Vrčice - Sveti Ilija (Planina)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Brežice motorway, take the Ivančna Gorica exit, then continue driving towards Črnomelj. After Črmošnjice, the road climbs for a short time, then begins to descend steeply and leads to the village Vrčice, where the described route begins. There are no parking places for mountaineers in the village. There is a parking place in the village of Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.
b) From the motorway Brežice - Ljubljana, take the Novo mesto exit, then continue in the direction of Dolenjske Toplice and Podturna near Dolenjske Toplice. In Podturno, join the main road Ivančna Gorica - Črnomelj, and follow it to the left in the direction of Črnomelj. After Črmošnjice, the road climbs for a short time, then begins to descend steeply and leads to the village of Vrčice, where the route described above begins. There are no parking places for mountaineers in the village. There is a parking place in the village of Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.
c) From Bela krajina, first drive to Semič, then continue to Črmošnjice and Soteska. Before the road starts to descend, you arrive at Vrčice, where the route described above begins. There are no parking places for mountaineers in the village. There is a parking place in the village of Blatnik near Črmošnjice.

Path description:
From Vrčice take the macadam road in the direction of Kleča, Mountain pasture and Mirna gora. The dirt road descends quickly to St Martin's Church, in front of which we join the tarmac road leading to Mirna gora, which we follow to the right. The road first leads us past a few houses, then into the forest, where it starts to climb steeply. Just after the asphalt ends, we arrive at a marked crossroads, where we continue along the road to the right (left access to Mirna gora by car), and we are also directed to it by mountain direction signs. Continue on the dirt road for a while, then leave the marked trail for a while and return to it at the memorial plaque or stone. The ascent continues along the road, which gradually lays down and leads us out of the forest to a less vegetated area called Kleč.
Here the path leads us past the nearby hunting lodge Kleč and the ruins of the former church, to the next crossroads.
At the crossroads, at which there are a number of direction signs, take the left path (right Mirna gora over Škrilj), which continues along a gently ascending dirt road. The road then completely flattens out and within a few minutes' walk leads to the Church of St. Ilija.

On the way: Kleč (645m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Dom na Mirni gori (1 h), Mirna gora ( 55 min)

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