Grgar - Vodice (on the route of gas line)

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 the steep road to Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further on to a crossroads where the road to Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice (straight ahead Trnovo and Lokve) branches off to the left. After a short descent, you arrive at Grgar, where at the crossroads by the NOB (National Liberation Monument) you continue straight to the nearby sports ground next to the primary school, where 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 leads us past the quarry Solkan, then a little higher up it turns sharp right and leads us to the Skalnica inn, after which we arrive first at a crossroads where the steep road to Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and just a little further on to a crossroads where the road to Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice (straight ahead Trnovo and Lokve) branches off to the left. After a short descent, you arrive at Grgar, where at the crossroads by the NOB (National Liberation Monument) you continue straight to the nearby sports ground next to the primary school, where 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 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 just a little further on to a crossroads where a road branches off to the left towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice (straight ahead to Trnovo and Lokve). Trnovo and Banjšice (straight ahead to Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, you arrive at Grgar, where at the crossroads by the NOB (National Liberation Monument) you continue straight to the nearby sports ground next to the primary school, where you park in a larger parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, return to the NOB monument, and from there continue along the road on the left (as seen from the route of access to the starting point, if you came from Nova Gorica), which is soon joined from the right by a "shortcut" (from the parking lot, you don't need to go to the monument, as there is a shorter road that starts a little bit in front of 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. Walk along this road for about 50 metres and then the signs for Sveta Gora direct you to the left onto another road where you first pass the "last" house and then the road continues across a meadow. Follow the tarmac until you reach the marker for pipeline No 443, from where you continue along the road on the left in the direction of Sveta Gora. Just a few steps further on, a marked path branches off the dirt road to the left to Sveta Gora across Križce, and we continue straight on towards Sveta Gora "in the middle" (the road we leave continues to the next house - it is also possible to continue along the road to a lonely house).
The way forward leads us across a small meadow, and then leads us to a wooden footbridge over the Slatnik stream, where it forks again.
Continue slightly to the right (left over the footbridge Sveta Gora) along the path which continues along the Slatna brook. A little further on, join the cart track (a track continuing from the above-mentioned lonely house), which quickly leads to wooden mountain markers.
From the crossroads, continue right in the direction of the Ranjeki trail (left Sveta Gora), which continues along the right side (left bank) of the nearby stream. The Slatna stream, along which we are walking, has carved small troughs, several rapids and a few pools into its bed. Cross the stream at a slightly higher altitude and then climb a little steeper to the nearby cart track. When you get on the track, follow it to the right (poorly marked), and follow it to a wider dirt road, which you just cross (Preški vrh pass on the left, Grgar on the right). We continue along the path, which is quite overgrown in summer, but soon crosses the Slatna stream. On the other side of the stream, continue for a short distance through lane of bushes and sparse forest, then turn onto another macadam road, which quickly leads to a small crossroads located a few metres in front of the natural pool of Gospodnjek. From the junction in front of Gospodnjek, continue along the road on the left, which turns into a cart track for two small weekends, and then gradually changes to the pipeline route. We continue to climb quite steeply along the pipeline route, and the path, which has since changed from cart track to a path, offers increasingly beautiful views of the Trnovski Forest and the surrounding area. Higher up, we cross a track, and we follow the pipeline route to pipeline marker No 447, where we also reach a kind of overpass. Here we continue left into the forest, where we see a fainter track, and we follow it for some 10 steps down to the forest road leading from the Preški vrh pass to the Vodice summit. The road opens up a nice view towards Sveta Gora, and we walk along it to the information board of the open-air museum Vodice.
Here, a marked path first branches off to the right down to the hamlet of Vodice (15 minutes), a few metres further on and then to the right leads to the monument to the eagles (2 minutes), and to the left the path continues to the top of Vodice, where the mausoleum of General Gonzaga stands.

On the way: Gospodnjek (355m)

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

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