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Doberdob

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SuzanaM16. 04. 2015 18:45:20

For Easter I still caught some water in the drying Doberdob Lake, which I descended to via hiking trail No. 78 from the junction for Doberdob at Boneti. Although the trail is marked with fresh hiking markers, there are two warnings that hiking is prohibited because it crosses private land. Maybe they haven't removed the warnings yet?

I started the trip at the Gradina Welcome Center, reachable from the center of Doberdob. The Welcome Center is at a viewpoint above Doberdob Lake in the nature reserve of Doberdob and Prelosno Lakes.
I walked the scenic Path past the hillfort to the Cadorna House and climbed to Gradina. I could have returned to the start over the slopes of Črni hrib on trail No. 72. Instead, I went past the Cadorna House and climbing area down to Doberdob Lake and the viewpoint in the middle of the divide. Since the lake loop trail didn't get me to the water, I returned to the car the way I came. Then I drove to Debelo Griža (Monte San Michele) for views of the Julian Alps and back to Boneti. After a photo stop at the lake, there followed an ascent to Gradina where I barely caught the sunset.
While icy bora was blowing on the northern side of Debelo Griža, it was really hot on the southern slopes of Gradina, especially when I dashed up the steep trail from the lake into the hill. For lovers of walks on the Karst. Good footwear doesn't hurt.

Doberdob Lake just before the end of the story

We can drive by car from Doberdob to the Gradina Welcome Center

in the buildings of the former quarry there is now a museum, refreshment area and promotional corner

the wide road narrows into a trail further on

Doberdob Lake is below us all the time (if it hasn't dried up)

Cadorna House from 1916, renovated in 1977 and dedicated to General Cadorna, who is said to have visited soldiers here in World War I

Only a few minutes' walk separate us from the flat summit

If we look around carefully, we will also notice the remains of a prehistoric hillfort

There are several info boards along the path

Cloudy views of the Julian Alps in the background

Through the trench to the former observation post from World War I, now a viewpoint

Steep path downhill past the climbing wall

View of Cadorna House and the climbing area from below

The water in the lake is overgrown with dense reeds

For views of nearby Debeła Griža (Monte San Michele)

Calvary, Sabotin and Sv. Gora embraced by the Lower Bohinj Mountains

Monument on Kalvarija, it. guardhouse on Sabotin and basilica on Sv. Gori

Vipava Valley - monument on Cerje to the right

Tržič (Monfalcone), Piran behind the chimney

Although visibility was not the best, Piran was visible in the background on the left

Back towards Doberdob Lake - view of the Gradina reception center from the Doberdob-Boneti road

Intersection at Boneti, where the red trail no. 78 turns from Gradina to Doberdob Lake

At Doberdob Lake until the sun hid in the clouds

finally the ascent to Gradina, which looks truly majestic from the lake surface, the little ascent is also quite substantial

view of Doberdob Lake from Gradina - unfortunately the tripod stayed at home

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velkavrh20. 01. 2019 08:22:00

Yesterday with PD Rašica Ljubljana on winter Karst. Almost hard to say winter, because no snow anywhere, but bora is. Our hike went like this - Doberdob - Nova vas - Županov vrh (238m) - Kremenjak (345m) - Sela (treat) - descent to Brestovica. We walked about 15km in four and a half hours - stops not included.

To Doberdob you can arrive from three directions - from highway A4 Venezia-Trieste, from Gorizia and from Trieste. Doberdob is a settlement on the western edge of Karst in Italy. This mostly Slovenian settlement is only 5km north of Tržič (Monfalcone). It is the largest settlement on the Doberdob plateau. In the nearby karst depression is the intermittent Doberdob lake. On the nearby Gradišče hill are remains from Roman times. It was a bloody scene of battles during WWI. Here ran the defensive line of the Austro-Hungarian Soča front, which they firmly defended against Italians. Here many young Slovenian boys fell. Hence the saying - Doberdob grave of Slovenian boys. Still today defensive trenches and numerous caverns are well visible. It belongs to Friuli-Venezia Giulia, south Devin-Nabrežina and Tržič, west Ronke and Foljan-Sredipolje. There are eleven villages in the Doberdob municipality area.

From Doberdob we drove to Gradina, where there is a wonderful historical-natural history museum that must be seen. In this center cultural and historical features of Karst and its flora, fauna and protection are shown and presented interactively. We feel as if we are in the middle of nature - unique. Soundwise we hear rustling and babbling of water, whistling of birds of prey, cannon shots. At each scene different sounds. We see everything from cave bear, collection of karst butterflies, models of prehistoric hillfort to traces of WWI.

The path then led us along the marked path to the shelter high above the depression where the lake is. This time only water channels were visible. But extensive. Then via fixed cables up the ridge path and continue to Nova vas, Županov vrh, Kremenjak. In between we of course cross the Italian-Slovenian border (we hardly notice it) and finally arrive in the village Sela, where we have real karst treat with prosciutto, teran etc. Then followed descent to the valley to Brestovica.