Steinkaulenberg Besucherstollen

Nice mine. Very friendly and enthusiastic guides. audio guides are available for foreigners.

Great place to visit if you are in idar-oberstein Germany. And don't forget church in the rocks

Nice Tour !!! A lot of beautiful Stones a nice guid.

Very informative museum in the actual mine about mining of gems.

This part of Germany used to be the centre of precious stones mining. Now the're closed. This Steinkaulenberg mine is the one that open for public. It's just open in summer time. Check the open time first before you come. We hike up and down a little bit to reach the visitor centre. It's good to gain some knowledge about geology on the way. Since there's a path with many informations. My children like them very much. reading almost every information. To enter the mine you must join a tour with guide. There's also tour times in their website. You will wear a helmet, then walk underground. It's very informative. I don't know whether they have tour in other language than german. But to enter the mine alone is so interesting experience. Imagine how the mine worker used to be work in almost no light conditions for hours, or even months.