Celje - Veliki vrh above Svetina

Access to starting point:
Celje, the third largest Slovenian city, accessible practically from several sides. We park somewhere between the railway station and the bridge over the Savinja in the direction of Laško. The problem might be that the parking lots are mainly paid... if you arrive by train, these problems naturally disappear.

Path description:
We start at the bridge over the Savinja at the sign with a panoramic display of the Celje Hills. The path is in the part to the turn-off to Srebotnik also the initial part of the CPP - Celje Mountain Trail. In the first part we walk on the path between the Savinja and the railway track to the confluence of the Voglajna and the Savinja. We continue over a bridge and under the railway track to the right and further on the Pelikanova pot to Stari grad.
From the castle we continue left steeply uphill past the inn and follow a well-maintained path through the settlement Osenca. From the left the path from the settlement Teharje joins us. We continue on the asphalt connection through the settlement Pečovje and follow the turn-offs mainly to the right, which are excellently marked with signposts.
In the forest part, from the left also the mountain path from Štor named ,,mimo Marije,, joins. We continue on the forest road past two or three houses/holiday cottages and then once again left on a somewhat narrower forest path and higher partly also cart track. The path ascends somewhat more steeply again and on the left side there are also some steel cables, more in the function of a fence than a grip.
We soon reach a junction, straight ahead and higher to Srebotnik, while we continue left and after about one hundred metres downhill reach the Marija chapel carved into the wall of Srebotnik. Here there is a bench, a table and a logbook box; after a short rest we continue from the chapel uphill on the forest path/cart track and follow the signs and signposts to Svetina or the signs of Barbarina pot. On a larger grassy clearing there is a junction, where we continue left to Almin dom, to the right is the path to Tolsti vrh...
We follow the forest path to a junction, where the path continues uphill to Almin dom, while we descend right downhill into the settlement Svetina. After a brief tour of the settlement we continue on the path of the XIV. Division past the cemetery (grave of the great traveller Alma Karlin, immediately left at the entrance) on the road higher in the direction of Kanjuce. Past the larger homestead on the right along the road, also past the horse enclosure, we reach the saddle to the wooden cross right by the road and turn sharply right uphill on asphalt towards the only homestead, which we bypass on the right side and immediately afterwards straight on the forest path - about one hundred metres to the summit. The summit is the highest point, marked with a border stone - geodetic. On the summit there are also four larger distinct trees - beeches. From the wooden cross past the homestead to the summit there are no marks but the path is somewhat logically traceable. The summit is not panoramic.

On the way: Stari grad na Grajskem hribu (407m)