Try It Out: Daily Salt Tasting in Hallstatt

Hallstatt is so much more than a small, idyllic village nestled at the foot of majestic mountains and on the shores of an enchanting lake. Hallstatt is also heritage, tradition, and history all in one. For thousands of years, "white gold" – salt – has been mined here. The picturesque 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 longer periods, and for thousands of years the trade in this "white commodity" from Hallstatt flourished across Europe.