Adda Park is a 5800-hectare protected natural area that runs along the banks of the Adda River.
It is ideal for hiking, biking or horseback riding and birdwatching.
As you walk along the riverbanks you can encounter a wide variety of plants: black alders, sycamores, birches, willows, and oaks, and in the marshy areas numerous water flowers, such as water lily, yellow wild lily, and lily of the valley.
Within the park is a site of community importance for the presence of several marsh-type habitats: discover them in the Brivio marsh.
The park is also interesting for its typical fauna: the queen of amphibians is the bright green livery tree frog with a black stripe running down its sides.
But it is not alone; we find numerous specimens of the green frog and the brownish-colored temporaria frog.
The park is home to the Alberone Oasis, a nature reserve formed thanks to the indentation of a riverbank where birdwatching takes place.
Several species of birds nest in the reedbed, including hedgehogs, pendulines and bitterns.
To discover the beauty of the Adda, you can navigate the river aboard Addarella, a 100 percent eco-friendly boat, or you can cross it on the famous Traghetto di Leonardo, a hand-operated ferry that uses the energy of the current to move between Imbersago and Villa d’Adda.
Within the park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the working-class village of Crespi d’Adda.
A distinguished example of nineteenth-century industrial archaeology.
Another noteworthy work is the Ponte di San Michele in Paderno, an all-iron bridge, a symbol of industrial archeology that shares with the Eiffel Tower the construction technique and the period of construction.