Plave - Sveta Gora (via Paljevo and Vodice)

Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Nova Gorica, then continue driving in the direction of Bovec and Tolmin. Continue along the Soča valley, and follow the main road to Plave, where the road to Paljevo starts at a crossroads where the road to Paljevo branches off to the right. As there are no parking spaces at the starting point, we have to park somewhere else, preferably on a suitable spot on the roadside in front of or behind the village, or on the other side of the Soča River near the church or on the outskirts of the village.
b) Drive to Most na Soči and from there drive towards Nova Gorica. When you arrive at Plave, or the crossroads where the road to Paljevo branches off to the left, you are at the beginning of the route described above. As there are no parking spaces at the starting point, we have to park somewhere else, preferably on a suitable place on the roadside in front of or behind the settlement, or on the other side of the Soča River near the church, or somewhere on the outskirts of the village.

Path description:
From Plave, follow the asphalt road towards Paljevo. The path initially leads us past a few houses, and then quickly leads us to the left serpentine, where a small object is located on the NOB memorial. We continue along a fairly scenic road, which leads us past a bench to the right serpentine, where the footpath continues in a straight line to Prižnica (corner 383), and we continue to the right, further along the road. We continue for a while, crossing the slopes to the right, and then, just after crossing a torrential stream in the serpentine, the road turns sharp left. From the road, which we continue to follow, we have a nice view towards Korada and Prižnica. As the road almost turns from the slope into a flatter world, we see cart track on the right hand side and the unofficial markers for Kuk next to it.
Here the first path to Kuk branches off to the right, and we continue along the road, soon reaching some houses in the village of Paljevo. We continue on the asphalt road, which crosses the lane of the forest, and then, when the forest ends, before the route of the power line, we continue to the right on the initially grassy cart track, which after a few metres becomes a worse forest road, which in turn turns into a forest. Continue climbing along the above-mentioned road for some time, which is always close to the power line, and at a higher altitude join the wider road leading from the upper part of the settlement of Paljevo.
Just after the two roads merge, they split again at an information board. Continue along the right-hand road, which climbs gently to moderately on the north-western slopes of Kuka. A little higher, at a small crossroads, continue straight ahead, then follow the slightly steeper road until you reach a marked crossroads south of Kuk.
From the crossroads, a road turns sharp right to reach the settlements Zagora and Zagomila, a road turns sharp right to Kuk, and we continue straight on past a monument erected in June 1916 to Guido Novak von Arienti, commander of the 1st Mountain Brigade of the FML, which was erected in June 1916 to the commander of the 1st Mountain Brigade of the FML. After the monument, the road turns slightly left and after a few minutes leads to the hamlet Vodice. After Vodice, leave the road and continue to the right in the direction of the monument (inscription on the signpost). The path turns slightly further to the right and leads us out of the woods onto a grassy hayfield, where it continues along the outer edge of a pasture fence. With beautiful views of the surrounding hills and Julian Alps, we are back in the forest in a few minutes. The trail continues through the forest and climbs gently for the most part, then it levels out further and leads to a forest road, which is reached near the information boards. At the information boards, the forest road continues to the left, leading to the Preški vrh pass, a little further on and then to the right leads to the nearby monument at the eagles, and the worse road continues on to the Vodice peak and the mausoleum at the top. From the information boards it is only about a 2-minute walk to the top of Vodice.
From Vodice, continue along the marked trail, which begins to descend to the south-east. The path, which descends moderately, only occasionally steeply, leads us after about 15 minutes of descent to a worse forest road, which we follow to the right, and after a few steps we arrive at a marked crossroads on the Preški vrh preval.
There is a marked crossroads of several roads on the preval, and we continue straight on in the direction Sveta Gora (left Grgar, right Zagora). There is a climb of about 20 minutes, with occasional fine views, and the path leads us to a large parking lot below Sveta Gora. From the parking lot, continue up the stone steps to the top of Svatá Gora.
Plave - Vodice 2:10, Vodice - Sveta Gora 45 minutes.

On the way: Paljevo (270m), Vodice (555m), Vodice (651m), Preški vrh (504m)

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