Plave - Vodice (via Prižnica)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Nova Gorica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Bovec and Tolmin. Further, we drive through the valley of Soča; we drive on the main road to the settlement Plave, where at the crossroad, where a road branches off to the right to Paljevo, the beginning of the described path is. Because at the starting point there are no arranged parking spots, we have to park somewhere else, best on some appropriate place by the road before or after the settlement, or on the other side of the river Soča near the church or somewhere on the periphery of the village.
B) We drive to the settlement Most na Soči, and from there we drive towards Nova Gorica. When we get to the settlement Plave, or to the crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards the settlement Paljevo, we are at the beginning of the described path. Because at the starting point there are no arranged parking spots, we have to park somewhere else, best on some appropriate place by the road before or after the settlement, or on the other side of the river Soča near the church or somewhere on the periphery of the village.

Path description:
From the settlement Plave we continue on the asphalt road in the direction of Paljevo. The path at first leads past a few houses, and then it quickly brings us to the left hairpin turn, where on a smaller building there is a NOB marker. We continue on a quite panoramic road, which past the bench brings us to the right hairpin turn, where straight ahead the footpath to Prižnica (elevation point 383) continues.
We continue straight on the cart track (still on the Paljevo road), which for a short time continues without major changes in elevation, then a little after we cross the power line route, the path turns slightly to the right and begins to ascend transversely. During the transverse ascent we arrive at a small junction, where we leave the cart track and continue right on the forest path. The path further continues through the forest and occasionally ascends quite steeply. During the ascent through the forest we are accompanied by numerous remnants of the First World War (ruins, caverns, trenches...), which are now equipped with information boards (at the time of description in production). Higher up the path levels out and brings us to the vegetated summit of Prižnica, where besides the information board there is also a pleasant bench for resting.
From the top of Prižnica the path begins to descend, occasionally more steeply, still leading us past several caverns. Somewhat lower, at a small junction we continue straight, then the path levels out and brings us to a gently sloping ridge. Along the mentioned forested ridge, then in a few minutes of gentle ascent we arrive at the church of sv. Kvirin.
At the church we step onto the road, along which we begin to descend gradually. First the path from the settlement Deskle joins from the left, a little further an asphalt road branches off to the left towards the hunting lodge LD Anhovo on Paljevo.
Here too we continue straight, then at the first intersection at the small hamlet we continue left in the direction of Sveta Gora. The asphalt road, which after a few meters turns right, turns into macadam, which after a few minutes of transverse ascent brings us to the junction with the described path from Plave via Paljevo.
Immediately after the roads join, they split again at the information board. We continue on the right road, which then mostly gently to moderately ascends along the northwestern slopes of Kuk. Somewhat higher, at the small intersection we continue straight, then along a slightly steeper road we continue all the way to the marked intersection located south of Kuk.
From the junction a road branches sharply to the right, by which we can reach the settlements Zagora and Zagomila, sharply to the right branches the path to Kuk, we continue straight past the monument erected in June 1916 to the commander of the 1st Mountain Brigade FML Guido Novak von Arienti. Behind the monument the road turns slightly left, then after a few minutes brings us to the hamlet Vodice. Behind Vodice we leave the road and continue the path right in the direction of the monument (inscription on the board). The path further turns even more to the right and brings us from the forest to a grassy hayfield, where it continues along the outer edge of the pasture fence. With nice views of the surrounding hills and Julian Alps, we return to the forest in a few minutes. The path continues through the forest and mostly only gently ascends, then levels out even more and brings us to the forest road, which we reach near the information boards.
At the information boards the forest road continues to the left towards the pass Preški vrh, somewhat further and then right leads the path to the nearby monument pri orlih, further along the worse road the path continues towards the summit Vodice and the mausoleum on the summit. From the information boards to the summit Vodice it is only about 2 minutes of walking.
Plave - Prižnica 50 minutes, Prižnica - Sv. Kvirin 15 minutes, Sv. Kvirin - Vodice 1:25.

On the way: Prižnica (383m), Sveti Kvirin na Paljevem (321m), Vodice (555m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveta Gora