Wieliczka Salt Mine

 Wieliczka Salt Mine - Official Polish Historic Monument

The Wieliczka Salt Mine (Polish: Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka), in the town of Wieliczka, Southern Poland, lies within the Kraków Metropolitan Area.

From Neolithic Times, sodium chloride (table salt) was produced there from the upwelling brine. The Wieliczka Salt Mine, excavated from the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until 2007, as one of the world's oldest operating Salt Mines. Throughout its history, the Royal Salt Mine was operated by the Żupy Krakowskie (Kraków Salt Mines) Company.

Due to falling salt prices and mine flooding, commercial salt mining was discontinued in 1996.

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is now an Official Polish Historic Monument (Pomnik Historii) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its attractions include the shafts and labyrinthine passageways, displays of historic salt-mining technology, an underground lake, four chapels and numerous statues carved by miners out of the rock salt, and more recent sculptures by contemporary artists.

Alhambra - The Wonderful "Red Fortress"

 The beautiful Alhambra Palace is located in Granada, Spain, on the hill of La Sabica on the southeast side of the City. It was built in the 14th century and is the best preserved Arab Palace. 

Its full name is "Qal'at-al-Hambra" which means "The Red Fortress" because of the shade of the Towers and Walls that surround the Whole Hill. 

Today the Alhambra is the most visited Tourist Attraction in Spain and not unjustly since the whole image of the palaces seems to have come out of a fairy tale.

Mud Festival in South Korea

       Boryeong Mud Festival

With a Festival to Celebrate just about everything from Fireflies and Ice Fishing to Bullfighting and Bodypainting, there’s no shortage of Mass Festivities occurring at any given time in South Korea. 

But perhaps no other event rivals the country’s Boryeong Mud Festival in terms of international Attendance, Government spending and Good Clean (or should we say Dirty) Fun. 

Get ready to get Muddy, as Culture Trip fills you in on how to make the most of your Trip to the Country’s Muddiest Celebration.

Huacachina

 Only 5 km from Ica lies the desert oasis of Huacachina. It is a small lake with medicinal water, lying in the middle of a spectacular sand desert which make You think you are in the Sahara.