The Salt Mine Slănic Prahova
The town is surrounded by picturesque landscapes and has many accommodation offers, treatment, divertissement, being the ideal place for spending a holiday. The balneoclimateric resort is situated on 400 m altitude, being surrounded by hills having forests and meadows. In the town you can visit the Salt Mountain and Unirea Salina, where there are sculpted in salt the busts of Burebista, Traian, Decebal, Eminescu and the Statue of Mihai Viteazul. The mine has 14 rooms.
40 meters upon the ceiling of Unirea Salina begins the floor of a smaller salina, Mihai mine, that is not accessible to the public.
On the underground there is a sanatorium for those who suffer of asthma and they are given medical assistance. One of the rooms from the underground has a historic Salt Museum, that is called by its founder, the sculptor Iustin Nastase “The Genesis Hall”.