, so you have to call a Taxi and they charge return fare. Walking is 1.8 kms away. Outside restaurant is good. Kids have playground. For non-Polish people, it is not recommended unless you book a English guide before coming.
It was not big as Wieliczka, but good enough.There are not many attractions to see and most of the time we were walking and listening to guide's commentary in Polish. Guide was good and had good sense of humor. Train ride, underground-restaurant and sports facilities were highlights. Commuting from Bochnia was poor. Hardly any taxi at railway ? and was lucky to get one. During return no ? available, so you have to call a Taxi and they charge return fare. Walking is 1.8 kms away. Outside restaurant is good. Kids have playground. For non-Polish people, it is not recommended unless you book a English guide before coming.
Rado Pavelko (15 months ago)
Very nice place. Great 3 hours tour. Good for kids from 4 year old.
Very nice place. Great 3 hours tour. Good for kids from 4 year old.
Ilya Skoryak (18 months ago)
Definetely recomend this salt mine for visiting! In tour are weaved multimedia installations, when founders of the salt mine (King Kazimierz, Italian merchants) are telling their stories from screen. During 4 hours trip we have passed all main attractions, and took the underground rook trip. There're underground concert halls, sleeping rooms, gyms. Very appealing trip!
Definetely recomend this salt mine for visiting! In tour are weaved multimedia installations, when founders of the salt mine (King Kazimierz, Italian merchants) are telling their stories from screen. During 4 hours trip we have passed all main attractions, and took the underground rook trip. There're underground concert halls, sleeping rooms, gyms. Very appealing trip!
Luna (19 months ago)
Interesting place to visit. The first hour was the most interesting, and the place has a cheesy way of presenting what they teach about the mine: With hilariously acted videos on screens and weird puppets. It was informative but also led to a lot of giggles from the group I was with. It was annoying that the first part of the trip after being led down into the mine was mostly a "walk to another screen or scene and see some actor pretend to be a famous king" but it was alright. There was a section where you're led up a bunch of stairs to be shown some very interesting markings and remnants of the work being done in the mines, and being a tall person I had no issues on the way up; Heading down from this part was another story. The stairs were not built with much clearance which required me to duck (understandable) but I wish there was a warning that I might need to watch out for smacking my head that way. After going down that part, you're led to a giant ramp with "stairs" (wooden slats stuck into the ground, not flat) that lead down into the Ważyn chamber, which is a really cool thing to see. On our tour, they advertized the fact you can pay to stay down in the chamber on some bunk beds, then we were led down a very, very long set of corridors for the boat ride, which was massively underwhelming. You walk forever to get to it, you wait a long time, and then it ends up being a 2 minute ride through a part of a cavern they explain they intentionally flood and keep having to fill, meaning the whole thing is just for tourism. After that, they brought the group back to the Ważyn chamber, where they give you 45 minutes to buy food from the Cafeteria and gifts at the Gift Shop. While it's nice to have a break, basically being forced to stay underground in the mine, after 2 hours of the tour, with "conveniently placed" food and drink feels like a really cheap business tactic. Overall it was very interesting, but I heard from someone else in my group that the Wieliczka Mine is more interesting overall. Probably won't visit again.
Interesting place to visit. The first hour was the most interesting, and the place has a cheesy way of presenting what they teach about the mine: With hilariously acted videos on screens and weird puppets. It was informative but also led to a lot of giggles from the group I was with. It was annoying that the first part of the trip after being led down into the mine was mostly a "walk to another screen or scene and see some actor pretend to be a famous king" but it was alright. There was a section where you're led up a bunch of stairs to be shown some very interesting markings and remnants of the work being done in the mines, and being a tall person I had no issues on the way up; Heading down from this part was another story. The stairs were not built with much clearance which required me to duck (understandable) but I wish there was a warning that I might need to watch out for smacking my head that way. After going down that part, you're led to a giant ramp with "stairs" (wooden slats stuck into the ground, not flat) that lead down into the Ważyn chamber, which is a really cool thing to see. On our tour, they advertized the fact you can pay to stay down in the chamber on some bunk beds, then we were led down a very, very long set of corridors for the boat ride, which was massively underwhelming. You walk forever to get to it, you wait a long time, and then it ends up being a 2 minute ride through a part of a cavern they explain they intentionally flood and keep having to fill, meaning the whole thing is just for tourism. After that, they brought the group back to the Ważyn chamber, where they give you 45 minutes to buy food from the Cafeteria and gifts at the Gift Shop. While it's nice to have a break, basically being forced to stay underground in the mine, after 2 hours of the tour, with "conveniently placed" food and drink feels like a really cheap business tactic. Overall it was very interesting, but I heard from someone else in my group that the Wieliczka Mine is more interesting overall. Probably won't visit again.
Yury Ramanousky (2 years ago)
I liked this muzeum a lot. It's not so popular as Wieliczka, but also very interesting. I enjoyed multimedialne parts and stories from the guide :) I suggest to buy tickets online in advance. It would be almost impossible to buy tickets directly before the visit due to amount of tourists. I also don't suggest to buy tickets with the underground lake trip. This is really small channel, about 2 meters width. The trip goes about 4 minutes in dark. So it's not very exciting:)
I liked this muzeum a lot. It's not so popular as Wieliczka, but also very interesting. I enjoyed multimedialne parts and stories from the guide :) I suggest to buy tickets online in advance. It would be almost impossible to buy tickets directly before the visit due to amount of tourists. I also don't suggest to buy tickets with the underground lake trip. This is really small channel, about 2 meters width. The trip goes about 4 minutes in dark. So it's not very exciting:)
