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Turda Salt Mine: Underground Amusement Park
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Cluj-Napoca
Discover Turda Salt Mine’s underground amusement park, serene Rimetea village, and historic Alba Iulia fortress in a day from Cluj.
Discover Turda Salt Mine’s underground amusement park, serene Rimetea village, and historic Alba Iulia fortress in a day from Cluj.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Salina Turda - Descend into the depths of the earth, surrounded entirely by salt. Stroll through a man-made gallery, explore three mining chambers, and discover mining techniques along with local urban legends. Enjoy the opportunity to take a boat or Ferris wheel ride. The tour of the mine includes climbing and descending several stairs.
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- Salina Turda - Descend into the depths of the earth, surrounded entirely by salt. Stroll through a man-made gallery, explore three mining chambers, and discover mining techniques along with local urban legends. Enjoy the opportunity to take a boat or Ferris wheel ride. The tour of the mine includes climbing and descending several stairs.
- Rimetea - Explore the village of Rimetea, nestled in the Apuseni Mountains. Wander through the main square, learn about the history of the white-painted houses and nearby iron mines, and uncover mysterious symbols on the local gates.
- Cetatea Alba Iulia - Follow in the footsteps of the mighty Romans. Delve into medieval history and admire an 18th-century Vauban fortification. Discover why Alba Iulia holds a special place in the hearts of Romanians.
What's Included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Professional English-speaking guide
- TripAdvisor Experiences brokerage fee
- All transportation by private vehicle or minibus (includes gas, road tax, and parking fees)
- Optional: Entry tickets for the salt mine
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Professional English-speaking guide
- TripAdvisor Experiences brokerage fee
- All transportation by private vehicle or minibus (includes gas, road tax, and parking fees)
- Optional: Entry tickets for the salt mine
What's Not Included
- your meals and drinks
- your personal expenses
- tickets for the amusement park inside the salt mine
- your meals and drinks
- your personal expenses
- tickets for the amusement park inside the salt mine
Additional Information
Exploring a mine is not an uncommon experience. However, visiting a salt mine is a bit more unique, as not every country has one. But exploring a salt mine that features an underground amusement park is truly a rare adventure. Embrace your curiosity and excitement, and prepare to be amazed! The Turda salt mine offers just that experience.
To balance the…
Exploring a mine is not an uncommon experience. However, visiting a salt mine is a bit more unique, as not every country has one. But exploring a salt mine that features an underground amusement park is truly a rare adventure. Embrace your curiosity and excitement, and prepare to be amazed! The Turda salt mine offers just that experience.
To balance the day’s excitement, a visit to the village of Rimetea will captivate you with its serene mountain atmosphere, where life moves at a much gentler pace compared to bustling cities.
The final stop of the day is the Alba Iulia Vauban-style fortress, a remarkable site cherished by both Romanians and Hungarians.
- The duration of the tour is approximate, the exact duration will depend on traffic conditions and your personal interests.
- Please dress appropriately. The temperature inside the salt mine is 10-12° C (50-53° F) all year long
- In full season, because of big queues for the elevators inside the salt mine, the guide may impose taking the stairs (around 350 steps / one way)
- The order of the visits may change, according to the day of the week or season.
- Not recommended for travelers with acrophobia
- Not recommended for travelers with claustrophobia
- Not recommended for child aged 3 and under
Location
Piața Unirii
Meeting in front of KFC
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(11 Ratings)
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Theoneandonlycmc
Dec 15, 2019
Great Day Learning About the History of Romania - I greatly appreciated this tour from Geta. From the beginning of the tour she was friendly, helpful and full of useful facts. Being that she was from the local area helped immensely. We started off the day at the Turda Salt Mine - very interesting tour about the origins of the mine. I even got to row around the mini lake in one of the mines. Next we drove to and stopped at Rimitea Village. It was very insightful to learn about the blended history of this quaint town. We drove a bit further to have lunch at a B & B with an authentic Hungarian atmosphere. I especially enjoyed the good recommendations for food and local Transylvaninia beer. More driving took us to the final destination of Alba Iulia. What a wonderful place full of historic buildings, landmarks, and even an Orhtodox church. All in all, a wonderful experience with a great guide. I highly recommend this tour!
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Olgaj8202
Dec 5, 2019
Fascinating day in Carpathian Mountains - Day 2 (see my review on Day 1 - Cluj walking city tour)
As yesterday, Joseph picked us up from our hotel and we headed towards the Turda Salt Mines where we spent amazing 1,5 h.
The drive to Rimetea was a joyful journey with astonishing views on the Carpathian Mountains. We've learned about local village life and had a yummy traditional lunch at a local restaurant.
I loved visiting Alba Iulia - cultural heritage left by Romans.
I would recommend Get a Cluj Tour to anyone coming to Romania as a tourist or to anyone considering moving to Cluj.
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484ferranm
Dec 1, 2019
Turda and Alba Iulia - Joseph is a very good guide, very friendly and attentive and has a lot of knowledge of Romanian history. The tour is very well organized and he explains it very well and makes it very enjoyable. I definitely recommend it 100%!
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Marchje
Oct 16, 2019
Greatest tour! - We had an absolutely amazing day! Especially the Alba Lulia is so worth the visit! Exellent guide with enormous knowledge of the history of Transylvania and very well organised trip. We had all the time we wanted in each location and felt safe and well taken care of the whole day!. It has given us a much broader knowledge of Romania and the whole trips was worth every dollar spend. Only small thing you might want to be aware of (and that has nothing to do with the tour) is that what is advertised by the Salt Mine as an underground amusement park... is at best a recreational area with bit of table tennis, billiard and a very slow Ferris wheel. On the other hand we loved the scenery on all of the day and all the great information about places visited and history told by our most competent guide.
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Judith7850
Sep 28, 2019
First class tour - exceptional and highly recommended. - Took two tours one with Josef the other with a different tour company- no comparison between them josef’s was very professional and probably the best tour we’ve ever been on. He was so well organised, pointed out many things we would have missed, answered all our questions with attention to detail and let us dictate the pace. He set the bar high and we were disappointed with the second tour we had booked with a different company - nowhere near the same the quality. He took us to a traditional Romanian restaurant for lunch which was beautiful, knew where all the cleanest toilets were and gave us plenty of time to explore all the attractions. His knowledge and expertise exceeded expectations and we couldn’t recommend him highly enough!
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818analisea
Jul 26, 2019
Amazing experience - We had an amazing tour, it was very interesting and our tour guide Joseph was really gentle and updated about the history of all the things that we visited. Thanks a lot Joseph and keep it up.
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Emily5grace
Jul 23, 2019
INCREDIBLE day, FANTASTIC guide, highly recommend!! - Wow, where to begin with this review? First off, it was great to be able to hit three places I wanted to go around Cluj in one day, as I had a limited amount of time. I didn't feel rushed through any of stops, and felt like I had enough time to learn about and experience each place. We got to Turda early enough to beat the crowds, which was great, and its a very unique sight to see. Alba Iulia had so much history and you can see each layer of it which is really cool. Rimetea was beautiful and well preserved!
The best part of the tour, however, was my tour guide Joseph. He's insanely knowledgeable about Romania, and I must have asked a million questions and he had thoughtful, in-depth answers to every single one of them, whether they directly pertained to the sights we were seeing or not. He's great at explaining complex history, physics, politics and more in an interesting, intriguing way. I walked away from this tour feeling like my brain was filled to the brim, and everything I learned I've been able to take with me as I tour the rest of Romania to understand everything else I'm seeing better. He even gave me some good tips about what to see when in Brasov and Sibiu when I told him I was traveling there next and he gave me a little bit of history about those places as well.
I cannot recommend this tour enough! The highest quality and I was completely blown away by the day I had. Thank you so much Joseph!!
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832kieranm
Jul 18, 2019
Great tour - This was a really fun and interesting tour. My main interest heading out was the Alba Iulia fortress but I found the mine fascinating. The guide was great and made sure we stayed ahead of the crowds, he also provided a lot of information about the history and culture of Romania.
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428edgard
Mar 2, 2019
Informative and entertaining - The full-day tour with our guide Joseph I can recommend in every way. We were provided with a lot of information about the country, people and especially the historical background of Romania during the trip. A guidebook with such profound knowledge is already outstanding.
The three corner points of the tour were the salt mine in Turda, the small mountain village of Rimitea and the Turda Gorge. All explanations were in perfect English.
The tour may be high-priced by Romanian standards, but it is worth every penny.
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Andomatias
Feb 27, 2019
Amazing for everybody - Single or family - I love Romania , Turda salt mine its an amazing atration that i recomend for everybody.
Plenty inside atrations you must check
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