Plave - Sveti Kvirin in Paljevo (via Prižnica)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Nova Gorica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Bovec and Tolmin. Further, we drive through the valley of Soča, on the main road, we drive to the settlement Plave, where at the crossroad, where a road branches off to the right in Paljevo there is the beginning of the described path. Because by the starting point, there aren't any parking spots, we have to park somewhere else, best on some appropriate place by the road before or after the settlement, or on the other side of the river Soča near the church or somewhere on the periphery of the village.
B) We drive to the settlement Most na Soči, and from there we drive towards Nova Gorica. When we get to the settlement Plave, or to a crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards the settlement Paljevo we are at the beginning of the described path. Because by the starting point, there aren't any parking spots, we have to park somewhere else, best on some appropriate place by the road before or after the settlement, or on the other side of the river Soča near the church or somewhere on the periphery of the village.

Path description:
From the settlement Plave we continue on the asphalt road in the direction of Paljevo. The path at first leads past few houses, and then it quickly brings us to the left hairpin turn, where on a smaller building there is NOB monument. We continue on quite a panoramic road, and past the bench it brings us to the right hairpin turn, where in the direction of straight continues a footpath on Prižnica (survey point 383).
We continue straight on a cart track (further on the road Paljevo), which for a short time continues without large changes in altitude, and a little after we cross the route of a power line, the path turns a little to the right and it starts ascending diagonally. During the diagonal ascent we get to a smaller crossing, where we leave the cart track and we continue right on a forest path. The path ahead continues through the forest and is occasionally relatively steeply ascending. During the ascent through the forest we are accompanied by numerous remains of first world war (ruins, cavern, trenches...), which are now equipped with information boards (in the time of the description still in making). Higher, the path flattens and brings us on a vegetated peak of Prižnica, where next to the information board there is also a pleasant bench for a rest.
From the top of Prižnica the path starts descending, occasionally steeper, but it still leads us past several caverns. A little lower, at a smaller crossing we continue straight, and then the path flattens and it brings us on a gently sloping ridge. On the mentioned forested ridge, then in few minutes of a light ascent, we get to the church of St. Kvirin.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2015 (March).

On the way: Prižnica (383m)

Trip can be extended to: Kuk nad Paljevim (1 h) , Vodice (1 h 25 min) , Sveta Gora (2 h 10 min)