Župeno - Sveti Vid (Vidovska planota)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Koper motorway, take the Brezovica exit, then continue in the direction of Podpeč (Podpeč can also be reached from Črna vas or Ig). In Podpeč, continue in the direction of Borovnica, Krimo and Rakitna, and continue along the edge of the Ljubljana Moor for a short distance, then the signs for Rakitna direct you left onto a steeply ascending road. The road then leads through Preserje, where it also begins to descend. After a short descent, continue left in the direction of Krimo and Rakitna, and we then follow the mostly ascending road to Rakitna and from there towards Cerknica. We continue through the forest for a few kilometres and then arrive at the Pikovnik pass and the village of the same name, from where a beautiful view opens up. From the preval, the road starts to descend, and it leads us through the settlements of Kržišče and Beč to the village of Župeno, where our route to Sveta Vida begins. As there are no suitable parking places at the starting point, we must park in a suitable place on the roadside in front of or behind the village.
b) From the motorway Koper - Ljubljana take the exit Unec and follow the road towards Cerknica. Just before Cerknica, turn left in the direction of Begunje, and when you arrive in Begunje, follow the signs for Rakitno. The road then starts to climb and we follow it to the village of Župeno, where our route begins. As there are no suitable parking places at the starting point, we have to park in a suitable place on the roadside in front of or behind the village.
c) First drive to Cerknica, then continue in the direction of Begunje, and when you arrive in Begunje follow the signs for Rakitno. The road then starts to climb and we follow it to the village of Župeno, where our route begins. As there are no suitable parking places at the starting point, we have to park in a suitable place on the roadside in front of or behind the village.

Path description:
In the middle of the village Župeno we will see signs for Sveti Vid and Osredek, which direct us to a slightly narrower road that continues eastwards, which initially leads us between a few houses. When the houses end, the road leads us through meadows and then into the woods, where we see a notice that we are entering a bear area. The road continues to climb moderately for some time, then it lays down and leads us to the beginning of the village Koščake, where we are joined on the left by a waymarked trail from Pikovnik and the top of Zadela.
Continue along the road, which leads us past a solitary house, after which we gradually emerge from the forest. We continue along the path with beautiful views of the Javorniki ridge, Slivnica, Snežnik and the rest of the surrounding hills. There is a short descent, in the middle of which the road first branches off to the right towards some houses in the village of Koščake, and a little further on, the Rakitna road joins us from the left. In both cases, we continue straight on, but the asphalt road quickly leads us to the next village, called Korošče.
On the other side of the village, the road climbs a little, then lays down and slowly starts to turn more to the left. In the meantime, the view opens up towards the Church of St. Vid and the village of the same name. A little before the village, we join another slightly wider road, which we follow to the left, and we follow it up to the fire house and the church.

On the way: Koščake (850m), Korošče (827m)

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