Wieliczka and more...

Wieliczka and more trip map Are you ready for making a fascinating pilgrimage into the past of a major industrial undertaking? Are you against coming back to the hotel after visiting Wieliczka? Why not to go further and see also the castle, wooden church… Do you like sightseeing? Take this trip!

So the first on the program is Wieliczka - the oldest working mine, opened for tourists in Europe. Underground lake in Wieliczka Salt was mined here since the 13th century. Almost 3000 chambers are connected by nearly 300 km of corridors. You can see a giant caverns, underground lakes, chapels with sculptures in the crystalline salt and rich ornamentation carved in the salt rock. Go into the largest and the most beautiful among underground chapels - Chapel of Saint Kinga. Here even the chandeliers are made of salt! After this trip you will have no doubts why Wieliczka is already thirty years on the UNESCO list.

Later our guide will take you to a magnificent castle in Nowy Wisnicz, which was a residence of the magnates. Wisnicz Castle The castle combines features of defensive and residential architecture with picturesque landscape. Looking carefully you will recognize combination of Gothic, Renaissance and baroque styles. See five defensive towers, arcaded courtyard, richly ornamented chambers. Would you like to go inside? The exhibition arranged in the interiors shows the history of the castle as well as the process of its reconstruction. Take a rest and we will go to a small, charming town - Lipnica Murowana. Here we invite you for nice walk around. You can see wooden houses with arcades and the XVth century church of St. Leonard made of larch wood. The church is pearl of Wooden Architecture Trail and is placed on UNESCO heritage list.

Duration: approximately 9 hours

Optionally:
Entrance fee to Wieliczka Salt Mine 20 € / pax (English tour with English guide)
Entrance fee to Nowy Wiśnicz Castle 2,5 € / pax

Price from 165 EUR - per trip, up to 3 people.