Izola (Jagodje) - Strunjan Saltworks
Starting point: Izola (Jagodje) (90 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 45,5299°N 13,6361°E |
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Time of walking: 1 h 10 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: -88 m
Altitude difference po putu: 20 m
Map: Primorje in Kras 1:50.000
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Access to the starting point:
From the coastal expressway, head towards Izola, and when the expressway ends, follow the regional road towards Portorož. When you reach the crossroads where the road to Izola and Belvedere Camp turns off to the right, you are at the start of the route described above. You can park at the pay parking lot near the bivouac, or much earlier at a roadside rest area.
Path description:
At the crossroads where the described route begins, you will notice a red mountain direction sign with the inscription Strunjan, which directs you via a side road. Cross the road carefully, then continue along the edge of the main road towards Portorož for a short distance. Before the Hotel Belvedere, leave the main road and continue along the side road to the hotel, and from there follow the signs that lead you past the Camp Belvedere Izola. After the bivouac, turn slightly right off the asphalt road onto a parallel path, which you can follow with beautiful views of the sea and coastal settlements. A little further on, you reach a nature trail, and the path descends slightly through the lane of a forest. At the crossroads, continue to follow the signs and then reach the edge of the cliff above the Bay of the Moon. A scenic walk follows along the edge of the precipice, where a wooden fence has been erected in several places for safety reasons, and we follow the rather winding and occasionally quite scenic path all the way to the Strunjan Cross.
From the cross we continue straight ahead, along a path that initially still offers us some views, but then we pass into the forest, through which we begin to visibly descend. At a few crossroads, follow the markings of the European footpath, then pass the Hotel Svoboda and descend to the large parking lot in Strunjan, where you turn right and continue along the Stjuža lagoon. When you reach the sea, go left and then continue between Stjuža on the left and the coast on the right. A little further on, cross the bridge over the canal connecting Stjuža and the sea, and on the other side of the bridge you will reach Strunjan Saltworks, and we will go left to the salt house.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2018 and 2019 (June).
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