Opening: Every day, without exception, from April the first till November the eleventh.

Schedules: in June: 9h00 / 18h30 - July and August: 10 hours 00 / 19h30 - the Other periods: 9h00 / 12h30 and 14h00 / 17h30.

Attention! Departure of the last visits one hour and a half before. The Visit: Lasts: 1h20-20 minutes of video, 1 hour of walk in galleries.

Even if it is in progress, rails do not allow baby carriages. You will not get out dirty of the visit . Port of an helmet is compulsory because necessary. It is also rather better to wear comfortable shoes. Temperature: 13 to 15 °. An area of picnic: You will appreciate, on the area of picnic reserved to the guests, the shade of the pines formerly there for the needs of the mining development.

Drinking water, toilets and refreshment rooms are present for your comfort. A drive: The witness Mine is the point of departure of the pedestrian marked out footpath " castle of savages ". It takes five hours walk to go through fifteen kilometres and discover, in the passage, savage's arboretum, one of the most ancient in France. The shop: Samples of coal in the mining lamp, minerals and a bookshop, the shop of the witness witness mine proposes you, at very normal prices, a selection of quality goods for an ever lasted memory of your visit.

Credit photos and text: plaque " Mine témoin d' Alès "