Brgod can be explored through two specific themes: the olive grove site at the Negri Estate, which is open to visitors, and the drive to the Way of Saint Lucy via Brgod and Brovinje to Skitača. This combination helps with planning: a visit focused on olive growing has a different emphasis from the drive to the trail.

Visiting the Negri Estate

The Negri Estate is located in Brgod (Trget), on a hill above Raša Bay. Its olive grove site is open to visitors. Visitors can attend a short presentation about growing olive trees and the different olive varieties. This gives the visit a clear focus: both olive growing and the diversity of varieties. As visitor arrangements may change, check the current visiting options in advance.

Driving towards Skitača

The Way of Saint Lucy can be reached by car from Labin via Brgod and Brovinje to Skitača. The drive is stated to be 20 kilometres each way; the exact distance may depend on the starting point in Labin. Check road conditions before setting off. Along the trail is the Školnica spring, a named point on the Way of Saint Lucy.

The local road network includes paved sections towards Mikulezići, including the Mikulezići–Brgod section. Another, separate paved section serves Brgod itself. During the 2024 Fešta od pidoći in Trget, the Brgod–Trget road was designated as a detour.

In the wider destination of Općina Raša

The wider destination of Općina Raša also offers places to visit related to mining history, architecture and landscape. Between 1936 and 1937, a planned mining town was built in Raša to designs by architect Gustavo Pulitzer Finali. The Church of Sv. Barbara is a modernist and rationalist building with a 25-metre-high tower. Its shape recalls an overturned mining cart, while its bell tower resembles a mine lamp.

In Raša’s town square, Centar Arsia presents the town’s mining heritage in a small museum. The Raša mine employed more than 10,000 miners from 1928 to 1966. Kova Experience offers visitor tours through a mine, where you enter a mine and experience a day in the life of a miner. Check booking details before your trip.

The Bella Vista hiking trail follows a white road through Gora Glušići to Skitača; from Skitača, the route offers views of the Kvarner. The Church of Sv. Lucija is also in Skitača. It was built in the early 17th century and is a single-nave Baroque church. The wider destination of Općina Raša therefore offers both a scenic trail and historic buildings as distinct themes for excursions.

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Go to the wider travel overview: Općina Raša.