Sveta Gora - Vodice

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Nova Gorica, then continue driving towards Tolmin and Kobarid. We follow the main road towards Tolmin only to Solkan, where at the traffic-light junction we continue right in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. The ascending road then leads us past the Solkan quarry, then a little higher it turns sharply to the right and brings us to the Skalnica inn, behind which we continue slightly left in the direction of Sveta Gora. Further on, we drive on a narrower asphalt road, which we follow to the marked parking lot a few 10 meters below the summit of Sveta Gora.
B) From Tolmin or Most na Soči we drive on the main road towards Nova Gorica, then only a little before Nova Gorica, more precisely at the traffic-light junction in Solkan, we turn left in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. The ascending road then leads us past the Solkan quarry, then a little higher it turns sharply to the right and brings us to the Skalnica inn, behind which we continue slightly left in the direction of Sveta Gora. Further on, we drive on a narrower asphalt road, which we follow to the marked parking lot a few 10 meters below the summit of Sveta Gora.
C) From Goriška Brda we drive to Solkan, where at the first junction after the new Solkan bridge we continue straight in the direction of Sveta Gora. The ascending road then leads us past the Solkan quarry, then a little higher it turns sharply to the right and brings us to the Skalnica inn, behind which we continue slightly left in the direction of Sveta Gora. Further on, we drive on a narrower asphalt road, which we follow to the marked parking lot a few 10 meters below the summit of Sveta Gora.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road in the direction of Vodice and the bridle path of the three shrines (signposts are located a little above the parking lot, more precisely at the junction where we turn left towards the parking lot), which loses its asphalt surface and descends moderately. Further, the road mostly descends through the low forest, but despite that, a nice view occasionally opens towards Krn and the surrounding mountains. After more than 150 elevation meters of descent we arrive at a small saddle named Preški vrh, where there is a junction of several forest roads.
From the saddle, we continue straight on the worse ascending road in the direction of Vodice, which however we leave only a few 10 steps ahead, as the blazes lead us left onto a marked footpath. The path ahead returns to the low forest, then continues in a moderate ascent. Further, the path leads us past several trenches and a few caverns from the time of the First World War, then temporarily ascends a little more steeply. The steepness very quickly eases and a relatively gentle path brings us out of the forest onto an overgrown meadow, from which we can already see the summit of Vodice, on which stands the mausoleum of General Gonzaga, and which we reach after a few 10 steps of further walking.

On the way: Preški vrh (503m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveta Gora