Museo del Carbone

Museo del Carbone

Museo del Carbone
4.5
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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Duration: 1-2 hours
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  • lollo
    Rome, Italy1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A fascinating visit through the history of the Carbonia Serbariu mining site
    A fascinating journey through the history of the Carbonia mining site with a visit to part of the original mines. The visit was led by an extremely competent person (whose name unfortunately I do not know) who presented the history and techniques of the mine with a careful eye on the historical situations of the various periods of the mine's activity. I highly recommend this visit.
    Visited April 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 3 April 2024
  • Wieger N
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great guided tour in English
    I did the tour in English, and it was really interesting and impressive. The guide was very friendly and knowledgeable, and I learned a lot. Also she was one of the best English speakers I encountered in Italy. I definitely recommend visiting this museum.
    Visited April 2024
    Travelled solo
    Written 18 April 2024
  • Alizée S
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Very great / very very good
    The tours are offered in multiple languages, and you can visit the museum. Really good, the guide was very interesting and kind. Impressive to see the history of the mine. The tours are offered in different languages, you can also visit the museum. It was great, the guide for the tour in French was very interesting and kind. We see the evolution of mining techniques, from the small pickaxe to strawberries. Very interesting !
    Visited April 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 2 May 2024
  • Luderio
    Ancona, Italy116 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Museum set in a real coal mine.
    Well-characterized museum environment with exhibition spaces of the documentation and equipment used. You can visit a recreated mining environment at the level closest to the surface. Well-prepared and helpful guide to the comparison with visitors in answering questions or observations. There is also a sales space for publications. Serious lack the impossibility to buy samples of local coal that would have made collectors happy.
    Visited July 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 5 July 2024
  • Andrea D
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Exciting and engaging experience
    Beautiful experience cared for in every detail of the local guides that make you really experience the atmosphere of working in the coal mines and you understand the conditions to which our grandparents were subjected in order to give a future to their families! Da non perdere se siete in zona!!
    Visited July 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 18 July 2024
  • juanpedr
    5 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Perfect immersion in the world of mining with an exciting guide.
    A passionate and exciting guide who managed to immerse us in the life of a family of miners under the Fascist Mussolini regime and beyond. Perfect command of the French language. He himself is a former mine worker. Museum being restored. Should be even more fabulous.
    Visited July 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 4 August 2024
  • Consuelo F
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Life as a miner
    Beautiful experience. The Guide accompanied us along a path that made us relive a cross-section of Italian as well as Sardinian history. Showing us and explaining the life and work of miners. Fatigue deafening noise dust everywhere. A visit to make. It makes you rich. Knowing the past is always good. Congratulations to the staff carry out their work with passion.
    Visited August 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written 9 August 2024
  • Simona R
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    very engaging experience
    Intense and very engaging experience that helps to understand the reality of mining work and the local community thanks to the information provided by the Guide who accompanied us on the excursion. Maybe some could be useful. Additional sign along the access route to the ticket office Thank you!
    Visited July 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 17 August 2024
  • tronchetto19
    Rome, Italy38 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Absolutely worth visiting
    Beautiful visit, Passionate and engaging Guide. We went for the kids and came out excited too. Touching to know and see how the workers lived in their underground lives and in the little remaining time emerged
    Visited August 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 19 August 2024
  • Nicola P
    43 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    To understand the past
    Really beautiful and exciting experience especially for seeing how the miners of that period worked. Recommended to everyone. A compliment also to the Guide who was able to transfer the feelings of the miners' working moments.
    Visited August 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 25 August 2024
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Diego
Bologna, Italy4 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
The experience promises to be positive due to the clarity of the site, ease of booking, reminder emails with operational instructions. Things to improve, but in a highly positive context: road signs (we found you thanks to Google Maps, more signs are needed), greater technology in the museum exhibition (visitors must "participate" not only by reading display boards), earphones for the visit guided (if you are not less than two meters from the guide, however equipped with a microphone, you cannot understand anything). The guided tour is very impressive, I would extend the "audio" experience with the sounds of the mine to all areas of the visit, as well as provide helmets with lamps to everyone to make visitors experience a brief moment of real darkness to better describe the experience of the miners. Anyway, well done, also for the email following the visit thanking you and requesting feedback.
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Written 20 August 2023
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Pier
8 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2024 • Couples
Certainly not a site to visit with a light heart. The description of miners' lives and working conditions are extremely heavy but very interesting and educational. Our escort, very prepared, described in minute and harsh words what was happening inside the mine, especially in the fascist era. I didn't give 5 bullets for one reason only: to my suggestion to put more directions to reach the site he answered me in an opinionated way. A little more cordiality would not hurt.
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Written 24 October 2024
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danymascia
Sardinia, Italy2,512 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Family
After several years we returned on November 1st to visit the Serbariu Mine with the Coal Museum, but this time with our son. The visit as always was really interesting and full of information. The museum part is well displayed and didactic, the only flaw is the structure which on our day of visit, due to the heavy rain outside, showed all its age and damage, so much so that in practice it rains inside and almost everywhere there were puddles of water. Then, after having put on the helmets, the descent into the actual mine was beautiful (even if it was the result of subsequent reconstructions for obvious reasons) and our guide was really good, ready to explain everything regarding the view in the mine and everything that derived and to answer our questions.
Google
Written 6 November 2023
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Damiano S
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Friends
An excellent visit to the large coal mine in the city of Carbonia. A place full of history, industrial archeology and, above all, the memory of all those lives who dug underground with great sacrifice. The young guide was superb. Equipped with great professional training, passion and the ability to convey to visitors the atmosphere experienced in the mine, she assisted us with hospitality and empathy. A place not to be missed to discover a part of the real Sardinia that goes far beyond the sea.
Google
Written 28 September 2023
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alessandro p
5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Couples
We took one of the rare cloudy days to visit the Carbonia museum.
The first part is very beautiful, you visit the places where the workers prepared and dressed to go underground.
There is a very rich section dedicated to period memorabilia such as clothes, equipment, lamps, photographic and historical material
But the most beautiful and exciting part is the descent underground into the tunnels dug by the miners.
You can see the machines used to create the tunnels and the trolleys to transport the material to the surface.
Suitable shoes are a must.
Not recommended for those suffering from claustrophobia or hunger for air.
An exciting experience thanks also to the excellent and knowledgeable guide Melania who told the story of this site.
Google
Written 22 September 2023
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francyb
Rome, Italy120 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Couples
It was a fantastic experience, if I could I would give it a 10!! The really beautiful and well-kept museum in a fascist-era structure which if you discover with the guided tour is the large changing room, with the adjoining lamperia area, we took the underground tour of ca. 1 km with a highly trained guide who put us at ease, an experience I would repeat with pleasure!
Highly recommended!!!
Google
Written 2 August 2023
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maura m
Italy1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2025 • Couples
Wonderful experience. The guide was engaging and exhaustive making the visit unforgettable. The introductory part helped us better understand the underground part of the route in a simple and compelling way. The structure is carefully maintained and the visit is highly recommended for all ages.
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Written 30 January 2025
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Silvia G
15 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
I visited the mine with an extremely knowledgeable and competent guide. I went with my family. My 11 and 13 year old children were enraptured by the guide's explanations both regarding the extraction work and the working conditions of the miners. The exhibition part is also very complete and accurate. We stayed inside for three hours. Recommended visit!
Google
Written 13 August 2023
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Angelo P
San Francisco, CA481 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021
Fantastic visit to a very interesting museum showing all the aspects of the miners' life. The guide was super knowledgeable and kind to answer in details to every questions we had.
The visit in the actual mines was priceless.
Written 13 September 2021
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Manu1603
Busto Arsizio, Italy38 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
Very interesting guided tour, very good guide. The part of the galleries that are shown during the visit are very well maintained with a large number of machinery and equipment.
Interesting coal museum but could be better maintained. The exterior and signage could also be improved
Google
Written 25 August 2023
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