Podgorje - Slavnik (gentle path)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Kozina, and then on the old road towards Koper we drive to the settlement Petrinje (smaller settlement on the right side of the main road), where we go left in the direction of Podgorje. The road which at first steeply ascends soon brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue left, again in the direction of Podgorje. Ahead we drive to the village Podgorje, where we park on a large parking lot near the sports field.
B) From highway Koper - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kastelec, and then we continue right in the direction of Ljubljana, Kozina and Podgorje. Next follow two more crossroads, in both we go left or straight in the direction of Podgorje (at the first crossroad we stick to signs for Kozina). We follow this road to a large parking lot near the sports field, which is situated in the village Podgorje.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to the main road which we follow ahead in the direction of driving. And after few ten meters, we come to a crossroad, where wooden signposts point us to the left past the chapel upwards. We then follow the asphalt road to the next crossroad where there are few benches. Here we continue straight but only few meters to the spot, where a sign for easy path points us left. The road then runs past the last houses in the village and from an asphalt changes into a macadam, which is closed for traffic. The road, that is gently ascending mostly runs through the forest so that in first hour of walking there aren't any nice views. A little higher, the marked path for a short time leaves the road but after the first turn it again joins it. The path then brings us to the signpost by the path which informs us, that we entered the area of natural monument Slavnik. After additional few steps, we step out of the forest on a gentle unvegetated upper slopes of Slavnik. Here in front of us we already see transmitters to which we are slowly getting closer to. We follow the road ahead for few minutes and then at the spot, where the marked path ascends through a meadow towards the mountain hut, we leave it. From the mountain hut to the top of Slavnik we have only few steps.