Mrše - Sveti Socerb (Artviže)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Koper, we go to the exit Hrpelje-Kozina, and then we continue driving in the direction of Ilirska Bistrica. Only a little after the settlement Materija, we leave the main road and we continue left on a local road in the direction of village Hotična, Mrše and Artviže. Further, we drive on a narrower and ascending road, and it soon brings us to a crossroad, where the road to Hotična branches off to the left, and here we continue right and we drive to the next crossroad, in which we turn left towards Mrše and Artviže (right Markovščina). We continue the ascent and the road brings us to the next crossroad, where we go again left (right Orehek pri Materiji). Further, we drive through Mrše, and soon above the village we park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a marked footpath in the direction of Artviže. The path which at first runs on a cart track, immediately goes into the forest, through which few minutes continues almost without changes in altitude. After a good 5 minutes of walking, blazes point us to the right on a little narrower cart track which starts gently ascending and brings us near the asphalt road. We continue parallel with the road and in doing so, we carefully follow the blazes, because of bigger overgrowth we can quickly lose the right path. The path a little higher crosses a worse cart track, after which it for some time moderately ascends, and then it flattens and past few clearings, brings us to a wider cart track, where we continue sharply left. We short time continue on a wide cart track, and then at the spot, where it starts considerably descending, we continue sharply right (turn off is poorly marked) on a little narrower but marked cart track. From here we short time continue through the forest or lane of bushes, and then the path past the hunting observatory brings us to a larger meadow, from which a nice view opens up on village Artviže and church of St. Socerb above it. Few minutes we walk on a panoramic meadow, and then the path brings us to an asphalt road, on which we quickly ascend to a crossroad right next to the village Artviže.
Here we continue left into the village and past organic farm we walk to the next crossroad, where we continue right (left 20 meters to the inscription box on Artviže).
From the center of the village we continue on the asphalt road which further isn't marked. At the crossroads, we stick to the left direction (turn-offs on a yard we ignore), and the road quickly brings us above the village, where the asphalt ends. We continue the ascent on a panoramic grassy slope, on which in few minutes we walk to the church of St. Socerb, which is situated on the highest summit of Brkini.

On the way: Artviže (787m)