In the heart of the Austrian Alps next to Salzburg, the Hallein Salt Mine conceals a world that was fashioned for 2,000 years by the "white gold" that is salt.Kitted out with a coverall, climb ...

The Sheraton Grand Salzburg (00 43 662 889990; sheratonsalzburg.com) offers doubles from €140, room only. Visiting there. Berchtesgaden Salt Mine (00 49 8652 60020; salzbergwerk.de) is open year ...

Hallein and Hallstatt mines can both be visited and Salzburg Salz on Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse 3 in Salzburg sells practically every salt product imaginable, including salt lamps and salt deodorant.

Salzburg's salt mine attraction. Credit: Alamy. They had no gold, no silver, no major port and no crucial status on an unavoidable trade route.

The best were sent to the salt mines near Salzburg, Austria, ... In 1945 victorious U.S. troops found the art treasures in the Austrian salt mines and returned them to Munich.

Most people who associate salt with a city in Europe think of Salzburg. Salt and Krakow aren’t a usual mix, and yet, for hundreds of years, salt was king for the region. At one point, salt ...