Osp - Črnokalska Varda

Access to starting point:
We leave the Ljubljana - Koper highway at the Črni Kal exit, then drive for a short time towards Črni Kal, and beside the pillars of the Črni Kal viaduct we turn left in the direction of the settlement Osp. The road then leads us through the settlement Gabrovica pri Črnem Kalu, after the mentioned settlement after approximately 1 km we arrive at the village Osp, where in the middle of the settlement the described path begins. A suitable place for parking is about 500 m before the settlement.

Path description:
From the spot where we have parked, we walk to the center of the village, where by the NOB monument we notice the first blazes.
We continue right (left downwards Tinjan and tourist farm and camp pri Vovku) and we start ascending among houses, and at the crossroads we follow the blazes. From the marked path soon the path towards the climbing area branches off to the right, and we continue to the nearby parish church of St. Peter, which we bypass on the right side.
The village ends here, and the road changes into a cart track, on which we quickly arrive at a marked junction.
From the junction we continue right towards Kastelec (straight Socerb), and the path further mostly ascends diagonally to the right. Higher a beautiful view opens up towards Tinjan and Osapska stena, then the path turns left and passes onto a plateau. At first beautiful views still open up, reaching all the way to the Miljski zaliv and surrounding places, then the path passes onto the flat terrain of Spodnji kras, where in the back we already see the settlement Kastelec. The path ahead leads us also through pastures, and when we reach the macadam road at the junctions we follow the blazes.
A little further, on the periphery of the settlement Kastelec we reach an asphalt road, which we follow to the left, after a few steps we leave it and continue right on a marked path, on which we quickly arrive at the church of the Holy Cross in Kastelec. We bypass the church on the right side, then behind the nearby children's playground the road becomes macadam. When the road splits we continue slightly right, at the next junction at the kal, slightly left. We continue the ascent on a quite poor road, which, when it levels out, brings us to a wider macadam road, where there is also a marked junction.
From the junction we go right in the direction towards Črnokalski grad (left Socerb), a little further we leave the road and continue slightly right on a marked footpath. From the gentle path a little further a nice view opens up, the path widens into a cart track, on which we reach the asphalt parking lot beside the old Ljubljana - Koper road.
On the southwest edge of the parking lot we look for an overgrown path, on which we first descend easily, then, when the path becomes more distinct, we quickly arrive at a small junction. We continue slightly left (right path bypasses the peak) and in a few dozen steps we ascend to the relatively panoramic peak of Varda.

On the way: Kastelec (330m)

Trip can be extended to: Socerb Castle