Tacen (Sveti Jurij) - Šmarna gora (Partizanska steza)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Ljubljana - Šmartno exit and then continue to Tacno. Continue along Tacenska cesta, and we will follow it to the intersection with Bratov Novak Street, where our route begins. There is a bus stop at the crossroads (stop No 804151) and a few metres away is the Church of St George. There are no suitable parking places at the starting point.
b) From Celovška cesta in Ljubljana, just after the Gorenjska motorway entrance, the road to Vižmary and Tacno branches off to the right (if you are coming from the Medvo side, just before the motorway entrance, turn left). Continue driving towards Tacno, and then immediately after crossing the bridge over the Sava River, turn right towards Šmartno. Continue along the Tacen road, and we follow it to the junction with the Novak brothers' street, where our route begins. There is a bus stop at the crossroads (stop No 804151) and a few metres away is St George's Church. There are no suitable parking places at the starting point.
c) The starting point can also be reached by LPP bus No 8.

Path description:
At the bus stop, you will see signs for the Pilgrim's Way at Šmarna gora, which will direct you to a gently ascending road. The path initially leads along the street of the Novak brothers, and then, just after the water trough, which we notice on the left, we leave the road and continue slightly to the left on the initially wide cart track. After a short climb, cart track splits into two parts, and we choose the right-marked cart track, which gradually starts to climb steeply. Continue along and along cart track, which leads us through the forest at a moderate gradient. Higher up, we join the path from Šmartno, and just a little further on we arrive at a marked crossroads at the Chapel of the Sorrowful Mother of God.
At the chapel, continue to the right, and the path quickly leads to the next crossroads, where you continue left up the Partizanska cesta to Šmarna Gora.
From the crossroads onwards, the path becomes steeper and passes onto significantly steeper slopes, which are dangerous for slipping, especially in snow and ice. Next, we climb up the steep slope in circuits, and after a while the well-maintained path leads us to a bench, from which we have a beautiful view of the valley. Above the bench, the path passes onto a ridge, which we climb just below the top of Šmarna Gora. Here, the path goes from the ridge to a slope, over which we climb to the top of Šmarna Gora in a few 10 steps of further walking.

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