Bochnia Salt Mine Unesco Tour

The Bochnia Salt Mine is the oldest Polish mine in which rock salt started to be exploited. It dates back to the year 1248. After nearly eight centuries of exploitation, the mine resembles an extraordinary underground city and delights visitors with unique workings, rock-hewn chapels, and original sculptures. Another attraction is a chance to see the old devices and machinery which was used in a salt excavation in the past. Tourists are offered access to the world's only Underground Multimedia Exhibition, which turns the underground tour in Bochnia into a time travel ranging from the Middle Ages to present day. Before this happens, however, visitors are offered a train ride 200m below ground. During the tour, the guide's tale is assisted by Polish kings, Genoese merchants and the spirit of Cysters – a monk. With the use of modern multimedia technology, the development of mining techniques throughout the ages is presented, as well as mining professions and underground elements, with which the working miners had to cope.