2023-06-25 08:01:05
06.25.2023 – 08:57h Updated 06.25.2023 – 08:57h
The route for the Salt Mountain Cultural Park offers a route to 86 meters deep inside its mountains. This natural area is located in the small municipality of Cardona (Barcelona). This mountain has a unique characteristic in the whole world: when there is rain, the mountain grows due to the erosion of the terrain.
This natural environment was for years one of the potassium salt mines Most important in the world. Today you can go to this tourist space with guided tours from Tuesday to Sunday, in addition to enjoying the rest of the activities offered by the town of Cardona.
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Characteristics of the Salt Mountain
The Salt Mountain is actually a diapiro, that is to say, a kind of mountain that is formed when, due to the erosion of the rain, a terrestrial layer of rocks pushes up, causing the terrain to rise. However, the mountain is just the tip of the iceberg. Inside of the mountain there are some spectacular galleries with sheets and veins of the deposit. At a depth of 86 meters you can find a wide variety of minerals.
The area also has a museum where you can visit the old salt mining facilities. It represents the history of the exploitation of salts, the geology, minerals and botany of this historic place.
A few meters away is the machine building of the ‘Albert’ mining well. There you can visit an audiovisual exhibition that pays Tribute to the miners who lost their lives working in that mine. In addition, there is a photographic exhibition and the old well machine designed and built by the French company Alstom.
To save a memory of this visit, you can go to the rosemary housewhere is currently the Salt Craft Center and La Botiguetaa store with a wide gastronomic assortment of typical products of the area.
Guided tours
it’s possible book by appointment a private guided tour for groups. filling in the following form you can request the reservation.
The Salt Mountain Cultural Park also offers a free audio guide service Available in Catalan, Spanish, English and French.
Family guided tours
If you are going to visit the Salt Mountain with family and children there is a dramatized visit focused on the little ones in the house. ‘Geotok’, which is the name of the proposal, allows children to learn the formation and history of the Salt Mountain in Cardona in a fun way. The Geotok proposal takes as its starting point the name of this diapir as the “eighth wonder of the world”. The characters of Ágata, Morgan, Onix and Jasper are miners who will have to complete a challenge, but a virtual assistant called 1000iU will try to stop them.
This type of dramatized visit can be carried out weekends and holidays. Prices are as follows:
Children from 2 to 4 years old: 4 euros Children from 5 to 11 years old: 8 euros Retired persons: 12 euros Adults: 14 euros
Shcedules and prices
The rest of the guided tours to the diapir of the Salt Mountain are available from mars to sunday. The prices for the entrance are the following:
Children from 2 to 4 years old: 3 euros Children from 5 to 11 years old: 6 euros Retired persons: 10 euros Adults: 12.50 euros
Standards and recommendations
At all times you must respect the limited capacity in order to preserve their status It is mandatory that all visitors wear a casco No entry to animals The temperature inside is 17 degrees Es It is advisable to be half an hour before from the beginning of the visit to receive the necessary instructions. access inside the galleries has unevenness Los disabled people will be able to make the visit in a vehicle prepared. Requires prior request
Things to do in Cardona
In addition to the Salt Mountain, Cardona has many other activities, such as a visit to the Cardona Castlethe visit to Historical Center of the Villabike routes, hiking or visiting the various museums of wine tourism and oil tourism.
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