Wieliczka, located just outside Krakow, is famous for just one attraction which is the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Not many people choose to come to the salt mine in Wieliczka by their own or hired car, so knowing where to park in Wieliczka is not common. Many tourists wonder where to park in Wieliczka. How much does it cost to park in Wieliczka near the salt mine? Is it possible to park for free in Wieliczka? What are the prices of parking in Wieliczka?
Wieliczka Salt Mine car park
Wieliczka is a small town located just outside Krakow, whose biggest and only attraction is the Wieliczka Salt Mine located here, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Getting to Wieliczka by direct train from the Krakow train station costs only 7 PLN (EUR 1.65; USD 1.69; GBP 1.39) and is faster than driving, so not many people know where to park in Wieliczka
How much does parking in Wieliczka cost?
Wieliczka is a small town with a very small paid parking zone occupying a small town centre.
Parking in Wieliczka is very cheap provided you park in normal parking spaces and not in private commercial car parks. The pricelist of the paid parking zone in Wieliczka is 30 minutes for 1.50 złotych (0.35 EUR, 0.30 GBP, 0.36 USD), from 30 to 60 minutes for 3 zlotys (0.70 EUR, 0.60 GBP, 0.73 USD), the second and third hour for 3.5 zlotys (0.82 EUR, 0.70 GBP, 0.84 USD) each, and each subsequent hour costs 3 zlotys (0.70 EUR, 0.60 GBP, 0.73 USD).
Car park vending machines in Wieliczka accept Polish coins with a face value from 10 groszy to 5 zloty and do not give change. It is necessary to pay in cash in them. Parking in the Wieliczka paid parking zone is payable from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (only on working days ), so a whole day of parking costs only PLN 26.50 (EUR 6.24, GBP 5.26, USD 6.40).
We don’t need a whole day’s parking to visit the salt mine in Wieliczka, so parking in the paid parking zone in the centre of Wieliczka will only cost us a few zlotys. What is more, the paid parking zone in Wieliczka is very small.
There is a similar parking situation is in Oświęcim, where very close to the only attraction, the museum in the former Auschwitz camp, we can also park for free.
Where to park for free in Wieliczka?
On working days you can park for free in Wieliczka anywhere outside the paid parking zone in Wieliczka you can park for free in designated parking spaces. In the zone area, parking in Wieliczka is free on Saturdays and Sundays as well as on public holidays.
Paid parking spaces in Wieliczka car parks within the paid parking zone are marked by a sign with a white P on a blue tne with the signature “Płatny” (paid) as seen above. The sign ending the paid parking zone is a rectangular board with a grey parking sign symbol, a white letter P delineated by a grey background, crossed out on a slant in red. Parking spaces behind behind the sign ending the paid parking zone are absoulutely free.
Parking in Wieliczka near the Salt Mine
When going to Wieliczka by car, whether hired or on your own, there is no need to pay for parking at private commercial car parks in Wieliczka which are very expensive in Wieliczka near Salt Mines.
Just a few minutes’ walk from the main entrance to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, we can park either for just a few zlotys or completely free, and parking on public holidays and weekends in Wieliczka is free even within the small paid parking zone.
Despite free or very cheap parking in Wieliczka, the best way to get to Wieliczka is to take the 7 zloty train from the main railway station in Krakow. This way you will get there faster than any private transfer, your own car, Bolt or Uber.
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