Museum
Asphalt mines
Asphalt mines
- OrtPlace
Travers
- DauerRecommended Duration
- 1 h 30
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!
Continue your day with the Asphalt Story exhibition, which will show you how the deposit was created and moved to la Presta, or meet the animals in our biotope, the Miners' Garden, with your explorer's bag!
Opening hours
Opening hours
- From 1 Jul 2025 to 31 Aug 2025
- Monday - Sunday
- 10:30
- 12:00
- 14:00
- 16:00
- From 1 Sep 2025 to 1 Nov 2025
- Monday - Sunday
- 10:30
- 14:00
- From 2 Nov 2025 to 31 Mar 2026
- Thursday - Sunday
- 14:00
- From 1 Apr 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
- Monday - Sunday
- 10:30
- 14:00
Prices
Prices
- Prices per personAdults
- CHF 21.-
- Students
- CHF 17.50
- Children (up to 16 years old)
- CHF 15.-
- Families (2 adults + 2-3 children)
- CHF 60.-
- Prices for groups (min. 10 persons)Adults
- CHF 17.50
- Students
- CHF 14.50
- Children (up to 16 years old)
- CHF 11.-
- Mini group (max. 9 persons)
- CHF 160.-
Good to know
Good to know
- Access by public transport: La Presta - Mines d'asphalte SBB train station
- All tours are guided (French, German, also on request, English, Italian)
- 1 km on foot. Temperature: 8°C
- Groups all year, booking required
- Your ticket to the Asphalt Mines gives you free access to the Asphalt Story exhibition and the Miners' Garden.
On site
On site
- Accessibility
- Suitable for families
- Services
- Suitable for groups
Access & accessibility
Zugang
- Public transport
- Directions
- Accessibility
Links & PDFs
Links & PDFs
Contact
Contact
- Mines d'asphalte Site de la Presta 2105 Travers +41 32 864 90 64 [email protected] mines-asphalte.ch
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