Preval - Sveta Katarina (Topol)

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana ring road we go to the exit Ljubljana - Podutik, and then we continue driving in the direction Podutik. At the traffic light near the parish church in Podutik we continue straight, and then we gradually start ascending towards the saddle Preval, where at the crossroad we continue right in the direction of Toško čelo (straight Dobrova). From the crossroad, we drive few 100 meters and then on the right side we notice appropriate parking spot, where there is enough space for around 10 cars.
B) From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Brezovica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Dobrova and Polhov Gradec. At the end of Dobrova signs for Šentvid point us to the right on a narrower road, on which we continue driving. Further, the road leads through Stranska vas, behind which it starts ascending towards the saddle. On the saddle Preval we go left (straight Šentvid and Podutik) and we drive few 100 meters and then on the right side we notice appropriate parking spot, where there is enough space for around 10 cars.

Path description:
By the parking lot we notice the beginning of the marked path, which at first continues parallel with an asphalt road, and then turns a little more to the right and it ascends a little steeper. Higher, we cross a road, and then only a little further we join it. We follow the road to the left, and we walk there to the left turn, and from there straight on for some time steeper footpath which soon gets very close to the road. We continue right at first on an indistinct ridge, on a path which continues through the forest. The path ahead crosses the edge of a meadow, after which we get to a hunting cottage on Toško čelo.
Just before the cottage we step on a narrower asphalt road which at first moderately ascends, and then it starts descending towards the houses on Toško čelo. When we descend to the main road, we continue sharply right in the direction of Katarina (left we return to the starting point). We continue on a macadam road which quickly passes into the forest and then continues with some shorter ascents and descents. In few smaller crossroads we continue on "main" road which after a time brings us to the quarry, after which forest starts to get thinner. After a little longer descent from the left a marked path from Gabrje joins, and we walk on the road to the nearby crossroad, by which stands a cross.
Here the road towards Slavkov dom on Golo Brdo branches off to the right, straight continues unmarked footpath which leads directly to the church of St Katarine, and a marked path which continues on an asphalt road branches off to the left.
Here we continue left (possible also straight on unmarked shortcut) and on a gently sloping partly asphalt road we ascend to tavern Vaška krčma, by which we notice the next hiking signposts. Here we continue right in the direction of Sveti Jakob and we continue on a relatively steep road, on which in few minutes we get to a bigger chapel.
At the chapel, we continue right (left Sveti Jakob) and we continue on still asphalt road, and which in 5 minutes of additional walking brings us to the church of St. Catherine.

On the way: Toško Čelo (590m), Topol pri Medvodah (659m)

Trip can be extended to: Jeterbenk ( 20 min) , Rog ( 10 min) , Sveti Jakob