Thanks to its position on the edge of the Mediterranean, the limestone Karst plateau above the Gulf of Trieste provides opportunities for active leisure in contact with nature at all times of the year. A landscape crisscrossed by numerous hiking trails and footpaths, dotted with little stone villages, vineyards and karst caves, it preserves its traditions with love and passes them on from generation to generation. Teran wine, karst ham and other specialities of the Karst region, along with the snow-white Lipizzaner horses and the Škocjan Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are among the many enchantments that hikers will find here. Blaze

Trail 39


PLISKA TRAIL AND ASCENT OF VOLNIK/MONTE LANARO, 545 m

This marked circular trail reveals how the people of the Karst lived in times
past, and how much effort was needed to turn this rocky landscape into
fields, meadows and pastures. It shows us what they were able to make
from stone, how they managed to supply themselves with water, and how
they exploited the gifts of nature. This hike is a pleasant walk of just over
two hours down cart tracks and paths between long stone walls behind
which, in spring, we can glimpse the brightly coloured vegetation of the
dry karst meadows, while in autumn the smoke tree bushes, a blaze of
scarlet, create a fairy-tale landscape.
After a rest at the Pliskovica Youth Hostel we can continue our hike past
the Mlačna pond to Volnik hill, from where we can enjoy an amazing view
of the sea, the Alpine peaks and the Karst plateau.

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