Give It a Try: Daily Salt Tasting in Hallstatt

Hallstatt is so much more than a small, tranquil village nestled at the foot of majestic mountains and on the shores of an enchanting lake. Hallstatt is also custom, tradition, and history. For thousands of years, the "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 thousands of years, salt was the only way to preserve food over longer periods, and so the trade with the "white goods" from Hallstatt flourished across Europe for millennia.