Turda Salt Mine 🇷🇴

Our last day in Romania was spent exploring Salina Turda, a salt mine that has been converted to an amusement park.  Millions of years ago a sea covered the entire region but after evaporating, the salt deposited into the earth.  The first mention of the salt mine dates back to 1075.  Dug into a conical chamber the mine is 367ft deep and contains enough salt that it could supply the entire world for 60 years.  There are 2 levels each 13 floors down into the earth, Jason and I both climbed them.  You can see the striations of salt and stone on the cut out walls and salt crystals and stalactites growing from the ceilings.  

We were a bit disappointed to find that despite the price of the admission ticket it did not include any of the activities available.  However, the kids quickly made friends despite the language barrier and had a wonderful time running around the playground and playing table tennis.