Podnanos - Sveti Socerb (Vipavska brda) (gentle path)
Starting point: Podnanos (175 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.7973°N 13.972°E 
Path name: gentle path
Time of walking: 1 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 380 m
Altitude difference (by path): 380 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Vipava expressway at the Vipava exit, and then continue driving towards Podnanos. When we arrive in Podnanos, we can park at the beginning of the settlement by the cemetery, or on the parking lot in the middle of the settlement.
B) We leave the Primorska motorway at the Razdrto exit, and then continue driving on the old road towards Nova Gorica. When the road stops descending, we quickly arrive in Podnanos, where we park on the parking lot in the middle of the settlement.
Path description:
From Podnanos, the birthplace of the Slovenian national anthem, we head onto the road towards the village of Orehovica. After a few minutes of walking, we arrive at the mentioned village, where signs for Kjecl and Pasji rep–Premrn direct us to the right onto the road, which descends in a few dozen steps to the bridge over Pasji rep stream. After the stream, we arrive at a marked junction, from which we continue along the right path in the direction of the longer path to Kjecl, Božje Martre and Sveti Socerb (left: shorter steep path to Kjecl and Sveti Socerb via Kjecl). The path ahead still leads along the road; at the nearby junction we go right, then bypass the nearby house on its right side. There follows an ascent along a cart track, which partly among vineyards, partly through the forest climbs in a few hairpin turns, then enters the forest and continues towards the west along and beside a mostly forested ridge. After a while we reach an indistinct rise, where there is a chapel, the Božje Martre bell and a pleasant bench.
A little further ahead the path forks, and we continue along the right path in the direction of Sveti Socerb (the left path leads to Kjecl, from where it is also possible to continue to Sveti Socerb). The path ahead mostly continues through the forest, which in autumn is adorned by the colours of the wayfaring tree. Higher up we reach a cart track leading from the settlement of Podraga towards Sveti Socerb; we follow it left but immediately leave it, as signs for Sveti Socerb direct us right onto a footpath. A little below the summit we return to the cart track, along which we then ascend past the logbook box to the church of St. Servulus, from which a fine view opens onto the Vipava Valley and the surrounding mountains.
The description and photos refer to the conditions in 2016 (November).
On the way: Orehovica (190m)
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