Poland may not be the first country that comes to mind when you are planning a family vacation to Europe. After all, Poland’s ...

The Wieliczka Salt Mine has a storied past that stretches to the Middle Ages. Known as Magnum Sal, or the Great Salt, it was once a vital economic resource for Poland. By the 13th century, the ...

The Wieliczka and Bochnia salt mines are located on the same geological rock salt deposit in southern Poland. Situated close to each other, they were worked in parallel and continuously from the 13th ...

This deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka-Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. Spread over nine levels, it has 300 km of galleries with works of art, altars, and statues sculpted in the salt, ...

The 22nd annual Misteria Paschalia early music festival kicked off in southern Poland over the weekend. One of Europe's ...

[Trans. AP] A surprisingly large number of the foreigners visiting Poland in the 17th century went to see the Wieliczka salt mine. In 1647, the French courtier Jean Le Laboureur claimed that Wieliczka ...

Also located within the Kraków metropolitan area is the legendary Wieliczka Salt Mine. It is an industrial venue, but one which dates back further than even the Industrial Revolution… Built in the ...

The "Wieliczka" Salt Mine lies southeast of Kraków ... art galleries and some of the best nightlife Poland has to offer. A few accommodation options can be found here as well.

Craving a beach? Not too far from Gdańsk, Sopot is the country’s top beach resort, bragging not only Europe’s longest pier, but also a 4km-long beach and protected sand dunes. In other words, this ...