Centro de Atención e Interpretación del Valle Salado de Añana

About the museum

The visit to the Valle Salado de Añana begins at this visitor and interpretation centre, housed in one of the former public salt warehouses. The building is shaped like an upturned boat and is known as “El Torco”.

Here guided tours are booked, audiovisual panels about the Valle Salado are shown, salts from around the world can be seen, related products are sold, and visitors learn what the work of the salt workers involves.

The Valle Salado is a complex of thousands of evaporation pans built by hand from stone, wood and clay, where salty spring water is distributed by gravity and salt is obtained by solar evaporation. Salt production has continued for more than 7,000 years, and in 2009 the Fundación Valle Salado was created to recover the complex.

Highlights

• Visitor centre in the former salt warehouse “El Torco”
• Starting point for guided tours of the Valle Salado
• Audiovisual panels and salts from around the world
• More than 7,000 years of salt production
• Adapted visits, salt-working workshops and salt tastings

Permanent exhibition

• Exposición sobre el Valle Salado y la sal – Audiovisual panels about the Valle Salado, salts from around the world and the work of the salt workers.

Operated by

Fundación Valle Salado de Añana

Admission & discounts

Prices for the “Valle Salado” guided tour (1 hour), booked and paid for online in advance. There are other experiences with their own prices, such as the salt tasting visit, the salt-working workshop, family workshops, adapted visits and combined tickets.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The website offers an “adapted visit” and an “inclusive adapted visit”; the access conditions of the centre are not detailed.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

There are family workshops and reduced rates for children.

Getting there & parking

The Turismo Euskadi listing mentions parking and a recreation area. Navigation address: Calle Real, 32, Añana (the visitor reception centre is also listed at Calle Real, 42).

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Shop selling Añana salt and related products.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Plan your visit