Kostel - Kostel Castle

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Kočevje, then continue driving to Delnice. Before Colnarji, turn left in the direction of Kostel Castle, and we drive through the villages of Delač and Stelnik to a marked parking area near Kostel Castle.
b) From Vinica or Črnomelj, drive to the Old Market Square by the Kolpa River, where you turn left towards Prelesje. Follow the road down towards the valley of the river Kolpa and when you reach the road leading along the river, turn right. Follow the river to the village of Gorenja Žaga, where you turn right towards the Žaga camp and the Kostel castle. Just 20 metres further on, go left towards Castle Kostel, and when you reach the ridge, continue straight ahead and drive to the nearby marked parking area.

Path description:
From the parking lot, head in the direction of the Kostel Castle, where you will pass a small crossroads where you will continue slightly to the right, passing a cross, a few houses and apartments, and after the apartments the road turns right and climbs steeply. At the information board of the Kostel Tourist and Sports Association, it turns sharp left and the cobbled path leads to a few more houses in Kostel, and we continue left in front of them towards the castle. The path continues past the Church of the Three Kings in Kostel on the left, followed by some more stairs behind the church, and we arrive at Kostel Castle, with its increasingly beautiful views. We continue through the castle entrance to where the lookout tower used to stand, from where we get a beautiful view.
There is an entrance fee for the castle.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in August 2020.

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