Solkan - Dom na Sabotinu (northern way)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Nova Gorica and then continue driving towards Tolmin. At the end of the village Solkan, we turn left onto a large parking lot, which is located before the Solkan bridge.
From Tolmin we drive towards Nova Gorica, but only to the village Solkan. At the beginning of the village, we turn right and park on a large parking lot, which is located behind the Solkan bridge.
The starting point is on the parking lot at the end of Solkan, to which we can get by city bus from Nova Gorica or Šempeter.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we cross the Solkan bridge and then on its other side we notice the mountain signs for Sabotin (south and north path). For the ascent to Sabotin via the northern path, we first descend below the bridge, then walk along the path that runs beside the Soča river and the railway uphill. The gentle, or level path, then takes us past HE Solkan and after about half an hour of walking from the starting point brings us to the mountain signposts, where we continue left uphill. The path ahead ascends moderately along an old military mule track to a nice viewpoint with a bench. Here the path turns left and after a further few minutes of ascent brings us to a path junction, where we have two options for continuing. We continue right in the direction of Sabotin (left to Sabotin past the ruins of St. Valentin), along the path that gradually starts to ascend ever more steeply. The increasingly steep path brings us below the cliffs of the upper slope of Sabotin. The path then, with the aid of a steel cable in a moderate ascent, crosses the steep slope (undemanding) and then climbs to numerous caverns (it is good to have a lamp with you to walk through the trenches). Before the caverns the path turns left and again climbs the steps with the aid of a steel cable. A steep ascent through military trenches follows and the path brings us to the Dom na Sabotinu.

Trip can be extended to: Sabotin ( 15 min)