Try It Out: Daily Salt Tasting in Hallstatt

Hallstatt is so much more than a small, picturesque town nestled at the foot of mighty mountains and on the shores of a enchanting lake. Hallstatt is also tradition, custom, and history. For thousands of years, "white gold" – salt – has been mined here. The charming lakeside town is so famous that an entire era was named after it – the Hallstatt period. For millennia, salt was the only way to preserve food over long periods, and the trade with the "white goods" from Hallstatt flourished across Europe for thousands of years.