A salt mine in Romania is among the few  underground places in Europe presented with a collection of images on Google Street View.

Google recently introduced panoramic images from Romania’s Turda Salt Mine (Salina Turda) in its Street View application.

Tourists from Romania and abroad can now virtually visit the salt mine’s galleries, halls and mines. They can explore the Franz Josef Gallery, the impressive Rudolf mine and the lake in the Terezia mine.

The photos, taken this May, were processed using a special software for Street View panoramas.

The Turda Salt Mine represents the first collection of underground Street View images in Romania and one of the few of this kind in Europe.

This salt mine is one of the most popular  tourist objectives in Romania. It attracted over 470,000 tourists in 2014, and more than 14,000 during the May 1 mini-break this year, according to Mari Simona Baciu, director of the Turda Salt Mine.

Street View is a Google Maps application currently available in over 65 countries. The service was launched in Romania in 2010 and was expanded nationwide in 2012.

Several tourist objectives in Romania are available in Street View, such as  the Sighisoara Citadel, the Fortified Church in Biertan, the Village Museum in Bucharest, Bran Castle, and Corvinilor Castle.

Sibiu’s center was the most visited tourist attraction in Romania via Google Street View, followed by Bran Castle, Sighisoara Citadel, Peles Castle and Brasov’s center. The top ten is completed by the Village Museum in Bucharest, the Culture Palace and the Palace Square in Iasi, Corvinilor Castle, Cismigiu Park and the Romanian Athenaeum.

Bran Castle comes first in top 10 tourist destinations in Romania on Google Maps, followed by Peles and Corvinilor Castle, the Palace of the Parliament, Turda Salt Mine, Bigar Waterfall, Bears’ Cave, Mogosoaia Palace, Cheile Bicazului-Hasmas National Park, and the Muddy Volcanoes.

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Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

(photo source: salina turda on facebook; photo credit: Sebastian Cornea)