Varda - Socerb Castle

Access to the starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Koper motorway, take the Kozina exit and then continue along the old road towards Koper. When the road starts to descend towards Črnji Kalo, a little after Petrinje, pay attention, because after the 7. 5 km marker you will turn right onto a side road, and after 200 m turn left. From this junction, drive another 200 m and then park in a large asphalt parking lot.
The starting point is suitable if you are coming from Kozina, as it is forbidden to turn onto the side road from the opposite direction. If you are coming from the route of Črni Kalo or Kasteliec, then the starting point Žlebinje is more suitable.

Path description:
On the north side of the larger parking lot, you will see cart track, which you can follow to quickly reach the old benches. After the benches, cart track turns into a slightly overgrown path, which offers a nice view of the nearby Tinjan. Walk along a kind of edge for a few minutes, then the path turns slightly to the right and leads to a macadam road, which you continue straight ahead. A few 10 steps further on, the path from Kastellec and one of the paths from Ospa join us on the left.
Continue straight ahead again, or slightly to the right, and a minute or two further on you will reach a place where you join the path from the village Petrinje (at the crossroads mentioned above you also reach the SPP).
Continue left towards Socerb (Petrinje and Slavnik on the right), following the wider dirt road that leads through the karst landscape. A few minutes further on, we reach an asphalt road, which we quickly leave, as the markings lead us slightly right, onto a path which takes us past Sveta jama (the exit to the cave is locked) and back onto the asphalt road in a few minutes. When you reach the road again, follow it all the way to the Socerb castle, which offers a fine view.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2016 (June).

On the way: Sveta jama (415m)

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