Piran Salt Pans - Slovenia

The Sečovlje Salt Pans are one of the last salt pans in the Mediterranean, where salt is harvested manually with a method which is several hundred years’ old.

The first record of salt production is in 804 when there were several small salt pans owned by monasteries in Piran. Active since the 13th century, the Sečovlje Salt Pans now produce salt in order to preserve natural and culture heritage.

In these northernmost Mediterranean salt-pans, salt is still produced traditionally, with classical salt-pan methods and tools, which is the reason why salt has retained its very special taste. I find it very salty compared to NZ salt.

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