Museum of Salt
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Andrey Andreev Travel
Sofia, Bulgaria52 contributions
Jul 2020
Small but cozy museum where you can learn about the traditions in salt production from Lake Pomorie in the past. The exhibitions itself is small with paintings and photos of salt production in the 20th century, as well as vehicles and other objects. Next to the museum there are salt pans where salt is produced by ancient technology which you can visit.
Lectures are offered in Bulgarian and English and the Bulgarian one was quite interesting both for kids and adults.
Lectures are offered in Bulgarian and English and the Bulgarian one was quite interesting both for kids and adults.
Written August 11, 2020
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mitzov
Pomorie, Bulgaria75 contributions
Aug 2015 • Family
A lovely place to spent some time in Pomorie, the Museum is very close to Grand Hotel Pomorie, just 5 min. walk, at the place is shown the way of producing salt in ancient way from the sea water, and you can buy some real salt and souvenirs from the town of Pomorie, also you can watch a lot of lake birds at the salt lake there or to swim in to the salt water of the lake, like in Dead sea in Israel! I enjoy the place very much!
Written September 16, 2015
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GrandPomorie16
Pomorie, Bulgaria1 contribution
Aug 2014 • Friends
Small but quite interesting place. One can learn how the ancients produced salt. I think that Pomorie is one of the few places in the world where salt is produced using natural solar evaporation.
Written June 30, 2015
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Harvard2015
Singapore, Singapore7 contributions
Sep 2014 • Family
definetaly worth a visit. the romans used to trade salt here.you can also have a free mud bath which is located next to this museum. you would have to pay 150 euro for the same treatment in any health spa. Pomorie is famous for its healing - purities in the mud
Written March 3, 2015
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Flaips
Bertrange, Luxembourg203 contributions
Aug 2020 • Family
Clearly run by a local couple and in a beautiful scenic area, there is so much more that could be done to commercialise this place. However, I enjoyed the simplicity of it. The products sold are good, particularly the massage lye gel for arthritis etc
Written August 10, 2020
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Mikey N
Morecambe, UK14 contributions
Jul 2019 • Family
The museum consists of one room with a TV and a few things to look at.
It was only 3 levs to enter each so very cheap but you wouldn't pay any more anyway. They could make it a lot better by just having someone talking to you and showing you the production rather than making you watch a ten minute monotone video on the production of salt throughout Europe.
The mud baths are also here so I would have thought they'd make the most of that and maybe sell face masks and advertise the mud baths.
The mud baths are good as they're fee. You turn up, dig in to the mud in the water and cover yourself in it. Once it's dry you simply go across the path in to the sea and wash it off. Your skin feels great afterwards!
But the salt museum could definitely do a lot more to attract customers and they should take advantage of the mud baths
It was only 3 levs to enter each so very cheap but you wouldn't pay any more anyway. They could make it a lot better by just having someone talking to you and showing you the production rather than making you watch a ten minute monotone video on the production of salt throughout Europe.
The mud baths are also here so I would have thought they'd make the most of that and maybe sell face masks and advertise the mud baths.
The mud baths are good as they're fee. You turn up, dig in to the mud in the water and cover yourself in it. Once it's dry you simply go across the path in to the sea and wash it off. Your skin feels great afterwards!
But the salt museum could definitely do a lot more to attract customers and they should take advantage of the mud baths
Written July 28, 2019
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Victoria G
County Limerick, Ireland10 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
Please be aware that this museum is not an English speakers idea of a museum perhaps these types of establishments are common in Bulgaria but I do not know for certain. It costs 3 Leva (approx €1.50) to enter the museum which is quite reasonable . However, upon entering you will walk into a medium sized room with the equipment for salt extraction inside. Me and my boyfriend were shown a 13 minute long video in English about salt extraction in Europe. The “guide” did not speak English to us. But the signs around the room were in English so it was fine. There are goods that are available to purchase in the room such as salt, face masks using the salt, toothpaste etc. I do think that if you are staying in the Pomorie area that it is definitely worth a visit to the museum and the lake but in my opinion it was not entirely worth traveling from Sunny Beach to see the Salt Museum. 😊☀️
Written May 31, 2019
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Vali G
Romania38 contributions
Aug 2018
A room with different tools for salt extraction. Nothing interesting to remember.
After we paid 3 leva/ adult you receive 2 printed pages in english with details
my opinion is no go, waste of time
After we paid 3 leva/ adult you receive 2 printed pages in english with details
my opinion is no go, waste of time
Written August 27, 2018
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LucyCP
London, UK98 contributions
Aug 2017 • Family
Inaccessible unless by taxi. It's a shack on the side of the lake. A short video presentation on an old tv and then a wander around a few photos. It was peculiar and didn't do the industry history justice at all. Not really worth going to see unless you need to kill 15 mins and happy to take a taxi there!
Written August 29, 2017
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John W
Douglas, UK2,124 contributions
Sep 2016 • Friends
You park and walk past a mud bathing area. Couldn't tempt my lot. Locals seemed to enjoy. You see the salt flats and pans, and mounds of drying salt. The museum is small, interesting photos and models. Seems that after it was nationalised in communist times production fell. Now back in multiple private hands. Unfortunately the museum shop does not sell Black Sea salt. But mud facials and scrubs and the aforementioned snail extract soap, 2 leva £0.80, for the family member you live to wind up.
Written September 5, 2016
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Museum of Salt (Pomorie) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go
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