Cycling trail Novo Mesto - Žbure

From Glavni trg, the center of Novo Mesto, cycle to the main connecting street - Seidlova, where at the crossroads turn right onto a red-painted cycle path. You cycle partly on a separate bike path along the road, partly on a marked bike path within the road. After about three kilometers, the marked bike path ends. Continue cycling either along the road or along a sidewalk wide enough to the intersection for the direction of the highway At the intersection, cycle left up the cycle path next to the Krka factory.

At the roundabout, continue right along the marked bike path separated from the road by a fence. At the second roundabout, continue to the right along the marked cycle path, which ascends slightly. Continue along the bike path past the next roundabout straight on. From here on, the path is marked with red signs in the direction of Šmarješke Toplice. At the crossroads, turn right onto the local road along the Krka. The end of the  bike path awaits you as you turn from the regional road to the local one. You continue cycling along the traffic-free local asphalt road above the river Krka.

Continue along the local road to and through the village of Otočec. At the end of the village, near the cemetery, the local road turns into a two-way bike path above Krka in the direction of Otočec Castle. Then cycle straight towards Šmarješke Toplice. In Dolenje Kronovo, turn left onto the regional road Otočec - Šmarješke Toplice and after 100 m turn right onto the road, without a cycle path, through Družinska vas towards Šmarješke Toplice. At the crossroads, turn left under the motorway past the Domen inn towards Šmarješke Toplice and Šmarjeta. From the inn, cycle along the main road and turn left over the bridge, onto a macadam promenade and bike path. Immediately after the bridge, turn right onto the tourist path towards Šmarješke Toplice.

At the second bridge, turn right over the wooden bridge, then immediately left along the path past the Prinovec inn. After the inn, turn right onto the paved parking lot, cycle from the parking lot in the direction of the crossroads, where the right direction leads to the Šmarješke Toplice thermal baths, and you turn right across the crossroads in the direction of the village of Šmarjeta straight along the bike path.

You continue cycling in a slight ascent along the bike path towards Šmarjeta past the settlement of Brezovica. Behind the roundabout, the bike path ends. You cycle to the center of the village of Šmarjeta along the road past the church and on the other side of the Gregorčič inn. In the center of Šmarjeta turn right in the direction of the cemetery and the chapel behind the cemetery. At the chapel, turn left past the Plastoform plastic products factory towards the regional road.

Cycle right onto the regional road without a cycle path towards Žbure. So be careful because the road is relatively busy. Cycle along the main road through the village of Zaboršt, then past the turnoff for Klevevž (here you can turn for a hot spring). The parking lot at the fire station in Žbure is the goal of this route. You can continue past the inn opposite the fire station on the regional road about 5 km towards Škocjan and along the route Škocjan (back) to Šmarješke Toplice.