Sveta Gora - Frančiškov hrib
Starting point: Sveta Gora (670 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.0006°N 13.6541°E 
Time of walking: 10 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: -38 m
Altitude difference (by path): 15 m
Map: Goriška - izletniška karta 1:50.000
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 Skalnica, behind which we continue slightly left in the direction of Sveta Gora. Further, we drive on a narrower asphalt road which we follow to a marked parking lot few 10 meters below Sveta Gora.
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 Skalnica, behind which we continue slightly left in the direction of Sveta Gora. Further, we drive on a narrower asphalt road which we follow to a marked parking lot few 10 meters below Sveta Gora.
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 Skalnica, behind which we continue slightly left in the direction of Sveta Gora. Further, we drive on a narrower asphalt road which we follow to a marked parking lot few 10 meters below Sveta Gora.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the nearby stairs, after which with a nice view we ascend to the road which leads to the summit of Sveta Gora. When we reach the road, we follow it to the left, and it leads past nearby inn and church. Behind the church, the road starts lightly descending and it brings us to the nearby cemetery, where it ends. We continue on a wide ridge path in the direction of the nearby Frančiškov hrib, which we reach after few minutes of moderate descent.
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