Lesično - Vina gora

Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Šentjur and then follow the signs for Podsreda and Planina pri Sevnici. At the end of Šentjur we turn left towards Podsreda, from where we drive along a rather winding road to the village of Lesično, where the described route begins at the roundabout. We park in one of the parking lots in the center of the village.
b) From the Brežice–Podčetrtek road on the outskirts of the village of Bistrica ob Sotli we turn left (right from the direction of Podčetrtek) towards Podsreda. We bypass the center of Podsreda on the right side, then drive to the village of Lesično, where the described route begins at the roundabout. We park in one of the parking lots in the center of the village.
c) From the direction of Sevnica and Krško we drive to Brestanica, then follow the signs for Podsreda. This is followed by some ascent and then a descent into Podsreda, where at the end of the village we turn left towards Šentjur and Kozje. We drive to the village of Lesično, where the described route begins at the roundabout. We park in one of the parking lots in the center of the village.

Route description:
From the place where we parked, we first return to the roundabout, then follow the road towards Kozje. Near the bus stop, the signs for Pilštanj direct us left onto the access road to a nearby house, which we bypass on the left side. Behind the house we cross a small stream via a wooden footbridge, after which the path enters the forest. With the help of steps and a railing it begins to ascend steeply along the slope, which higher up is also somewhat exposed. Higher up, slightly before the exposed viewpoint with the Slovenian flag, the path turns left, then gradually ascends onto a gentler ridge.
Here we pass the location of the former Drenski grad (Hartenštajn). Since today there are no longer any remains or information board at the location itself, the area is completely unrecognizable; with some focused attention on the surroundings one can still notice only the outlines of the former defensive ditches. The path ahead bypasses a nearby house on the right side, where a path marked with local signs joins us from the right. After the junction we reach the central part of the village of Pilštanj, where we go left towards the cemetery (here it is worth continuing straight and making a short detour to also see the center of Pilštanj), while we quickly reach a marked junction at the eastern edge of the built-up part of the village, from where we head onto the footpath towards Vina gora (left Rudnica, right Stari trg and the cemetery).
The path ahead enters the forest and begins to ascend transversely to the right. For some time we ascend transversely along a fairly wide path, accompanied by yellow-white markings, after which an arrow directs us left onto a temporarily steeper path that first ascends steeply in two switchbacks, then leads us to the courtyard of a residential house located on the ridge of Vina gora.
Here we continue slightly right towards the viewpoint (the highest point of the mountain is otherwise located left by the transmitters), which we reach after a minute or two of further walking past the open-air museum.

The description and photos refer to the situation in May 2026.

Along the route: Sveti Mihael (Pilštanj) (376m)

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