Brest - Planinarska kuća Žbevnica

Access to starting point:
a) We leave the Primorska highway at the Kastelec exit and follow the signs for Podgorje. Over the Podgorje border crossing, we enter Croatia. We drive through Jelovice to Vodice, where we turn right. Then we drive through Dane to the next crossroads, where we turn right in the direction of Brest. The road makes a hairpin turn, and we drive along the slope of Žbevnica. When we arrive in Brest, we park on the right side of the road by the bowling alley.
b) We leave the Primorska highway at the Črni Kal exit and continue on the old road towards the coast, but we drive only to the next slightly larger crossroad, where we turn left towards the border crossing Sočerga. On the mentioned road, we drive past the settlement Kubed to the village Gračišče, where at the crossroad we turn left in the direction of Rakitovec, Movraž and Smokvica. We drive through Smokvica and Movraž to the next crossroad, where we turn right towards the border crossing Rakitovec. We can also reach this point via Zazid. When we arrive in Croatia, we come to a wider road coming from Buzet, and we continue left in the direction of Brest. The winding road leads us to Brest, where at the end of the village, we park on the left by the road at the bowling alley.

Path description:
At the starting point, signs direct us to a wide and initially gentle path in the forest. The path leads us past a water catchment and soon after a concrete structure, then becomes steep. We cross to the right and after a few minutes reach a technically undemanding, short, steep rocky section. The path is nicely routed through, but we must be careful not to slip. After the rocky part we reach the cottage Planinarska kuća Žbevnica, from where the view opens up slightly among the trees.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in November 2024.