Give It a Try: 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 an enchanting lake. Hallstatt is also a place of customs, tradition, and history. For thousands of years, "white gold" – salt – has been extracted 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 for extended periods, and for thousands of years the European-wide trade in "white goods" from Hallstatt flourished.