Srgaši (Križišče) - Strunjanski križ

Access to starting point:
We leave the coastal highway at exit for Pulj, Poreč and Šmarje. Further, we drive on the main road towards Šmarje, and when we get to Srgaši, at the roundabout we go to the exit in the direction of the settlement Šmarje. Immediately after the roundabout we go once again right and we park near the inn Gostilna Trije lovci.

Path description:
From the starting point at the pedestrian crossing we cross the main road, and then we go on a side road in the direction towards Srgaši and Gažon. After the roundabout the road splits, and we choose the slightly right road which continues towards Gažon. We quickly get to Gažon, and on the asphalt road we are mainly moderately ascending. While walking through the settlement the path leads us past the chapel, cemetery, NOB monument, church of St. Peter and Pavel, retirement home Danica and football field of Silvio Debernardi. Behind the football field the path gradually starts descending, and after a short descent a nice view opens up towards Izola. Even a little further, at the stop sign we continue right in the direction of Izola, and at the end of the settlement Baredi we leave the road towards Izola and we continue slightly left on a side road, on which also blazes point us to. When the asphalt road turns left towards Ronkaldo (Ronkaldo - production and sale of extra virgin olive oil), and we continue straight on a macadam road which then with nice views leads on the "ridge" of Šavrinsko gričevje. Further, we walk along vineyards, and then at the edge of a smaller hamlet we continue right on a side road which leads us past few houses. Behind the houses, the road changes into a cart track, and there we are descending steeper. After a short descent, we reach the road Izola - Šared, which we follow to the left, and when after few 10 strides we reach the settlement Šared, we continue right on the road, on which we continue the descent. Next follow few smaller crossroads, where we follow a quite well marked path, and lower we reach the cycling path D8, on which we few minutes continue. From the cycling path, the blazes point us right on a cart track, on which we ascend to a nearby hamlet, where we again reach an asphalt road. We continue past few houses, where we follow the blazes, and then we soon reach the church of Our Lady of Loretto, behind which we reach the main road Izola - Portorož.
On pedestrian crossing we carefully cross the very busy main road, and on the other side of the road, we get to red hiking signposts with the caption Strunjan, which pointing also across the side road. We carefully cross the side road, and then for a short time, we continue by the edge of the main road towards Portorož. Before Hotel Belvedere we leave the main road and we continue on a side road to the hotel, and from there we follow the blazes, which lead us past the camp Belvedere Izola. After the camp we go from the asphalt road slightly right, on a parallel footpath, on which we continue with nice views towards the sea and coastal settlements. A little further, we reach a learning path, and the path descends a little through a lane of a forest. At the crossings, we still follow the blazes, and then we reach the edge of the cliff above the bay Mesečev zaliv. Next follows a panoramic walk by the edge of a precipice, where for the security reasons on many spots there is placed a wooden fence, and a quite gentle and occasionally quite panoramic path, we follow all the way to cross Strunjanski križ.
The starting point - Gažon 0:20, Gažon - Baredi 0:50, Baredi - Šared 0:45, Šared - Jagodje 0:50, Jagodje - Strunjanski križ 0:45.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (June).

On the way: Gažon (244m), Baredi (189m), Šared (210m), Izola (Jagodje) (90m)

Trip can be extended to: Strunjan Saltworks