Mining Museum โ€” Montecatini Val di Cecina

OPENING HOURS / GUIDED TOUR

UNTIL 24 APRIL
Saturday and Sunday
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00 โ€” 17.00

EASTER, EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 25th
Sunday 17, Monday 18 and Monday 25 April
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00 โ€” 17.00

FROM APRIL 25th TO MAY 31
From Thursday to Sunday
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00 โ€” 17.00

FROM JUNE 1 TO AUGUST 31
From Thursday to Sunday and Monday 15 August
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 16.00 โ€” 18.00

FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30
From Thursday to Sunday
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00 โ€” 17.00

FROM OCTOBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 30
Sunday and November 1st
Guided tours start at:
10.00 โ€” 12.00 โ€” 15.00 โ€” 16.30

The visit itinerary

Museo delle miniere

Starting from the firยญst extracยญtion well of the 30s of the nineยญteenth cenยญtuยญry, we will go up to its symยญbol tower, the Alfredo well with its 320 meters depth and its extracยญtion system with tubs still intact. Then pasยญsing throuยญgh the old carยญpenยญtry, you will return to the main entranยญce of the mine, wheยญre the daiยญly life of the miners will be told.

Museo delle Miiere

The mine was diviยญded into ten levels and various tunยญnels branยญched off on each level. If all the lengยญths of the tunยญnels are added togeยญther, 35 km are reaยญched. We will enter the fasciยญnaยญting underยญground world and we will be able to exploยญre a part of the main galยญleยญry also knoยญwn as โ€œbelยญly of the whaยญleโ€.

Museo delle Miniere

After having visiยญted the forยญmer offiยญces of the Management and the laboยญraยญtoยญry for cheยญmiยญcal anaยญlyยญsis, the visit will end outยญdoors in the preยญmiยญses of the forยญmer wash-houses.

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Duration of the guiยญded tour about 1 hour and a quarยญter. The rouยญte does not preยญsent parยญtiยญcuยญlar difยญfiยญculยญties. Suitable for all adulยญts and chilยญdren at leaยญst 4 years old. Must There are stairs along the way. Small dogs can enter but during the rouยญte in the galยญleยญry must be held in the arms.

Whatโ€™s New

As of April 1, 2022, with the entry into forยญce of Decree-Law No. 24 of March 24, 2022, the posยญsesยญsion of an enhanยญced green pass, or basic green pass, is no lonยญger requiยญred for access. The requiยญreยญment to use surยญgiยญcal masks remains.

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  • Must see, highly recomยญmend! A uniยญque expeยญrienยญce. Excursion suiยญtaยญble for adulยญts and children.

  • I recomยญmend you to go and see the museum and the mine, two hours in the comยญpaยญny of the guiยญde Andrea explains very well.

  • Beautiful expeยญrienยญce. The mine is a glimpยญse of the past that is realยญly worth seeing. The staff are very friendยญly and show a great pasยญsion for what they do. External visit but aboยญve all visit also insiยญde the mine excaยญvaยญtions. Very nice.

  • We spent a very inteยญreยญsting day, the guiยญde was very very preยญpaยญred and explaiยญned eveยญryยญthing to us. We will be back next year.

  • A jourยญney throuยญgh time to discoยญver hard work accomยญpaยญnied by a traiยญned and engaยญging guiยญde. Highly recomยญmenยญded for adulยญts and children.

  • Beautiful plaยญce and wonยญderยญful landscape.

  • Here we underยญstand that human ingeยญnuiยญty has no limiยญts if it wanยญts to. The guiยญde is very preยญpaยญred. Certainly inteยญreยญsting for chilยญdren too.

  • Definitely a plaยญce to visit. Rich in histoยญry and well explaiยญned by knoยญwยญledยญgeaยญble staff.

  • Very inteยญreยญsting plaยญce and preยญpaยญred and engaยญging guiยญde. Willing to move a booยญking to the last.

  • A sugยญgeยญstiยญve plaยญce nestled in the hills of the upper Cecina valยญley. The galยญleยญries and the district are well preยญserยญved and mainยญtaiยญned. Perfect for chilยญdren and families.

  • Beautiful visit for adulยญts and chilยญdren. It lasts about an hour mostly outยญdoors and for a short distanยญce in the tunยญnel. Our guiยญde Mariangela was comยญpeยญtent on the mine and on the terยญriยญtoยญry and also very nice. Recommended.

  • Beautiful. Very good guide.

  • Sunday morยญning spent in excelยญlent comยญpaยญny immerยญsed in histoยญry betยญween the earยญly nineยญteenth and earยญly twenยญtieth cenยญtuยญries: preยญpaยญred guiยญde, you would stay hours listeยญning to her. Sublime landยญscaยญpe, to go back absolutely.