It starts from the parking area of the Terrapelata Maccalube Geosite: peculiar, cold, small mud volcanoes without magma or hydrothermal fluids, which display mild paroxysmal phenomena with small mud eruptions (accessible only when accompanied by a guide). From here, cross left into the village of Santa Barbara and, turning right onto Corso Italia, go beyond the village. On the left you will soon see the church of the Saint—patron of firefighters, miners, explosives experts, and many other categories at risk of sudden death. In the Nisseno lands enriched by metallurgical and extractive activities, this place reflects the community’s superstitious side and exorcizes the fears and toil of the dark life in the mines. Continue straight almost to the end of the road, then turn left toward Contrada Gibbara. At the stop sign, turn right and take the SP202. In less than 1 km, on the right, you’ll find the Juncio Tumminelli Mine (formerly Testasecca), and after another half kilometre you’ll see the Cemetery of the Carusi on the left. Here time has stopped, as crystallized as the stories it holds; this place takes us back to a not-so-distant past where survival was a struggle against darkness and hard rock from an early age, in stifling, desolate places where even breathing was, in itself, exhausting and crushing work.
After this commemorative stop, continue straight, keep right at the first fork, and at the second turn slightly left onto the gently ascending dirt road to reach Bosco Imera. Follow the path: keep left at the first fork and turn right at the second, still within the woods, skirting it; keeping to the track, take the semi-paved road. Go straight on, parallel to the railway, and turn right at the end of the road, joining the SP202 beside the former Imera station. Continue for about 1 km, then keep left by a farmhouse; carry on straight, skirt a tiny pond, and keep straight ahead, staying on the trail. From here, it is advisable to follow the route track on the map to avoid taking the wrong path. After crossing a small wood, on the right you’ll find the Trabonella Mine Geosite; continuing on, you return to the starting point.