Polzela - Gora Oljka (via Vimperk)

Access to starting point:
We leave Štajerska highway at exit Šempeter, and then we follow the signs for Polzela. When we get to Polzela, we turn right and we park on a large parking lot by the cemetery.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to the main road, and then we continue through the settlement, where the path leads us past the parish church of St. Marjeta Antiohijska, municipality Polzela, store Tuš, and on the sidewalk by the main road, we walk to the right turn, where a road branches off to the left towards the castle Komenda.
From the castle, which was in the past characterized by sovereign military order of Malta and which was thoroughly renovated in the year 2011, we continue on a side road, by which we are accompanied by blazes. A little further, at the smaller crossroad we continue right from the nearby building, and then we return on the main road which we follow to the left. On the road, we descend a little and then after the inn and pizzeria AS caffe we continue right on street Pot na Vimperk 3-16. We continue past individual houses, and then asphalt road starts considerably ascending. At the farm Cizej-Sevšek we get to the settlement Podvin pri Polzeli, where at the crossroad we go right, also a little further, left on the road by which we notice a blaze. After nearby house the road changes into a cart track which is diagonally ascending, and from there we soon go right on steeper footpath, on which in few minutes we ascend to the church of St. Miklavž on Vimperk or Vinski vrh.
Behind the church, we step on a macadam road, on which we start descending diagonally, and when we reach a small saddle where the road turns right, we leave it and we continue straight on a marked footpath. A little further follows a light descent, where the forest for some time ends, and by the path, we notice Stations of the Cross, which are then accompanying us on the path ahead. Next follows a relatively short ascent towards Vimperk (442 meters), then on a cart track we reach an asphalt road which we follow to the right. On the asphalt road, we ascend to "last" house, which we bypass on the left side, and then past old millstone we pass on diagonal path, which is gradually turning to the left. Next follows some more crossing, and then from the right joins the path which leads past the birth house of writer, poet, journalist... Neža Maurer.
We continue straight, at first with nice views, after that by older house we reach the macadam road which passes into the forest, and there we continue to a marked crossroad, where we reach the road which leads towards Gora Oljka.
We continue on the road in the direction of Gora Oljka (left we descend on the road into a valley, and right road continues through the settlement Dobrič), on which we quickly get to plague column and inscription box. Here the road branches off to the right towards marked parking lot and Tourist agency Nasmeh, and we go straight and we continue walking on an asphalt road. Higher, the road leads us by nice views and at the former inn Jug, from the left joins the path from Podgora.
We continue on the road few 10 meters more, and then signs for Gora Oljka point us to the left on a cart track which passes into the forest. We continue through the forest, at first on a cart track, after that on a little steeper marked path, which higher few more times crosses the cart track or occasionally continues on it. Higher, after the gentle part, from the right joins another path, which from the road branches off higher, and we continue left and in few minutes of a moderate ascent we get to the mountain hut on Gora Oljka, and after the ascent on stairs also to the church of the Holy Cross.
The starting point - castle Komenda 0:10, castle Komenda - Vinski vrh 0:30, Vinski vrh - Gora Oljka 1:35.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2019 (January).

On the way: Grad Komenda (295m), Podvin pri Polzeli (400m), Vinski vrh (Vimperk) (448m), Vimperk (442m), Jug (530m)