Bizeljska vas - Svete gore (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) From Brežice or Krško we drive to Bizeljsko, and from there we continue driving towards Bistrica ob Sotli. When we get to a smaller pass we leave the main road and continue left towards Svete gore. We park in an appropriate place immediately after the crossroad. Parking higher up along the road is prohibited.
B) From the direction of Šentjur, Šmarje pri Jelšah or Rogaška Slatina we drive to Kozjansko or all the way to the place Bistrica ob Sotli, and from there we continue driving towards Bizeljsko. When we get to the saddle between Bizeljsko and Kozjansko, we continue sharply right in the direction of the shrine Svete gore. We park in an appropriate place immediately after the crossroad. Parking higher up along the road is prohibited.

Route description:
From the place where we have parked we continue on the ascending asphalt road in the direction of Svete gore. The road on which we walk quickly leads to the mostly northern and forest-covered slopes of the peak Rožca (619 m). During the ascent through the forest, the path branches off to the right to the chapel Božja noga a few 10 meters distant, and we continue straight, further on the road, which then brings us out of the forest, from where a nice view opens up towards the church of the Mother of God on Svete gore. Next follows a short walk to the crossroad at the former mountain hut, where we continue right to the nearby gate.
At the gate to the left continues a marked footpath, and we continue straight past the gate and continue on a quite steep road which leads us past the Stations of the Cross. The sculpturally beautifully crafted stations then in substantial steepness accompany us all the way to the top, on which there is situated a larger number of ecclesiastical buildings.

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