Give It a Try: Daily Salt Tasting in Hallstatt

Hallstatt is so much more than a small, tranquil town nestled at the foot of majestic mountains and on the shores of an enchanting lake. Hallstatt is also custom, tradition, and history. After all, the "white gold" – salt – has been mined here for thousands of years. 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 for an extended period, and for thousands of years, the Europe-wide trade in the "white goods" from Hallstatt flourished.