Vanganel - Marezige (via Vanganelsko jezero)

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, at the roundabout by OMV gas station we leave it and we go to the exit in the direction towards Marezige and Vanganel. In Vanganel after the sports field we turn left and then we park on a parking lot by the sports field. Parking on a parking lot of the inn Gostilna Ninis Vanganel is allowed only visitors of the inn.

Path description:
From the parking lot, by which we notice signs for path "Pot za srce in dušo", we return to the main road which on the pedestrian crossing we carefully cross, and then we continue left towards Marezige. After few steps, we leave the main road and we continue right on a side road which ascends among few houses. Further, we follow the signs, which are in the shape of red and blue line, and a little ahead those point us to the left on a cart track which quickly changes into a footpath, and on a footpath we reach an asphalt road, on which we descend to the main road Vanganel - Marezige (to here possible also on the main road), which we carefully cross and we continue on a side road to the nearby stream Bavški potok, where the path splits.
We continue on the right path which continues past private land, and then passes among bushes, where the footpath is occasionally quite overgrown. Higher, we return to the main road, by which we continue to the lake Vanganelsko jezero.
From beginning of the lake, we still continue by the main road, where the path leads us past NOB monument, and a little after the memorial we continue left downwards. The path descends to the lake, by which we for some time walk, and then the path starts ascending, and at the crossings we follow red and blue lines. After few minutes, the path flattens and for some time crosses slopes towards the left, and meanwhile we cross also stream and a smaller waterfall. The path for some time continues with some shorter ascents and descents, and then after the route of a high voltage power line we quickly get out of the forest, where there is a poorly marked crossing.
We continue slightly right (slightly left we return to Vanganel) and we continue among olive plantations. When we leave the plantations the path leads us past a source Starec, and the path crosses also a smaller stream and then for some time it starts ascending on a forest footpath. After a shorter steep ascent, we reach the cart track, and we walk there to a macadam road which we follow to the right. Macadam road soon becomes asphalted, and there we ascend to the main road which on the pedestrian crossing we carefully cross, and then we continue the ascent on a sidewalk all the way to Marezige, where there is a viewpoint, and a little further also church of the Holy Cross, and next to it information board of the path "Pot za srce".
Vanganel - Vanganelsko jezero 25 minutes, Vanganelsko jezero - Marezige 1:20.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (April).

On the way: Vanganelsko jezero (55m)