Grgar - Frančiškov hrib

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Nova Gorica, then continue driving towards Tolmin and Kobarid. We follow the main road towards Tolmin only to Solkan, where at the traffic-light intersection we continue right in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. The ascending road further leads past the Solkan quarry, then a little higher it turns sharply to the right and brings us to the inn Skalnica, behind which we first reach a crossroads, where a steep road towards Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further to another crossroads, where the road towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice branches off to the left (straight Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, we arrive in Grgar, where at the crossroads by the NOB monument we continue straight to the nearby sports field by the primary school, by which we park on a large parking lot.
B) From Tolmin or Most na Soči we drive on the main road towards Nova Gorica, then only a little before Nova Gorica, more precisely at the traffic-light intersection in Solkan, we turn left in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. The ascending road further leads past the Solkan quarry, then a little higher it turns sharply to the right and brings us to the inn Skalnica, behind which we first reach a crossroads, where a steep road towards Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further to another crossroads, where the road towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice branches off to the left (straight Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, we arrive in Grgar, where at the crossroads by the NOB monument we continue straight to the nearby sports field by the primary school, by which we park on a large parking lot.
C) From Goriška Brda we drive to Solkan, where at the first crossroads after the new Solkan bridge we continue straight in the direction of Sveta Gora. The ascending road further leads past the Solkan quarry, then a little higher it turns sharply to the right and brings us to the inn Skalnica, behind which we first reach a crossroads, where a steep road towards Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further to another crossroads, where the road towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice branches off to the left (straight Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, we arrive in Grgar, where at the crossroads by the NOB monument we continue straight to the nearby sports field by the primary school, by which we park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to the NOB monument, from there we continue on the left road (looking from the direction of access to the starting point, if we came from the direction of Nova Gorica), to which a "shortcut" soon joins from the right (from the parking lot we don't have to go to the monument, as a shorter road leads here, which starts a little before the parking lot and continues towards the west). We walk briefly on the sidewalk, then at the spot where the main road turns right we continue straight on a narrower asphalt road. We walk good 50 meters on the mentioned road, then signs for Sveta Gora direct us left onto another road, where we first bypass the "last" house, then the road continues across a meadow. On the asphalt we walk to the marker for gas pipeline no. 443, from where we continue on the left road in the direction of Sveta Gora. Only a few steps further, a marked path to Sveta Gora via Križce branches off to the left from the macadam road, while we continue straight in the direction of Sveta Gora "in the middle" (the road we leave continues to the nearby house – it is also possible to continue along the road to the isolated house).
The path ahead leads us across a smaller meadow, then brings us to a wooden footbridge over the Slatnik stream, where it splits again.
We continue across the footbridge (if crossing the footbridge seems too dangerous, we can continue along the stream and cross it a little further on the rocks) on the path which on the other side enters the forest and turns slightly to the right. After a few dozen steps, a bypass path joins us from the right, while we continue on the gradually steeper path, which higher up ascends in numerous zigzags. For some time we ascend moderately to steeply, then we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left (right: Sveta Gora – direct path) on a somewhat narrower trail in the direction of Sveta Gora via Frančiškov hrib. The path ahead rises slightly to the left and brings us to the point where we join the path from Skalnica (path through ditches).
Here we continue slightly right and continue the ascent on the path which ascends transversely through the forest. Further on, the path leads past a few smaller caverns, then it ascends somewhat more steeply for a while and brings us to Frančiškov hrib, from which a nice view opens up.

Trip can be extended to: Vodice , Sveta Gora ( 10 min)