Slačka baba - Sveti Štefan (Zanigrad)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Koper take the exit Črni Kal. From Črni Kal, continue along the old road towards the sea, and we take it only as far as the next slightly larger crossroads, where we turn left towards Border crossing Sočerga. Continue towards the border crossing, but we follow the road for only a few km, as the signs for the village Hrastovlje then direct us left onto the local road. After a few km of further driving we become alert because opposite the nearby pig farm, a dirt road will branch off to the left, along which we park (the road branch is exactly under the power line).

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the macadam road down to the nearby water reservoir, then turn sharp left onto a slightly narrower macadam road. The dirt road continues to climb gently and leads us through an underpass under the railway line to a small unmarked crossroads, where we continue to the right. Continue climbing parallel to the railway line for a short distance, then the road turns slightly to the left and begins a moderate climb towards the village of Podpeč.
A little higher up, before you reach Podpeč, you will come to an unmarked crossroads, where you continue to the right along the marked cart track (if you continue straight along the road you will reach Podpeč). Cart track continues for some time crossing the slopes to the right, and then leads to the next crossroads, where the path from Hrastovlje joins from the right. Here, turn left and follow the path cart track, which begins to climb moderately over an increasingly steep slope. A little higher we reach an information board with a view of Štrkljevica (the wall of the Kraško rim), and we continue along the marked path, which in a few minutes of further walking takes us to the partly deserted village of Zanigrad. When you reach the road, follow it to the right and we follow it down to the nearby church of St Stephen.

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