Come Schedules

Grande Saline of Salins-les-Bains

UNESCO World Heritage

Daily hours

9.30 a.m to 6 p.m

Hours of guided tours

Every 30 min from 10 a.m to 12 a.m and from 1.30 p.m to 5.30 p.m

Photo du souterrain de la Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains

Organize the tour

Opening hours

Opening hours

  • From November to March: 10am to 12pm ; 2pm to 5.30pm
  • From April to October: 9.30 am to 6pm
  • From July to August: 9.30 am to 7pm

The subterranean gallery is accessible only with a guide.

Guided tours

  • December / January / February / March / November
    10.30am ; 2.30pm ; 4pm
  • April / May / June / September / October
    10am ; 11am ; 12am ; 2.30pm ; 3.30pm ; 4.30pm
  • July / August
    10am ; 10.30am ; 11am ; 11.30am ; 12am ; 1.30pm ; 2pm ; 2.30pm ; 3pm ; 3.30pm ; 4pm ; 4.30pm ; 5pm ; 5.30pm

Prices

Prices

Guided tours (only way to see the underground gallery)

Full price

9€

Reduced with partners
(Juramusées, Cezam, CNAS, ticket of Taillanderie of Nans-Sous-Sainte-Anne or Fort Saint-André, card Visites Passion, CE Peugeot). On presentation of proof.

8€

Other reduced prices
(curist)

6€

Family Package
(minimum 2 adults + 2 children between 6 and 18 years old)

24€

Children from 13 to 18 years old, student, job-seeker, disabled person

5€

Children from 6 to 12 years old

4.50€

Child under 6 years old

free

Combined ticket Grande Saline + Saline royale
Adult

21€

Children from 16 to 18 years old, student, job-seeker, disabled person

18€

Children from 6 to 15

11.50€

Other reduced prices and information for groups in « Coming in Grande Saline ».

Access

Adress

Grande Saline of Salins-les-Bains
3 place des salines 39110 Salins-les-Bains

Nearby towns:

Besançon (45 km), Dole (41 km)

Nearby stations:

Mouchard (9 km), Dole (41 km)

Roads:

A36 exit Lausanne, A36 and A39 exit Poligny

1200 years
of salt production

Grande Saline of Salins-les-Bains is a high testimony of industrial salt production. As one of the most ancient factory in France, it combines technological development with exceptional longevity.
Its business model reflects exemplary management of natural resources.

Going into the wells reveals a 12th-century gallery preserving a 19th-century bucket wheel that is still functioning, pumping salt water on the underground before being sent in the evaporation’s room a symbol of working-class memory.

Vue aérienne de la Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains
Photo du souterrain de la Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains

Highlights
of the tour

Visite guidée à la Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains
Visite guidée à la Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains
Visite guidée à la Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains
Visite guidée à la Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains
Musée de la Grande Saline de Salins-les-Bains
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« Grès » well
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« Cicon » Corridor
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« Amont » well
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Evaporation’s building
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Museum