The Amber Path runs along the entire perimeter of the Rontagnano Nature Oasis, has a length of 7.2 km and has an elevation gain of 366 meters. The area is rich in broom, hawthorn, oak, chestnut trees. In the woods you will meet hedgehogs, porcupines and badgers.
The route is enriched by educational panels with curiosities about nature and places; in particular on the largest amber in the world, discovered right along the path of the path, a tribute to the scholar Antonio Veggiani.

It starts from Rontagnano (parking area of the cemetery), walking along path 123, until you soon reach a detour that allows you to shorten the route (path 123d). The main trail 123 leads to Campaolo, a locality known for a farmer’s discovery of one of the largest ambers in Europe. This precious amber ovoid, weighing 625 grams, is preserved, together with many other archaeological and mineralogical finds, in the “Veggiani Collection”.

The path then curves south-westwards, skirting the naturalistic oasis again. Along path 123, a detour leads to a place where it is possible to admire, in a natural stone tank, specimens of Italian crested newt (Triturus carnifex): these are amphibians similar to salamanders that live in still waters, characterized by the absence of fish and pollution.

Walking along the last stretch of the path you return to the starting point. We also recommend a visit to the nearby town of Rontagnano, located on the top of a hill between the Uso valley and the Savio valley. Once there was a Malatesta castle (twelfth century), of which some ruins still remain. The tower of the fortress was transformed into a bell tower in the eighteenth century. The nearby Church of San Biagio preserves some interesting furnishings, including a wooden kneeler from the fifteenth century and an organ from the eighteenth century.
The entire route is completed on foot in about 2 hours and 35 minutes.