Celje - Sveti Peter (Olešče)

Access to the starting point:
Celje, Slovenia's third-largest city, is practically reachable from several sides. Park somewhere between the railway station and the bridge over the Savinja in the direction of Laško. The problem could be that the car parks are mostly pay-per-use. . . when you arrive by train, of course, these problems disappear.

Path description:
The route starts at the bridge over the Savinja River at a sign with a panoramic view of the Celje Hills. The trail to the final turn-off at Srebotnik is the introductory part of the CPP - Celjska planinske trail. In the first part you walk along the path between the Savinja and the railway line to the confluence of the Voglajna and the Savinja. Continue over the bridge and under the railway line to the right and continue along the Pelikan Trail to the Old Castle.
From the castle, continue left steeply uphill past the inn and follow the well-trodden path through the village of Osenca. The path from Teharje joins from the left. Continue on the asphalt road through Pečovje and follow the forks, mainly to the right, which are well marked.
In the forest part, the mountain path from Štori called "past Marija" joins from the left. Continue along the forest road by two or three houses/weekends and then again to the left along a slightly narrower forest path and, higher up, partly also logging trail. The path climbs again a little steeper and there are also a few railings on the left, more as a fence than as a handrail.
Soon we reach a crossroads, straight ahead and higher for Srebotnik, while we continue left and after a good hundred metres down reach the Chapel of Our Lady carved into the rock face of Srebotnik. Here there is a bench, table and a registration box, and after a short rest we continue from the chapel up the forest path/train and follow the signs and direction boards for Svetina or the Barbara's Way signs. There is a fork in the larger grassy clearing, where we continue left to Alma's home, and right is the path to Tolsti vrh. . .
Follow the forest path to a crossroads where the path continues up to Alma's home, while we descend right down to the village of Svetina. After a short visit to the settlement, we continue along the XIV. divizije path by the cemetery (the grave of the great traveller Alma Karlin, immediately to the left at the entrance), following the road higher up towards Kanjuce. At the larger farmhouse on the right, also by the horse paddock, you will come to a wooden cross on the right side of the road. Right up, shortly after the cross, a path leads to Veliki vrh.
Continue straight ahead and slightly downhill from the cross, partly in the woods and through meadows. At one of the farmsteads you reach an asphalt connection and more specifically the village of Kanjuce. Follow the asphalt link along the well-marked, undulating road between the homesteads until you reach part of the settlement of Sela. A wooden signpost directs us to the right on the macadam road and somewhere on the brick garage is the last correct marking with the Roman 14. From the garage onwards the markings "dip" and in the more distinct forest part we simply follow the road. This is somewhere between the end of the municipality of Štore and the beginning of the municipality of Laško. When you come down out of the forest, you can see the village of Olešče with the Church of St Peter a little way up the hill. Follow the road through Petrovo Selo down past scattered farmhouses, more or less maintained chapels. . . Unfortunately there are no markings and at two crossroads we continue to the right, which is logical anyway because of the better macadam road. Soon we reach a church, slightly on a rise, and this is also the destination of the route today to the places between Svetina and Jurkloštro.

On the way: Stari grad na Grajskem hribu (407m), Veliki vrh nad Svetino (807m)

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