Grgar - Sveta Gora (via Ranjeke)

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, after which we first reach an intersection where a steep road towards Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further to another intersection 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 intersection by the NOB monument we continue straight to the nearby sports field by the primary school, next to 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, after which we first reach an intersection where a steep road towards Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further to another intersection 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 intersection by the NOB monument we continue straight to the nearby sports field by the primary school, next to which we park on a large parking lot.
C) From Goriška Brda we drive to Solkan, where at the first intersection 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, after which we first reach an intersection where a steep road towards Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further to another intersection 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 intersection by the NOB monument we continue straight to the nearby sports field by the primary school, next to 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 (viewed 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 need to go to the monument, as a shorter road leads here, starting a little before the parking lot and continuing towards the west). We walk briefly on the sidewalk, then at the spot where the main road turns right we continue straight onto a narrower asphalt road. We walk good 50 meters along the mentioned road, then the signs for Sveta Gora direct us left onto another road, where we first bypass the "last" house, then the road continues across a meadow. We walk along the asphalt to the marker for gas pipeline No. 443, from there we continue on the left road in the direction of Sveta Gora. Just a few steps further, a marked path to Sveta Gora via Križce branches left from the macadam road, while we continue straight in the direction of Sveta Gora "po sredi" (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 small meadow, then brings us to a wooden footbridge over the Slatnik stream, where it splits again.
We continue slightly right (left across the footbridge to Sveta Gora) along the path that continues beside the Slatna stream. A little further, we join a cart track (the cart track that continues from the above-mentioned isolated house), along which we soon reach wooden mountain signposts.
From the junction we continue right in the direction of the path via Ranjeke (left Sveta Gora), which continues along the right side (left bank) of the nearby stream. The Slatna stream, beside which we walk, has carved small basins, several rapids and some pools in its bed. A little higher we cross the stream, then ascend somewhat more steeply to the nearby cart track. When we step onto the cart track we follow it right (poorly marked), walking along it to a wider macadam road. When we step onto the road we begin to ascend it (straight to the natural pool Gospodnjek, right to Grgar by road) towards the Preški vrh saddle, which we reach after a good 15 minutes of further walking.
At the saddle there is a junction of several paths, we continue on the left road in the direction of Sveta Gora. This is followed by approximately 20 minutes of ascent with occasional fine views, and the path brings us to the large parking lot below Sveta Gora. From the parking lot we continue up stone steps and ascend them to the summit of Sveta Gora.

On the way: Preški vrh (503m)

Trip can be extended to: Vodice