Zazid - Golič (via Lipnik)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Koper motorway, take the Črni Kal exit. From Črni Kal, continue driving on the old road towards the coast, but drive along it only to the next somewhat larger intersection, where we turn left in the direction of the Sočerga border crossing. We drive for a short time on the mentioned road, then signs for Predloka, Loka, Bezovica, Podpeč, Zanigrad, Zazid and Rakitovec direct us left onto a somewhat narrower local road. Further, we drive to Bezovica, where at the smaller intersection in the middle of the village we continue left in the direction of Podpeč. Further, we drive through Podpeč (the road through the mentioned settlement is very narrow) to the village of Zazid, where we park on the parking lot by the sports field.

Path description:
From the sports field we walk to the village, where we come to an unmarked intersection, by which there are a bench and a water tap. Here we continue right and follow the slightly ascending road to the upper part of the village, where we notice the first signs for Golič and Lipnik. We again continue right and continue the ascent on the asphalt road that leads to the nearby water catchment. Already some 10 m before the water catchment, we come to the next unmarked intersection, where we continue on the right macadam road. The macadam road then brings us to a smaller intersection, by which there is the next water trough. This time we continue on the left wider road, by which we quickly notice the marking. We continue the path for a short time on the poor road, then a marked shortcut branches off to the right. The path quickly returns to the road and already after a few steps splits again into two parts. Wherever we continue, the path will quickly bring us to the railway track and the decaying railway station Zazid. We carefully cross the railway track that leads towards Pula, and on the other side of it we arrive at a marked junction (to here we need approximately 20 minutes).
We continue right in the direction of Lipnik and Golič (left Brežec and Kraški rob) and continue the path on a gentle cart track that ascends transversely towards the right. Higher up, beautiful views towards the sea and Istria begin to open, and we continue on the gentle path that returns to the forest and brings us to a marked junction.
We continue right in the direction of Lipnik (left Golič and Kraški rob) and continue the path through a belt of scrub. When we step out of the scrub, the path brings us to an extensive grassy "plain", from which a nice view of Lipnik opens up. Across the "plain" we walk for quite some time, then the signpost for Lipnik directs us left into the forest. The path ahead gradually ascends more steeply, then turns slightly to the right, where it ascends in a moderate rise over the steep step of the Kraški rob. Behind the edge, the path flattens and brings us to a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Kavčič - inscription on the rock (left Lipnik 5 minutes, straight memorial marker). The path ahead gently ascends over a panoramic grassy slope, then turns slightly to the left and gradually begins to descend towards a smaller valley. The path then flattens and brings us in a few minutes of further walking to a wider cart track, where there is also a marked junction.
We only cross the mentioned cart track and continue the ascent straight on the hiking path in the direction of Golič (right Kavčič). The path ahead ascends the grassy slope and quickly brings us to the cave Nadglavinjak. We bypass the cave or pit on the left side, and the path over the increasingly panoramic slope quickly brings us to the indistinct Glavinjak, from which a nice view opens towards the north and east.
On Glavinjak the marked path turns left and begins to descend gently. After a few minutes of gentle descent, the path rises slightly and quickly brings us to the summit of Golič, in the middle of which stands a small cairn and next to it the inscription Golič 890 m.
From Golič we can continue on the marked path to the nearby northeastern subpeak, on which stand a "cross" and a logbook box. To there we have approximately another 20 minutes of walking on a very panoramic grassy ridge.

On the way: Nadglavinjak (888m)