Plave - Sveti Kvirin in Paljevo (by road)

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, the second path to Kuk (also the path to Vodice and Sveta Gora) branches off to the right before the route of the power line.
Continue along the asphalt road, which quickly leads to the next hamlet, where you see signs for Sveta Gora pointing to the right, and we continue left along the road leading to the hunting lodge and the church of St Kvirin. At the next crossroads, a few minutes higher up, go slightly left (hunting lodge Anhovo on the right at Paljevo) onto a road that loses its asphalt surface. The road continues through the woods, where the path from Deskel joins us on the right, and after a minute or two of further walking we arrive at the church of St Quirinus.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2015 (March).

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Prižnica ( 20 min), Kuk nad Paljevim (1 h 10 min), Vodice (1 h 35 min), Sveta Gora (2 h 20 min)

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