• placement: superzone
  • path: destinations/pois/hero
  • containerId: gpt-ad-16524598086
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [320, 50], [1, 1],
  • targeting: 
    {
  "url": "points-of-interest/anthony-mine-shaft/490266",
  "destination": "The-Julian-Alps",
  "title": "the-julian-alps",
  "type": "Region",
  "region": "The-Julian-Alps",
  "continent": "Europe",
  "country": "Slovenia",
  "refresh": 30,
  "refresh_limit": 3
}
Top Choice

Anthony Mine Shaft

The mine is a ‘living museum’, allowing you to get a feel for the working conditions of mercury miners in Idrija. The entrance is the Anthony Shaft, built in 1500, which led to the first mine: 1.5km long, 600m wide and 400m deep. The tour covers about 1200m and lasts 1½ hours; it begins in the ‘call room’ of an 18th-century building where miners were selected each morning and assigned their duties.

You'll be supplied overcoats and helmets; the temperature in the mine is around 13°C (55°F). There are also exhibitions in the old smelting plant.

For more on the town's mercury heritage, pick up the free and informative Idrija: A Heritage of Mercury from the TIC.

Book popular activities
  • placement: superzone
  • path: destinations/pois/middle
  • containerId: gpt-ad-358786612808
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [320, 50], [1, 1],
  • targeting: 
    {
  "url": "points-of-interest/anthony-mine-shaft/490266",
  "destination": "The-Julian-Alps",
  "title": "the-julian-alps",
  "type": "Region",
  "region": "The-Julian-Alps",
  "continent": "Europe",
  "country": "Slovenia",
  "refresh": 30,
  "refresh_limit": 3
}

Must-see attractions

Explore all
  • placement: superzone
  • path: destinations/pois/superzone
  • containerId: gpt-ad-584689394640
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [320, 50], [1, 1],
  • targeting: 
    {
  "url": "points-of-interest/anthony-mine-shaft/490266",
  "destination": "The-Julian-Alps",
  "title": "the-julian-alps",
  "type": "Region",
  "region": "The-Julian-Alps",
  "continent": "Europe",
  "country": "Slovenia",
  "refresh": 30,
  "refresh_limit": 3
}