Rodik - Sveti Socerb (Artviže)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Koper take the exit Divača, then from the roundabout continue to the exit in the direction of Kozina and Škocjanski jame. Continue through the underpass under the motorway and follow the main road towards Kozina to the crossroads where the road to the settlement Rodik branches off to the left. When you arrive in Rodik, at the crossroads by the house with the house number Rodik 2, turn left and then follow the narrow road which leads you between a number of houses. Through the village, follow the "feeling" to arrive above the village, where the cycle path (dirt road) leading to Artviže starts (there are signs for the said cycle path in Rodik). Park above the village in a suitable place near the pumping station Rodik 2. No further driving is allowed.
b) From the motorway Koper - Ljubljana take the exit Kozina and then continue towards Ilirska Bistrica. From the semaphored junction in Kozina, continue straight (left Trst, right Ilirska Bistrica) onto Rodiška cesta, which leads to the settlement Rodik. When you arrive in Rodik, at the crossroads by the house with the house number Rodik 2, turn left and then follow the narrow road that leads you between many houses. Through the village, follow the "feeling" to arrive above the village, where the cycle path (dirt road) leading to Artviže starts (there are signs for the said cycle path in Rodik). Park above the village in a suitable place near the pumping station Rodik 2. No further driving is allowed.

Path description:
From the pumping station Rodik 2, continue along the macadam road, closed to public traffic, leading towards Artviž. At first the road climbs quite steeply, then an unmarked path (originally still a road) branches off to the right towards Ajdovščina, and a minute or so higher up, a road to the left with signs for the Divac cycle circuit. In both cases, continue along the wider road, which is then higher up and gradually moves from the slopes of Ajdovščina to the Križandrev ridge. The ridge is mostly climbed at first, but the road descends a few times higher up. When the forest ends, the road is completely laid, and then, with occasional glimpses of Slavnik, it slowly leads us towards Artviž. Shortly before the village, we are joined on the left by a waymarked path from the church of St Mauritius. Continue straight ahead, where after a few steps you will reach the NOB memorial and the registration box at Artvižės.
From the registration box in the village, continue along the asphalt road, which is not marked. At the crossroads, keep to the left (the turnoffs to the courtyard are overlooked), and the road quickly leads above the village, where the asphalt ends. The ascent continues on a grassy slope with a view, which takes a few minutes to reach the Church of St. Socerba, located on the highest peak of the Brkini Mountains.

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