Salt mines

[http://www.donetsktour.com/index.php] Home page Your guide Excursion programs Photo album Video Impressions of our tourists Transport service Contacts Religious tours The Svyatogorsk Lavra The Nikolskiy Monastery Industrial tours Artyomovsk Winery Salt mines Donetsk city tours Attractions and sights Donetsk Donetsk region Soledar Salt production is one of the first industries in the Ancient Rus. There are tales and legends about salt. There were times when salt was valued as gold. The south-eastern part of Donbass occupies a special place among the salt-regions. Huge deposits of purest salt were formed on a place a splashing shallow bay of the ancient Perm Sea about 250 million years ago. Tourists from all over the world go to Soledar to see the famous salt mines. Salt mines are included to the list of UNESCO World Heritage. You have a unique opportunity to: Visit fascinating labyrinths of underground salt kingdom; See the magic salt sculptures, made by folk craftsmen; Run through a salt football pitch; Listen to symphonic music in a unique concert hall; Learn a lot about the miraculous properties of salt; Undergo a salt - therapy session. Tour begins with the brief safety instructions. Tour itinerary includes visiting waste mine galleries № 1-3, in the cell № 41 bus, located in the depth of Podbryantsevsky rock reservoir at the depth of 300 m. Walls, ceilings, floors, figures and trees are made of salt. Prints and casts of fish and birds inhabited the earth millions of years ago can still be found in large crystals of salt. Tours round Donetsk and the Donetsk region. phone: +38 (050) 936-91-26 E-mail:donetsktour@yandex.ru