“Pilgrimage Way”
Here’s the translation:
**Useful Tips and Instructions:**
Before you set off, check the weather forecast, wear sturdy sneakers or hiking boots, and dress according to the season (lighter clothing for summer, a cap or hat for sun protection, a jacket or thicker shirt during spring and autumn, and a windbreaker and raincoat in winter). Bring enough water, food if necessary, a knife, band-aids, a bandage, a watch, a mobile phone, sunglasses, and a camera.
Start your journey with company, follow the trail markers, and only use marked paths.
Please do not litter, do not light fires, do not destroy or jump over dry stone walls (gromače), carefully open and close all gates you encounter on the trail, do not pick grapes, figs, or protected plants, and do not disturb sheep or wild animals.
You hike these trails at your own risk.
Emergency phone number: 112 (Police, Firefighters, Emergency Medical Services, Croatian Mountain Rescue Service)
The Obzova Mountaineering Society operates in the area.
For more information, visit www.pd-obzova.hr, email contact@pd-obzova.hr.
From the center of Vrbnik, via Grohot Street (remains of the Church of St. Maurus from the 11th century, located on a hill of the same name), you will reach the Pod Čerenec junction. According to local tradition, the original part of Vrbnik was first located on St. Maurus Hill, where the castle of the Frankopan princes and the Church of St. Maurus once stood, but the inhabitants relocated to the existing smaller settlement on the cliff due to illness.
At the crossroads, we continue straight along the path, climbing through a landscape of stone and wild aromatic plants, enjoying the stunning view of the blue waters of the Vinodol Channel and the wooded Velebit Mountains. Below Mali Hlam, the highest peak in our municipality, at the crossroads of paths, the descent towards the area called Žanac (a fresh water spring) begins. Along the way, we encounter numerous pools that serve to quench the thirst of flocks of sheep.
On the Feast of the Assumption, pilgrims would take this path to visit the Votive Church of Our Lady of Gorička in Batomlje. If, at the Rika Spring, we turn right and follow the markings, we can reach Obzova (569 m), the highest peak on the island of Krk, or we can descend towards Punat.
Vrijeme hoda: 3h