Zazid - Golič (direct way)

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. We drive along the road for a short time, and then the signs for Predloka, Loka, Bezovica, Podpeč, Zanigrad, Zazid and Rakitovec direct us to the left onto a slightly narrower local road. Continue to Bezovica, where at a small crossroads in the middle of the village, turn left towards Podpeči. Continue through Podpeč (the road through the village is very narrow) to the village of Zazid, where you park in the parking lot next to the sports ground.

Path description:
From the sports ground, walk to the village, where you will come to an unmarked crossroads with a bench and a water tap. Here, turn right and follow the gently ascending road to the upper part of the village, where you will see the first signs for Golič and Lipnik . Turn right again and continue the ascent along the asphalted road leading to the nearby water reservoir. A few 10 m before the water reservoir, you will come to the next unmarked crossroads, where you will continue along a dirt road on the right. The dirt road then leads to a small crossroads, at which the next water trough is located. This time, continue along the wider road on the left, where you will quickly see a sign. Continue along the minor road for a short distance and then a marked shortcut forks off to the right. The path quickly returns to the road and after a few steps splits into two parts again. Wherever you continue, the path will quickly lead you to the railway line and the dilapidated Zazid railway station. Carefully cross the railway line leading to Pula, and we will arrive at a marked crossroads on the other side (it takes about 20 minutes to get here).
Continue to the right in the direction of Lipnika and Goliča (Brežec and Kraški rim on the left) and follow the gently sloping cart track, which ascends crosswise to the right. Higher up, beautiful views of the sea and Istria begin to open up, and we continue along the gently sloping path, which returns to the forest and leads us to a marked crossroads.
From the crossroads, go left in the direction of the Kraško rim and Goliča (straight ahead Lipnik ) and continue your ascent along a wide but unmarked path, which will take you to the Kraško rim in 10 minutes. Here, a fainter path branches off to the right, which will take you to a lookout point in 1 minute (opening up a view of Golič and part of Primorska), otherwise continue straight along cart track, which begins to descend, barely noticeable, towards the Zalipnik plateau. The cart track, which descends gently through the forest, quickly leads to an unmarked crossroads, where you continue left (slightly right on the cart track, which continues along the south-western part of the Zalipnik plateau and later joins the marked trail from Lipnik to Nadglavinjak), at first still gently downhill. The trail then leads out of the forest and starts to climb gently on the partly grassy plateau. A little higher up, we come to a worse road, but we just cross it and continue the ascent for a few minutes on easier potholes. The "path" ahead leads to the north-east, and we walk along the trackless path for about 10 to 15 minutes, then arrive at a waymarked path leading from Kojnik to Golič (Part of the path along the trackless path can be avoided by continuing left when you reach the minor road, and then, before the road turns into forest, continuing right along cart track, which climbs up along the edge of the forest. Cart track is higher up and then joins the marked path Kojnik - Golič (the latter path is approximately 20 minutes longer)). Wherever we have reached the marked trail leading from Kojnik towards Golič, we continue to the right, taking in the beautiful views of Slavnik and part of Primorska, we climb up the initially sloping, then slightly steeper trail to a kind of "cross" at Golič.
From the "cross" we descend slightly, then in a moderate ascent we reach the higher but less distinct peak of Golič.
From the top of the "cross" to Golič is a good 20-minute walk.

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