Mines

Over centuries a suppressing constriction and an extensive darkness have been the main characteristics of the daily working life of the South Tyrolean miners. They had to spend day by day deep down in the galleries to dig for copper, silver and other valuable metals. Only the flickering light inside the mines gave the dark atmosphere a feeling of daylight. A different way to spend your holidays in South Tyrol:
Nowadays, after the close-down of the last existing mines interested visitors are moving about where in the past the miners used to work really hard. Equipped with helmets and headlamps professional guides take them on tours through the narrow corridors of the disused mines.
The South Tyrolean mining museum offers fascinating insides into the world of the miners; you can visit 5 different structures: the miner’s world Ridanna Monteneve, the mining museum Granaio in Cadipietra, the experimental-mine Monteneve and the climate-mine of Predoi as well as the show-museum of Predoi.
Make sure not to miss the silver mine of Villandro which is located at the Pfunderer Mountain – this region used to be one of the most important mining regions of Tyrol.