Zagora - Vodice (via Preški vrh)

Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Nova Gorica, then continue to Tolmin and Bovec. Then drive past the Solkanski Bridge (the Solkanski Bridge, over which the railway line passes, is 220 metres long and has the longest stone arch in the world), and then drive for a few kilometres directly along the Soča River. Once the road moves away from the river, you reach a small crossroads, where the road branches off to the right towards Zagomila (house nos. 1-2) and Zagora (house nos. 1-7) and the Martin family's lodgings. Turn right here and park in a suitable roadside space after the first right turn. You can also park higher up the road.
b) From Tolmin and Most na Soči take the regional road towards Nova Gorica. After Plave, watch out for left turns. First, the road to a small hamlet or nearby house turns off to the left, and a little further on, the road to Zagomila (house Nos 1-2) and Zagora (house Nos 1-7) and the Martin family's lodgings turns off sharply to the left. Turn left here and park in a suitable roadside space after the first right turn. You can also park higher up the road.

Path description:
From where you parked, continue along the asphalt road, which climbs gently through the forest. At the very beginning, we get some views of the other side of the Soča River, where we see the church of St Ahacius above Prilesje, but then we don't get any special views apart from a view of a nearby pasture until a sharp right turn. From this bend, however, you can see the Soca, Prilesje, Plave and Korada. Around the bend, the forest gradually thins out and the path leads us to the village of Zagora, where the path leads us past a few houses. In the middle of the village, a short road branches off to the right towards Martinovi, and we continue to the left in the direction of Sveta Gora. Just a little further on, we arrive above the village, and we continue our ascent along the asphalt road, which continues through the forest for some time. The road then climbs south to south-east and after a while leads us to Zagomila, a small hamlet above which we have a nice view towards Korada and the Sabotina ridge. The asphalt also ends behind the settlement, and the road leads us to a marked crossroads where we continue straight in the direction of Sveta Gora (left Vodice hamlet, Vodice peak over Vodice hamlet, Kuk peak. . . ).
The way forward gradually begins to descend, so that it descends almost 50 vertical metres. During the descent, cross first the slopes of Košutnik (592 m) and then the slopes of Vodice (651 m). On the south-western slopes of Vodice, the path also stops descending and begins to climb crosswise towards the Preški vrh pass. Shortly before the preval, the marked path from Skalnica joins us from the right (the path from the starting point at the sharp bend in the road Nova Gorica - Sveta Gora, more precisely between the quarry and the Skalnica inn). From this trail connection, we have only a few minutes to the Preški vrh pass.
The crossroads of several roads are marked on the pass, and we continue on the leftmost road (straight Grgar, right Sveta Gora), which we leave only a few 10 steps further on, as the markings direct us to the left on a well-trodden footpath. The path continues into a low forest and then continues on a moderate ascent. The path continues past several ditches and a few caverns from the First World War, and then climbs slightly steeper. The steepness quickly subsides and the relatively gentle path leads out of the forest and onto an overgrown meadow, from which you can already see the Vodice peak, on which the mausoleum of General Gonzaga stands and which is reached after a further 10 steps. The route to Preški vrh is not marked, but is well marked at the crossroads.

On the way: Zagora (200m), Zagomila (400m), Preški vrh (504m)

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

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