Kostel - Kostel Castle

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Kočevje, and then we continue driving towards Delnice. Before Colnarji we turn left in the direction of the castle Kostel, and through the villages Delač and Stelnik we get to a marked parking lot near the castle Kostel.
B) From Vinica or Črnomelj we drive to Stari trg ob Kolpi, where we go left towards Prelesje. A descent follows towards the valley of the river Kolpa, and when we reach the road which leads along the river, we continue right. Along the river we drive to the settlement Gorenja Žaga, where we turn right in the direction of camp Žaga and castle Kostel. Only about 20 meters ahead we go left in the direction of the castle Kostel, and when higher we reach the ridge, we continue straight and we drive to the nearby marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go in the direction of the castle Kostel, where past gallows we get to a smaller crossroad, where we continue slightly right, so that we go past the cross, few houses and apartments, and after the apartments, the road turns right and steeply ascends. At the information board of the tourist-sports association Kostel it turns sharply left, and a paved path brings us to a few more houses of the settlement Kostel, and before them we continue left towards the castle. The path ahead on the left side bypasses the church of the Holy Three Kings in Kostel, and behind the church follows some ascent on the stairs, and with increasingly beautiful views we get to the castle Kostel. We continue through the entrance of the castle to the spot where the lookout tower stood, from where a beautiful view opens up.
To view the castle it is necessary to pay an entrance fee.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in August 2020.