Trail No. 7
• ‘Stražilovo’ Mountain Lodge – ‘Brankov Čardak’ Restaurant – Branko Radičević’s tomb – Ridge road – ‘Stražilovo’ Mountain Lodge (Green path of health) •
- From the mountain lodge, you descend through the forest along a footpath marked with a marathon sign (a white circle with a red heart) down to the road that leads through the Stražilovo valley (10 min).
- When you get off the forest road, turn left and continue ahead to Brankov čardak Restaurant (10 min).
- Behind the restaurant is the beginning of the tourist trail that takes you to the grave of the poet Branko Radičević (30 min).
- At this spot you can take a breather on the benches set up on a paved plateau. Afterwards, continue to the left from the monument 100 m, past a large wooden gazebo that stays on your right. After another 200 m, on the left you can see the monument to fallen soldiers in World War II. The road takes you slightly uphill until you reach the asphalt ridge road (40 min).
- Turn right on the asphalt road slightly uphill until the first marked right turn (15 min).
- Here you step from the asphalt to the forest road that descends over Kusak ridge to the edge of the pine forest in the Stražilovo valley (40 min).
- After descending and crossing the stream, you will come out onto a wide forest track. To the left begins the pine forest, where you turn right and take the way to the end of the Stražilovo picnic area. The trail on the left-hand side leads to the ‘Stražilovo’ Mountain Lodge (30 min).
- At this point turn left, and on ascending hairpin bends you will arrive at the ‘Stražilovo’ Mountain Lodge (20 min).
The trail is marked with trail markers and signposts. The time required to cover the trail is 3.5-4 hours of walking at a leisurely pace.