Grgar - Sveta Gora (via Križce)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Nova Gorica, and then we continue driving towards Tolmin and Kobarid. Main road towards Tolmin we follow only to Solkan, where at the traffic light crossroad we continue right in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. An ascending road further leads past the quarry Solkan, after that a little higher turns sharply to the right and it brings us to the inn Gostilna Skalnica, behind which we first get to a crossroad, where a steep road towards Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further also to a crossroad, where slightly to the left, the road continues towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice (slightly right Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, we get to Grgar, where at the crossroad by NOB monument we continue straight to the nearby sports field by the primary school, by which we park on a large parking lot.
B) From Tolmin or Most na Soči we drive on the main road towards Nova Gorica, after that only a little before Nova Gorica, more precisely at the traffic light crossroad in Solkan we turn left in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. An ascending road further leads past the quarry Solkan, after that a little higher turns sharply to the right and it brings us to the inn Gostilna Skalnica, behind which we first get to a crossroad, where a steep road towards Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further also to a crossroad, where slightly to the left, the road continues towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice (slightly right Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, we get to Grgar, where at the crossroad by NOB monument we continue straight to the nearby sports field by the primary school, by which we park on a large parking lot.
C) From Goriška Brda we drive to Solkan, where at the first crossroad after new Solkan bridge we continue straight in the direction of Sveta Gora. An ascending road further leads past the quarry Solkan, after that a little higher turns sharply to the right and it brings us to the inn Gostilna Skalnica, behind which we first get to a crossroad, where a steep road towards Sveta Gora branches off to the left, and only a little further also to a crossroad, where slightly to the left, the road continues towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice (slightly right Trnovo and Lokve). After a short descent, we get to Grgar, where at the crossroad by NOB monument we continue straight to the nearby sports field by the primary school, by which we park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to NOB monument, and from there we continue on the left road (looking from the direction of access to the starting point, if we came from the direction Nova Gorica), which from the right soon joins "shortcut" (from the parking lot we don't have to go to monument, because to here leads shorter road which starts a little before the parking lot and continues towards the west). A short time we walk on a sidewalk, and then at the spot, where the main road turns right we continue straight on a narrower asphalt road. Good 50 meters we walk on the mentioned road, and then signs for Sveta Gora point us to the left on other road, where we at first bypass "last" house, after that the road continues through a meadow. On the asphalt we walk to signs of gas line number 443, from where we continue on the left road in the direction of Sveta Gora. And only few steps ahead from the macadam road we turn left in the direction of the marked path on Sveta Gora over Križce (straight Sveta Gora via Ranjeke, Po sredi and over Frančiškov hrib).
We continue on a cart track, on which we quickly get to a stone fence, and next to it to a stream Slatnik, which we cross, and then on the other side we continue more to the left. Next follows crossing of a wider cart track, and at the same time we cross the route of a power line. Next follows an ascent through the forest on a less beaten, but at first still easy to follow footpath, by which we also notice few blazes. Higher, on the part where the path from northeast slope passes on the southeast slope, the footpath starts vanishing among thorns. Next follows, a looking for passages among thorns, or at some sections we have to get through an overgrown path. A little further, we get to the slope, where years ago there was a fire, and the path is from here ahead again easier to follow. Next follows a light diagonal ascent, and then we reach an asphalt road which leads towards the summit of Sveta Gora.
We walk on the road past few Stations of the Cross, and when the road turns sharply to the right, we continue straight on a footpath which higher returns on the road. When we return on the road, the path leads us past in the year 2015 renovated chapel Pieta, and behind it we continue on a graduated path. Past the last Station of the Cross, we then quickly get to the cemetery, and from there in few 10 strides to the top of Sveta Gora, from which a beautiful view opens up, which reaches all the way to Julian Alps.

Trip can be extended to: Vodice