Matavun - Vremščica

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, we take the Divača exit, and then we continue driving in the direction of the Škocjan Caves. When we arrive in Matavun, we turn left and then park on the large parking lot at the entrance to the Škocjan Caves.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the children's playground, which is located behind the building complex of the Škocjan Caves park, and from there we descend the stairs to a marked junction. From the junction, we continue left in the direction of Divača, Vremščica, Senožeče and Nanos (right Artviže, Slavnik and Vremščica through the gorge of the Reka River) and continue the ascent along the Škocjan educational trail. After a few minutes, we arrive at a scenic viewpoint from which a view opens towards Vremščica, the nearby church of St. Kancijan and the gorge of the Reka River below it. From the viewpoint, we follow the educational trail only to the nearby beehive, and from there we continue straight on the marked path leading towards Divača and Vremščica (the educational trail continues right). The path ahead continues through the forest for some time, then slightly descends and brings us to a marked junction.
We continue in the direction of Vremščica (straight to Divača) to which we still have about 3 hours of walking. A gentle ascent follows and the path brings us to the asphalt road in the village of Gradišče pri Divači. Here we continue left (also right possible) and in a semicircle we arrive at a junction where the right road also joins us. We continue straight onto the marked macadam road that goes under the power line and gently descends towards the asphalt road Dolnje Ležeče - Famlje. We carefully cross the mentioned road, then continue towards the nearby Divača airfield. After a few minutes the road turns right, but we continue straight towards the airfield. After 100 m of further walking we arrive at the access to the airfield runway, which the marked path crosses, then continues along the airfield runway and further to the edge of the forest (crossing the access to the airfield runway and continuing along the runway all the way to the forest edge is forbidden).
On the other side of the airfield, the signs for Vremščica direct us left onto a cart track that continues across vast karst meadows. After a while the path returns to the forest and brings us to the railway line.
We reach the other side of the line through a low underpass, after which the path turns slightly right and then gently ascends to a marked junction where the path from Senožeče joins.
Here we continue right and follow the path along a poor road that continues with a few short ascents and descents and runs along the foot of Vremščica. When the poor road enters a transitional dense forest, it brings us to a junction where we join a wider road (possible to drive here by car too - starting point Podgora).
We only cross the mentioned road and continue the ascent on the marked path, which first ascends through a strip of forest, then gradually transitions to more panoramic grassy slopes. Further we ascend along a relatively steep and partly grassy cart track from which beautiful views open towards the valley of the Reka River and surrounding hills. Higher the cart track turns right, but we continue straight on a footpath which higher turns left and crosses a strip of low forest. The path then returns to the panoramic slope and ascends across to the ridge of Vremščica, where it joins a poor road which we follow right. We walk along the road only a few steps, then the marks direct us slightly right onto a footpath that continues through a pine grove. The forest ends quickly, and the path returns to the road which we soon leave. We continue on the marked path, which for some time continues through the forest, for some time across panoramic, mostly grassy slopes. After a while we arrive at a junction where the path from the village Famlje also joins from the right (also the path from the Škocjan Caves along the gorge of the Reka River).
Here we continue slightly left on a less pronounced cart track which gradually enters the forest and turns into a nicely traceable path. Somewhat higher the path from Senožeče also joins us, but we continue straight and ascend through another strip of forest. Higher the forest thins out, and the increasingly panoramic path quickly brings us to the summit of Vremščica.

On the way: Gradišče pri Divači (465m), Podgora (487m)