SALZWELTEN HALLSTATT & SKYWALK

An Unforgettable Trip to the Oldest Salt Mine in the World
The wind gently brushes your face. Far below, the Hallstättersee sparkles. The houses along the shore are brightly lined up. You feel the vastness, squint into the sun, enjoy the warmth... and think about how you recently explored the tunnels deep within the mountain. You slid down wooden miner slides and walked in the footsteps of millennia-old history – in the Salzwelten Hallstatt, the oldest salt mine in the world!

Before you can explore the tunnels of the world's oldest salt mine, you first take the funicular steeply uphill. In just a few minutes, it takes you 360 meters up to the Hallstatt high valley. Did you know that people were mining salt here 7,000 years ago? This makes Hallstatt the oldest salt mine in the world! Evidence of this long-past era is the burial ground in the Hallstatt high valley. At several stations – such as the walk-in show grave – you can learn a lot about the prehistoric settlers and the world-famous place that gave an entire epoch its name.

Underground: Miner Slides, Bronze Age Cinema & Co.

After a short walk through the Hallstatt high valley, the Salzwelten Hallstatt greets you with a hearty "Glück Auf!" In the Knappenhaus, your exciting journey into the mountain begins: First, you walk into the mountain on foot, where you and a Salzwelten guide roam through the tunnels, slide down the miner slide, and learn exciting stories and facts about salt mining. There is also a record in the world's oldest salt mine: The oldest wooden staircase in Europe was found in the prehistoric Hallstatt tunnels – built 2,800 years ago! Today, the staircase is the star of the "Bronze Age Cinema" 400 meters underground. This is probably the deepest cinema in the world. A rapid ride on the mine train brings you back to daylight.

After exploring the depths of the mountain, another highlight awaits you – in the truest sense of the word: the Hallstatt Skywalk! A twelve-meter-long platform that juts out into nothing! Do you dare to go all the way to the tip? If you do, an unforgettable view awaits you, including an adrenaline kick – over the world-famous Hallstättersee, the UNESCO World Heritage site Hallstatt, and the surrounding mountain landscape!