Grgar - Vodice (by road)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Nova Gorica, then continue to Tolmin and Kobarid. Follow the main road towards Tolmin only as far as Solkan, where at the semaphoreised intersection turn right towards Sveta Gora and Grgar. The ascending road continues past the quarry Solkan, then a little higher up turns sharp right and leads to the Skalnica Inn, after which we arrive first at a crossroads where a steep road branches off to the left towards Sveta Gora, and only a little further on to a crossroads where the road continues slightly to the left towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice (slightly to the right Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, you arrive at Grgar, where at the crossroads by the NOB monument you continue straight ahead to the nearby sports ground next to the primary school, next to which you park in a larger parking lot.
b) From Tolmin or Most na Soči take the main road towards Nova Gorica, then just before Nova Gorica, more precisely at the semaphoreised junction in Solkan turn left towards Sveta Gora and Grgar. The ascending road continues past the quarry Solkan, then a little higher up it turns sharp right and leads to the Skalnica inn, after which we arrive first at a crossroads where a steep road branches off to the left towards Sveta Gora, and just a little further on to a crossroads where the road continues slightly to the left towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice (slightly to the right Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, you arrive at Grgar, where at the crossroads by the NOB monument you continue straight ahead to the nearby sports ground next to the primary school, next to which you park in a larger parking lot.
c) From Goriško Brdy, drive to Solkan, where at the first crossroads after the new Solkan bridge, continue straight towards Svete Gora. The ascending road continues past the Solkan quarry, then turns sharp right a little higher and leads to the Skalnica Inn, beyond which we reach first a crossroads where a steep road branches off to the left towards Sveta Gora, and just a little further on to a crossroads where a road continues slightly to the left towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice (slightly to the right Trnovo and Lokve). Trnovo and Banjšice (slightly to the right Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, you arrive at Grgar, where at the crossroads by the NOB monument you continue straight ahead to the nearby sports ground next to the primary school, next to which you park in a larger parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, return to the NOB monument, and from there continue along the left-hand road (as seen from the route of access to the starting point, if you came from Nova Gorica), which is soon joined by a "shortcut" from the right (from the parking lot, you do not need to go to the monument, as there is a shorter road that starts a little before the parking lot and continues westwards). Walk along the pavement for a short distance and then, at the point where the main road turns right, continue straight ahead on the narrow asphalt road. We walk along this road for about 50 metres, then we see signs for Sveta Gora, which point to the road on the left, and we continue straight on, along the road that continues through the settlement. As we walk through the village, we quickly reach the birthplace of Ursula Ferligoj (Ursula was shown the Queen of Heaven in 1539). A little further on, the houses in Grgarj end, and we continue on the left road towards Slatna and Sveta Gora at a small crossroads. At the next crossroads, by the water reservoir, we again continue left in the direction of Sveta Gora (Slatna on the right), and continue along the macadam road, which drops slightly a little further on, and then crosses the Slatna stream. On the other side of the stream, the road begins to climb more steeply, and after a left turn you reach a crossroads on the Preški vrh pass.
At the crossroads there is a crossroads of several paths, and we continue to the right along the less ascending road in the direction of Vodice, which we leave only a few 10 steps further on, as the markings lead us to the left on a marked footpath. The path ahead returns to low woodland and then continues at a moderate gradient. The path continues past several ditches and a few caverns from the First World War, and then climbs slightly steeper. The steepness quickly subsides and the relatively gentle path leads out of the forest and onto an overgrown meadow, from which you can already see the Vodice peak, on which the mausoleum of General Gonzaga stands and which is reached after a further 10 steps.

On the way: Preški vrh (503m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Sveta Gora

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