Museum

Asphalt mines

Place
- Travers
Ort
Recommended Duration
- 1 h 30 min
Dauer

A journey to the centre of the earth to see how the miners of yesteryear worked.

A maze of galleries that still echo to the hard labour of the miners and horses who toiled here to extract precious asphalt from the mountain. Don your helmet and keep hold of your torch as you plunge into the history of this mining operation. And then savour a local speciality: ham cooked in asphalt!

Opening hours

From 2 Nov 2019 to 31 Mar 2020
Monday - Friday
- 14:00 - 15:30
Saturday
- 14:00 - 15:30
- 17:30 - 19:00
Sunday
- 14:00 - 15:30

From 1 Apr 2020 to 30 Jun 2020
Monday - Friday
- 10:30 - 12:00
- 14:00 - 15:30
Saturday
- 10:30 - 12:00
- 14:00 - 15:30
- 17:30 - 19:00
Sunday
- 10:30 - 12:00
- 14:00 - 15:30

From 1 Jul 2020 to 31 Aug 2020
Monday - Sunday
- 10:30 - 12:00
- 12:00 - 13:30
- 14:00 - 15:30
- 16:00 - 17:30
- 17:30 - 19:00

From 1 Sep 2020 to 1 Nov 2020
Monday - Friday
- 10:30 - 12:00
- 14:00 - 15:30
Saturday
- 10:30 - 12:00
- 14:00 - 15:30
- 17:30 - 19:00
Sunday
- 10:30 - 12:00
- 14:00 - 15:30

Prices

Prices per person
Adults
- CHF 16.-
Students
- CHF 12.50
Children (up to 16 years old)
- CHF 10.-
Families (2 adults + 2-3 children)
- CHF 42.50
Prices for groups (min. 9 persons)
Adults
- CHF 13.50
Students
- CHF 10.50
Children (up to 16 years old)
- CHF 7.50
Mini group (max. 8 persons)
- CHF 120.-

Good to know

- All tours are guided (English, French, German, Italian)
- 1 km on foot. Temperature: 8°C
- Groups all year, booking required
- From 2 November to 31 March: Monday to Thursday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at 5.30 p.m., booking required before 11 a.m.