Etruscan Coast · Campiglia Marittima
San Silvestro, the mine and the Rocca
In the hills of Campiglia, 20 minutes from us, you go into a mine wearing a helmet, cross the mountain by train and climb to the Rocca where the miners lived in the Middle Ages. Children love it.
At a glance
- San Silvestro mining park
- 8.5 km, 20 minutes by car
- Campiglia Marittima
- 9 km, 15 minutes by car
- Size
- 450 hectares of museums, tunnels and paths
- Opening times and tickets
- On parchivaldicornia.it, they change with the season
What you see
Underground · with a helmet
The Temperino mine
A 360-metre tunnel you enter with a guide and a helmet on. First you go through the Museum of Archaeology and Minerals.
By train
The Lanzi-Temperino tunnel
You cross the mountain on the miners' little train, on the same track that once carried the ore out.
On foot · Middle Ages
Rocca San Silvestro
The village of the miners and smelters who worked copper, lead and silver: the houses, the church, the cemetery and the lords' quarter. You walk up.
The machines
The Earle shaft
The only one left of the mine's five shafts, with the Museum of Mining Machines and the Miner's Museum.
With children
The train in the tunnel and the helmet in the mine are what children remember. For ages 6 to 12 there is also the Bike Skill Park, a course where they learn to ride on dirt tracks.
LepoRello, CC BY-SA 3.0How to plan the day
San Silvestro in the morning, lunch up in Campiglia Marittima, which is 15 minutes from home and has stone lanes and a view of the coast. In the afternoon, back to the sea.
By e-bike, the climb from San Vincenzo to Campiglia is one of the rides in our family guide.
Opening times and tickets are handled by Parchi Val di Cornia and change with the season: check them on parchivaldicornia.it before you set off.
LepoRello, CC BY-SA 3.0Questions about San Silvestro park
Where is the San Silvestro mining park?
In Campiglia Marittima, in the Val di Cornia. From San Vincenzo it is 8.5 km, 20 minutes by car.
What is there to see at San Silvestro?
The Temperino mine, which you enter wearing a helmet, the Lanzi-Temperino tunnel by train, Rocca San Silvestro with the medieval miners' village, and the Earle shaft with the museums of the machines and of the miner.
Is it suitable for children?
Yes, it is one of the trips children like best: the train in the tunnel, the helmet, the mine. For ages 6 to 12 there is also the Bike Skill Park.
Are there Etruscan tombs at San Silvestro?
The park is about the mine and the medieval village of the Rocca. For Etruscan tombs, go to Baratti and Populonia, 20 minutes south of San Vincenzo.
Plan your trips
Baratti and Populonia
Etruscan tombs by the sea, the park's footpaths, the beach on the gulf and Buca delle Fate.
With children
Shallow beaches, parks, the mine with the little train and Cavallino Matto.
Etruscan Coast
Bolgheri, Baratti and Populonia, Campiglia, Suvereto, Piombino and Elba, with driving times from here.
Bike rides and walks
For cyclists: a place to wash and charge your bikes, e-bike rides for families, walks and the wine road to Bolgheri.
The flats
One-bedroom flats for 4 and two-bedroom flats for up to 6, all with a kitchen, 680 m from the sea. Photos and details of each.
Booking direct
How to book on our website, what you get out of it and who to ask if you are unsure.
The mine in the morning, the sea in the afternoon
San Silvestro is 20 minutes away, the beach 680 metres. Pick your dates and see what is free.