Hallstatt and Altausee Salt Mine

Hallstatt's Lake western shore in Austria's mountainous Salzkammergut region. Its 16th-century Alpine houses and alleyways are home to cafes and shops. Back then 2009 they only had less than 900 population.

The small village is nestled on the shores of the Lake Altaussee, beneath the Loser Plateau. Occupying an area of 92 km², Altaussee is home to 1,777 people.

Salt town refuse the halfway up the hill there is a hole, it has a history of nearly 900, is still in normal operation and be open to tourists "mining" in the world. After arriving at the cable car station can take the cable car to, visible to a restaurant, then climb up 15 minutes or so will see the salt pit, to put "clothes" miners, after the train again into the hole. After you get off, walk into a bizarre twists and turns, deep tunnel, due to the deep underground mine, so even from a slide to slide, very exciting. Mine, a movie theater the salt pit history and the process of mining, let visitors to deepen the understanding of the salt caverns; There is an underground salt lake, the level as a mirror, there are stalactites are extended near surface, exquisite beauty. In addition, visitors can also see the original salt mine workers'' dormitory "house of the salt miner" revealed in excavated, clothes and tools of the museum of mining rock salt.

Was discovered there in 2000 BC, the end of the necessities of human life, the salt mountain, in order to dig the salt mine, the celtics come here to live, for thousands of years, to cling to steep slopes and lakes in the limited space between generation, bit by bit, difficult to create the town today, also formed a unique effect,

The Hall of Hallstatt may have originated from the Gucci word for salt, which is named after the salt mines near the village, where the area has historically been enriched by salt. It is also called the "world's most beautiful town" or "world's oldest salt capital", the warm climate of Hallstatt, a lake town on steep slopes and precious emerald lakes, with fairytale homes everywhere. The 3000-meter-high peak and the clear bottom of the lake, which turned this place into a paradise on earth. Living in the courtyard of the lake, the window sees the lake, the autumn forest layers of the forest are all dyed, looking at the lake to smoke, as if to the wonderland on the earth.