Lesično - Vina gora (along the water educational trail and along the western path)

Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Šentjur, 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 path 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 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 path 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 path 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 we reach a marked junction, where the mountain signs for Pilštanj direct us left, but we continue straight along the main road towards Kozje. A little further on the right side of the road, when we notice a roadside rest area, the signs for the Water Educational Trail Lesično–Pilštanj direct us left onto a path that begins to ascend through the forest. In two hairpin bends we then ascend to a leveling, where we join the previously mentioned marked path.
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), but along a few houses we quickly reach a marked intersection on the eastern edge of the built-up part of the village, from where we turn left following the signs for Sedlarjevo (straight is the usual footpath to Vina gora, right is Stari trg and the cemetery), where we continue the path on an asphalt road. The asphalt road then ascends transversely through the forest, higher up it passes from the western to the northern slopes, where we reach a few houses at the Zork homestead. Here behind the buildings we turn sharply right onto a cart track that ascends behind the houses, then continues across the pasture, and along the path we are accompanied by sparse signs of the Water Trail Pilštanj–Lesično. In the upper part of the pasture we ascend transversely to the right and reach the western ridge of Vina gora, where we temporarily return to the forest.
When we leave the forest, we ascend across a meadow with beautiful views to the transmitters on Vina gora, where the highest point of the mountain is also located. We do not end the path at this place, but continue further towards the southeast, where behind a nearby house we reach a small intersection, at which we turn right. We continue the path on an asphalt road, which takes us to the last house, where we join the usual path that leads to Vina gora.
Here we bypass the house on the left side and continue in the direction of the viewpoint, which we reach in a few minutes of walking by the open-air museum.

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

Along the route: Pilštanj (376m)

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