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Berchtesgaden Salt Mines (Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden)


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 11 attractions in Berchtesgaden
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Attraction type: Landmark/point of interest
Address: Bergwerkstrasse 83 Berchtesgaden, Bavaria
Germany
Tel: 08652/6-00-20

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4 Dec 2009

Kids will love donning the miners' clothing, riding on the train, going down slides, taking a boat ride across the salt lake, heading back up on the funicular, and hopping on the train again. There was a small crowd waiting for the mines to be open at 11:30am in the winter. We had a great time! more

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4 of 5 stars
Macclesfield, Cheshire
27 Oct 2008
3
people found this review helpful

From the moment you put on the miners clothes & board the train you fall under the spell of the Salt mines. The tour lasts about 90 min & takes you deep underground, via 2 slides, to the salt mines. The tour tales place in German with commentaries in English & other languages on request via sound boxes on the... more

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4 of 5 stars
des moines, Iowa
27 Feb 2008
1
person found this review helpful

If you are in the Salzburg area and it's raining.. Take the day and go on an underground tour of the Salt Mines at Bad Durrnberg. Oldest salt mine in the world, interesting day. more

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4 of 5 stars
Surrey, England
14 Nov 2005
44
people found this review helpful

We had a great trip to the salt mines at Berchtesgaden this summer (2005). It was extremely well organised, as one would expect in Germany! First one needs to don miners' clothing over one's own clothes - white baggy cotton trousers, a blue top, and a leather apron, worn back to front. Why? We'll see later. Next is the train... more

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Berchtesgaden Salt Mines (Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden) Address

Bergwerkstrasse 83, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
Tel: 08652/6-00-20