Due to the current epidemic situation this tour is temporarily suspended.
This is a private, direct door-to-door tour with a driver’s waiting time and a return transfer. Our English speaking driver will take a very good care of you for all the time during the tour. When you reach the mine, a driver will stay with you until you meet your local guide. Visiting the Miners’ Route takes about 3 hours. After the tour our driver will follow your wish and take you back to your hotel or to any point within the Krakow Old Town. You will pay for the whole service after the tour.
The tour is an active expedition and requires increased physical effort. It was designed especially for the fans of exciting escapades. The Miner’s Route is located far from the traditional and busy Tourist Route – at the Regis shaft situated in the center of the town of Wieliczka. The route runs along underground excavations which have so far not been open to tourists.
As soon as you wear the miners’ working clothes and become armed with mining equipment you would stop feel like a regular tourist. The expedition starts from descending into the darkness by the oldest existing mine shaft in Wieliczka called the Regis. From that point you become some novice miner (Slepry) and learn the basics of this demanding profession. Each participant of the tour is attributed a mining profession and tasks by the guide (the Foreman), who takes full charge and care of the group and evaluates the execution of the tasks. You will get a chance of experiencing the daily routine of the miners’ underground life and work. The secrets of mining traditions and rituals will also be disclosed during the tour.
The Miners’ Route was created to answer the needs of the mine visitors – looking for an unconventional leisure activity and interested in spending some time in a unique places. The Miners’ Route tour allows direct access to a unique mining site with the medieval pits of the unique visual, geological, historical and technical value. The pits are one of Poland’s oldest historical monuments that have been operating continually since the 13th century. What is more, they are registered on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage list.
During the Miners’ Route Tour everything is authentic – the place, the people, the experience. By descending underground you enter the world where fantasy meets reality. This is the place which will drag you in and absorb all your senses.
