Turda Salt Mine is located in the city with the same name, on Aleea Durgăului 7 Street, but it can be reached through the old entrance as well, on Salinelor 54b Street.
Monday to Sunday from 9.00 to 16.00.
* opening hours may vary, they are just for guidance
Adults – 20 Lei
Children/Students – 10 lei
Retirees – 12 Lei
* visiting taxes may vary, they are just for guidance
Probably the most beautiful underground place in the world, The Turda Salt Mine is most definitely the most amazing salt mine you will get to see in a lifetime.
Although it was a long time a forgotten and dull tourist attraction, in 2010, after an extensive modernization and upgrading with PHARE 2005 program funding, and 6 billion Euro later, the salt mine has regained back its title as the most amazing underground place in the world. But the mighty salt mine has a very long history behind.
It was back in 1271 when the Turda salt mine exploitations was first officially attested, however it is highly probable that the systematic salt mining in the whereabouts have begun long time before, starting with the Roman occupation in Dacia.
Although it used to be the most important salt mine in Transylvania from its very beginnings, The Turda Salt Mine’s reputation started to fade when competition emerged, namely The Mureș Salt Mine.
During the interwar period, the its decline continued due to low productivity which let to its shutting down in 1932. The mine reopened solely as a tourist attraction for the general public 18 years later.
The excellent condition of the mining works and of the machinery used to transport the salt together with the careful reabilitation constructions have turned The Turda Salt Mine into a unique place on Earth due to its beauty and majesty, as well as the combination of the past and the present.
What’s to see at The Turda Salt Mine? You can start by visiting the horizontal Franz Josef Gallery, a salt-caved hallway where your journey down under starts. Then it’s off to the Echo room, also known as the Iosif Mine and then the Crivac room, where you will see the last original winch with a vertical axis where horses were used to transport the salt vertically.
It is said that the horses would go blind because of the sheer underground darkness and they were never taken out of the mine, so they would work till their very end.
And then of course, the most impressive of all, the Rudolf and Terezia Mines, the last being a bell-shaped mine, 112 m steep and 87 m long in diameter, that gives you the chills and thrills. Besides the natural splendor and the amusement park that always for you inside the mine, visiting The Turda Salt Mine is great for your health as well.
Do visit The Turda Salt Mine if you have this once in a lifetime opportunity!