Pišece (Pri mlinu) - Podsreda castle

Access to starting point:
a) Drive to Krško, where we first follow the signs for Brežice, then for Zdole, and after Zdole follow the signs for Bizeljsko. We continue driving through Sromlje, following the road to Pišece, where we park in the parking lot near the church of St. Michael, or by the nearby cemetery.
b) From Brežice, follow the signs for Bizeljsko, then on the flat section where the road runs through the forest, turn left onto the side road towards Globoko. In the settlement of Globoko, turn right towards Pišece, and continue following the signs for Pišece. When we arrive in Pišece, park in the parking lot by the cemetery or near the church of St. Michael.
c) From the direction of Bistrica ob Sotli, drive towards Brežice, at the end of the Bizeljsko settlement turn right towards Pišece. When we arrive in Pišece, park in the parking lot by the cemetery or near the church of St. Michael.

Route description:
From the parking spot, we first walk to the church of St. Michael, circle it along the lower left side, and follow the trail markings, at the beginning also the signs for Gozdna pot and Pot suverenosti; at a small junction, there are also mountaineering signs for Velika bukva and Pečice.
A short traverse ascent follows along a narrower asphalt road, where, if we step a few steps off the path to the left side, a wonderful view of Pišece opens up; a little further, at the chapel, we turn sharply right.
The path continues past a small museum, the asphalt road soon enters the forest and a small valley, which we leave, continuing left following the signs for Pečice. A few minutes of steep ascent through the forest follow, then we reach a forested ridge, where the path levels out somewhat, and we continue following Knafelčev markings. Higher up, we reach a somewhat better-trodden path starting at the pond or Grad Pišece; we keep slightly to the right, continuing along the marked path and taking care not to veer right onto Gozdna pot Pišece. A moderate ascent through the forest follows, climbing along the indistinct ridge of Velika Vagla; when the path reaches the highest point, the summit of Velika Vagla is to the right, just three steps off the path.
A short descent follows, and we quickly reach the turning area of a forest road, which we just cross (left unmarked road (shortcut) towards Velika bukva or Bivak LD Pišece), then we begin ascending towards Veliki vrh, which we reach after a few minutes of ascent; the summit is not pronounced and not specially marked, but some views open up from it towards the east to southeast.
A bit of easy descent follows along the northeastern ridge of Veliki vrh, a few minutes further we reach a small saddle, where we go left downhill towards Velika bukva and Pečice (slightly right Veliki Špiček, two minutes).
A traverse descent follows along the northwestern slopes of Veliki vrh; when we join the previously mentioned road (shortcut), the hunting bivouac is just a few steps away.
Near the bivouac, paths from the starting point at Ribnik and from Grad Pišece join from the left; we walk along the road for just a few dozen steps, then red mountaineering direction signs for Kerinov spomenik and Pečice direct us right onto the mountaineering path (straight Pot suverenosti), which begins to ascend through the forest. After 15 minutes of ascent, we arrive near the summit of Intermedija, where we go right and in a few steps reach the highest point of the summit, from which some views open through the treetops.
From the summit, we continue along the marked path, which begins to descend towards the southwest; lower down, we return to the road and follow it to the right. A few minutes further, we leave the road slightly to the right and continue the path to the right of the road, later cross it and continue along the marked path to the left of the road. We return to the road at a marked junction of several roads and the marked path, where we go right (left Kerinov spomenik 1-2 minutes), then the path forks again immediately.
Although the signs for Grad Podsreda direct us slightly left onto the footpath, we continue following the right signs, which are for Pečice, Osredek, and Pusti Vrh (the path over Veliki vrh is somewhat longer, mainly orientationally a bit more difficult, joining our path at the hamlet of Preska). The path continues along the asphalt road, which bypasses the summit of Šuljcev breg on the right side; when we leave the forest, we soon arrive at the hamlet of Preska, where there is a stamp at the Šulc farm, and behind the farm we join the path coming over Veliki vrh.
We continue straight, one minute further we go straight again (this time a path branches right to Svete gore). We continue past a few houses, then the road becomes gravel and continues without major ascents or descents. Later we reach the pastures of the hamlet Pusti Vrh, the road begins to descend more noticeably behind the hamlet, and at the beginning of the descent, a path from Zavetišče v Pečicah joins from the left.
We continue following the signs for Grad Podsreda; the path bypasses Rigelj, the summit with antennas, on the left side. When we temporarily leave the forest lower down, we turn right at the junction; when we return to the forest, we turn left at the junction (right Svete Gore), then descend along the asphalt road to Grad Podsreda.

Starting point - Velika Špegla 0:30, Velika Špegla - Velika Vagla 0:35, Velika Vagla - Veliki vrh 0:10, Veliki vrh - Veliki Špiček 0:10, Veliki Špiček - Bivak Lovske družine Pišece 0:10, Bivak Lovske družine Pišece - Intermedija 0:15, Intermedija - Kerinov spomenik 0:25, Kerinov spomenik - Preska 0:20, Preska - Pusti Vrh 0:15, Pusti Vrh - razpotje na Marofu 0:15, razpotje na Marofu - razpotje pred Gradom Podsreda 0:04, razpotje pred Gradom Podsreda - Grad Podsreda 0:06.

The description and photos refer to the condition in March 2026.

Along the route: Sv. Mihael (Pišece) (256m), Velika Špegla (442m), Velika Vagla (667m), Veliki vrh (nad Pišecami) (698m), Razpotje pod Velikim Špičkom (677m), Bivak Lovske družine Pišece (594m), Intermedija (662m), Kerinov spomenik (614m), Kmetija Šulc (625m), Preska (625m), Pusti Vrh (634m), Razpotje na Marofu (544m), razpotje pred Gradom Podsreda (524m)

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