With its trendy cafes, dance music festivals and super-fast internet, Transylvania is no longer just a holiday destination for diehard Dracula fans. Sure its medieval castles are magical; its fairy tale villages steeped in history. But the world-famous region is now finding epic new ways to rocket into the 21st century – with one attraction in particular really starting to turn heads. Just outside of Cluj-Napoca – Romania’s second largest city and Transylvania’s unofficial capital – lies one of the oldest salt mines in the world, says news.com.au.
Dating back some 2000 years, Salina Turda was a hive of activity for centuries until it finally closed in 1932. Its vast caverns were then used as bomb shelters during World War II, and later for storing cheese.
But the enormous mine has now been given a mind-boggling makeover, transforming into a futuristic theme park more than 100 metres below ground.
Your first peek inside Salina Turda will take your breath away.
After descending down a series of narrow, cramped tunnels, you emerge onto a high platform overlooking the main cavern.
The size of the space is simply unbelievable, as you gaze from the ceiling down through the cascading neon lights to the whizzing amusement park more than 40 metres below.
If you’re brave enough, you can walk around the perimeter of the mine on a terrifying wooden gangway. Otherwise you can head straight to the panoramic, glass elevator that takes you down to the main floor.
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