Turda Salt Mine
Turda Salt Mine is a tourist attraction located underground, at a depth of about 120 m from the surface.
An interesting thing is that such a historically valuable mine has been modernized in less than 2 years, and this attracts about 600 thousand visitors a year.
This salt mine is the place where history and futuristic elements meet, all in a very healthy micro-climate. The mine offers visitors the opportunity to benefit from halo-therapeutic effects, more precisely through speleotherapy, for the relief of respiratory diseases such as asthma, bronchitis or allergies.
The mine also offers tourists the opportunity to ride a boat at a depth of 120 m or use the only Ferris wheel in Europe that is underground. However, before reaching the recreational area, tourists must cross a horizontal tunnel, which will lead them through several steps to a panoramic elevator that presents the Rudolf Mine in all its splendor. For those who are afraid of heights, there is the possibility of descending the old steps used since the middle of the 19th century.
Today, Turda Salt Mine represents the expression of salt exposure and its importance among society. (see etymology of words: salary, soldier). The salt has been exploited in this area since the pre-Roman and Roman period. However, the oldest hall to be visited today is the Maria Terezia mine, where mining began in 1690. All mining in Turda was done by hand until 1932, when the mine was completely closed for mining.
Even though the mine was closed, after 1932 the mine was used for other purposes: first as an anti-aircraft shelter during World War II, and then as a storage place for dairy products, until 1990. Starting with 1992, the mine is opened as a treatment base and tourist objective, and between 2008-2010 it will be modernized and brought to its current stage.
For more details you can access the link below:
An interesting thing is that such a historically valuable mine has been modernized in less than 2 years, and this attracts about 600 thousand visitors a year.
This salt mine is the place where history and futuristic elements meet, all in a very healthy micro-climate. The mine offers visitors the opportunity to benefit from halo-therapeutic effects, more precisely through speleotherapy, for the relief of respiratory diseases such as asthma, bronchitis or allergies.
The mine also offers tourists the opportunity to ride a boat at a depth of 120 m or use the only Ferris wheel in Europe that is underground. However, before reaching the recreational area, tourists must cross a horizontal tunnel, which will lead them through several steps to a panoramic elevator that presents the Rudolf Mine in all its splendor. For those who are afraid of heights, there is the possibility of descending the old steps used since the middle of the 19th century.
Today, Turda Salt Mine represents the expression of salt exposure and its importance among society. (see etymology of words: salary, soldier). The salt has been exploited in this area since the pre-Roman and Roman period. However, the oldest hall to be visited today is the Maria Terezia mine, where mining began in 1690. All mining in Turda was done by hand until 1932, when the mine was completely closed for mining.
Even though the mine was closed, after 1932 the mine was used for other purposes: first as an anti-aircraft shelter during World War II, and then as a storage place for dairy products, until 1990. Starting with 1992, the mine is opened as a treatment base and tourist objective, and between 2008-2010 it will be modernized and brought to its current stage.
For more details you can access the link below: