Višnja Gora - Sveti Duh (Polževo)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Obrežje we go to the exit Višnja Gora and we drive in the direction of the center of the settlement. Only few 10 meters further from bar Kic bil, we will notice on the left side a bigger marked parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue towards the center of Višnja Gora, and then at the first crossroad, we continue right in the direction of Polževo. A little further, in the next crossroad, we notice the first red signposts for castle Stari grad, which point us on the left road which a little ahead we leave and past few houses we ascend to the other road which we reach near the church. We continue through the old part of the town, and then in front of primary school Edo Turnher Primož, we notice an information board for Forest teaching trail "po sledeh višnjanskega polža (by the traces of snail of Višnja Gora)".
A little behind the school signs for castle Stari grad, Polževo and the path Jurčičeva pot, point us to the left, past few houses, on a path, which passes into the forest. Through the forest, we start ascending steeper on a cart track, after few minutes we get to a marked crossing, where the path which leads past the ruins of the castle Stari grad branches off to the right (mentioned path is good 5 minutes longer), and we continue straight, still on a wide cart track. A little further, on a smaller saddle from the right joins the path which leads past the castle, and we continue in the direction of the path Jurčičeva pot. Next follows a diagonal ascent on a cart track, from which for some time a view opens up a little, wide cart track we leave at the right turn and we continue straight on forest teaching trail. Next follows a short ascent through the forest and then we reach an asphalt road which we follow left in the direction of Polževo. We continue through Pristava, on the path which continues without large changes in altitude, and when the settlement ends then also an asphalt ends. Next follows a walk on the forest road, where we soon run into a notification, that we are entering into a bear area.
When the forest ends, we get to the next settlement Zavrtače, where the path at first leads past newer chapel, and then past few more houses. Here at the end of the village, we continue right in the direction of Polževo, and we only a little after another notification, that we are in a bear area, we continue left on a footpath which through a meadow leads into the forest. Through the forest past a smaller older cottage, we return on an asphalt road, and there in a gentle ascent, we continue all the way to hotel Polževo.
On the right (western) side of the hotel is situated ski slope Polževo, and marked path in the lower part crosses a ski slope towards the right and passes to the bottom right edge of the ski slope, where by the edge of the ski slope continues a marked path. Further, we are moderately ascending, and with every step nicer views are opening up on surrounding hills. On the upper part of the ski slope, the path turns left and then crosses a narrow lane of a forest and then it brings us on a plain left from transmitters, where a little more to the left we notice Church of the Holy Spirit, in the direction of straight on a marked path towards Muljava, before path starts descending, we get to stamp.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (September).

On the way: Grad Višnja Gora (Stari grad) (506m), Pristava pri Višnji Gori (541m), Zavrtače (545m), Hotel Polževo (592m)