Visit
Mine descent
16th-c. Saint-Jean Engelsbourg
Attraction · Silver mine
Parc Minier Tellure
The Val d'Argent's flagship mining attraction — a modern museum above a guided descent into a 16th-century silver mine, with via ferrata, caving and an escape game.
Also
Adventure
Via ferrata, caving, escape game
Season
≈ Mar–Nov
Closed Mondays outside summer
Price
€€
Guided tours
The attraction
Parc Minier Tellure is the signature must-see of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, pairing a modern mining museum with a guided descent into the 16th-century Saint-Jean Engelsbourg silver mine, plus adventure add-ons — via ferrata, caving and an escape game (source: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines-research.md).
It is one of the two anchors of any visit to the Val d'Argent — the other being the more austere, scientist-led ASEPAM mines. A seasonal Bar Le Tellure with a terrace and conservatory serves the site, which sits several km uphill from town — a car is the practical way up (source: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines-research.md).
On the visit
- The mine descent
- Mining museum
- Via ferrata & caving
- Escape game
Our notesThe Val d'Argent must-see
The polished museum-and-adventure anchor of a Val d'Argent visit, built over a real 16th-century silver mine. Pair it with the authentic ASEPAM tours for the full mining story.
Open roughly March–November; closed Mondays off-season.