Planina - Sveta Marija on Planinska gora

Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana, we drive on the highway towards Koper and take the Unec exit. At the junction, we continue right in the direction of Planina, where at the junction we turn sharply left towards Postojna (up to here also possible on the old road). Further, we drive through Planina and at the spot where we notice signs for Strmca and Studeno we turn right. The road soon brings us to the next junction, where it says left Postojna, straight Strmca and Studeno, and right nothing. Here we turn right (towards the quarry) and we drive only 30 m to the spot where a worse road branches off to the left, next to which we park.
From Postojna on the old road we drive towards Ljubljana. Soon after the village Mačkovec, in a sharp right bend, the road branches off to the left towards the village Strmca. This road then soon brings us to the next junction, where we continue straight towards the quarry. We do not follow this road to the quarry because we leave it already after 30 m, turning left onto a worse road next to which we park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the worse road ahead, but only to a smaller water supply building. Here a cart track branches off to the right, which already after a few meters steeply ascends. The cart track, which runs through the forest, is at the beginning really very steep but the steepness after a few minutes eases. There follows a moderate ascent on the cart track, which after some time joins another wider one. Here we continue left on the cart track, which slightly ascends and after a few minutes joins the next cart track, which is already almost a worse road. Here we can notice by the path a few old military trenches. This path then quickly brings us to the church of St. Mary.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Grmada (Planinska gora) ( 20 min), Hunting cottage on Planinska gora ( 10 min), Petričev hrib ( 50 min)

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