The Wieliczka Salt Mine rents out historic chambers 101 to 135 meters underground for conferences, trainings, company banquets and weddings, with halls that hold from 40 up to 700 people. A four-star hotel and two conference rooms stand on the surface a few steps from the entrance. The mine is in Wieliczka, Poland, and its event department says it hosts several hundred events a year.
Seminars and company events
The mine offers conference rooms with multimedia equipment for trainings and business conferences of up to 700 people, and company meetings and corporate banquets for several hundred. Government institutions, local authorities, universities, cultural institutions, associations and private companies are listed among its clients. The program of an event can be tailored, and the team can add attractions on request. The Warszawa Chamber is the main venue, but the Upper Lill Chamber suits conferences, symposia, business meetings and banquets.
Smaller groups can use the Drozdowice IV Chamber for up to 120, the Jan Haluszka I Chamber for up to 200 or the Drozdowice III Chamber for up to 150. On the surface, the Grand Sal Hotel has two conference rooms: room A for up to 40 and room B for up to 50, with multimedia equipment and a sound system.
Weddings and receptions
St Kinga's Chapel, 465 m2 and 101 meters underground, is offered for weddings of up to 400 people. St John's Chapel hosts intimate weddings of up to 40. The Gwarków Chamber takes up to 40 for parties modeled after old mining feasts. A dedicated wedding offer is available on the site, and a prom is cited as one more use of the Warszawa Chamber.
Rooms and capacities
Warszawa Chamber: 680 m2 (40 m by 17 m), ceiling 6.5 m, theatre or conference layout 700, cocktail 500, banquet 400 including the mezzanine. It has a 10 m by 2 m stage, built-in RGB lighting, an LED poster, a rostrum, wireless internet and mobile coverage, a drink bar, a cloakroom and toilets. A larger stage, sound, stage lighting, projector and interpretation booths are available on request.
Other chambers: Upper Lill 850 m2; Drozdowice III 312 m2 for 150; Jan Haluszka I up to 240 m2 for 200; St Kinga's 465 m2 for 400; Drozdowice IV 225 m2 for 120; Michałowice for 100 standing; St John's 153 m2 for 40; Gwarków 113 m2 for 40; Żabicki Mining Heritage Chamber 58 m2 for 40.
Accommodation
The Grand Sal Hotel is on the surface, a few steps from the mine; the site does not state its room count. Guests can also sleep underground in the Słowacki Chamber, 125 meters down, which takes up to 48 people.
Catering
Underground, the chambers have catering facilities and the mine's own cooks prepare meals from fresh products, from a coffee break to a ball for several hundred people. The Grand Sal Restaurant creates a menu for each surface event. Specialties include aged beef sirloin and fruit tinctures.
History and setting
The salt chambers are part of a mine that has operated for centuries and is a long-standing visitor attraction. Rulers and figures from culture, art and politics have been hosted there. The venue's events are separate from the tourist route.
Getting there
The mine is in Wieliczka. The event organization department is on +48 12 278 78 78 or at imprezy@kopalnia.pl, and the site has a map and access page and a catalogue to download.
