La Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains
Come admire a former salt production site that represents a living heritage and can only be uncovered with the heart.
The Grande Saline in Salins-les-Bains is a place where a story is told. The story of men and women who over the course of 1200 years produced salt, a priceless resource that made Salins-les-Bains one of the most powerful towns in medieval Franche-Comté. The production shutdown in 1962 helped to preserve all the production tools needed to understand salt making in the Jura mountains. Today, there is a 165 meters long underground gallery designed in the image of a cathedral, a 19th century pump still in use and the last salt pan in France...
More than a visit, it's a true experience with enthusiastic guides about the history of a unique heritage in Europe, inscribed on the UNESCO list.
Rates
Adult : 8 € Child : 4 € to 4.5 € (free - 7 years)
Family pack (2 ad + 2 child from 7 to 18 years) : 21 €
Groups : 6.5 € / adult - 3.5 € to 4 € for school groups
Timetables
La Grande Saline is open all year round, except December 25, January 1 and January 4 to 10, 2021.
Our opening hours and guided tours are available on our website, practical information page
https://www.salinesdesalins.com/page-informations-pratiques,18.html
Groups of 20 people or more are welcome all year round, by reservation at least 6 weeks before the scheduled date and at the desired times outside of individual reception (as far as possible).
Please note, the underground gallery is accessible by a staircase of 46 steps. Underground temperature: 12 ° C.
Duration of the guided tour: 1 hour
Closing
- The Sunday 25 December 2022
- The Sunday 01 January 2023
- From Wednesday 04 January 2023to Sunday 22 January 2023
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Place
Bourgogne Franche-Comté
Longitude: 5.87657
