Vrčice - Sveti Ilija (Planina)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Brežice, we go to the exit Ivančna Gorica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Črnomelj. After Črmošnjice, the road is for a short time still ascending, and then it starts descending steeper and it brings us to the village Vrčice, where the described path begins. In the settlement there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers. Settled parking lot is in the settlement Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.
B) From highway Brežice - Ljubljana, we go to the exit Novo mesto, and then we continue driving in the direction Dolenjske Toplice and Podturn pri Dolenjskih Toplicah. In Podturnu we join the main road Ivančna Gorica - Črnomelj, and we follow it left in the direction of Črnomelj. After Črmošnjice, the road is for a short time still ascending, and then it starts descending steeper and it brings us to the village Vrčice, where the described path begins. In the settlement there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers. Settled parking lot is in the settlement Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.
C) From Bela krajina at first we drive in Semič, and then we continue driving towards Črmošnjice and Soteska. Still before the road starts descending, we get to Vrčice, where the described path begins. In the settlement there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers. Settled parking lot is in the settlement Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.

Path description:
From Vrčice we go on a macadam road in the direction of Kleč, Planina and Mirna gora. The macadam road quickly descends to the church of St. Martin, before which we step on an asphalt road which leads on Mirna gora, and we follow it to the right. The road at first leads past few houses, and then passes into the forest, where it starts ascending steeper. And only a little after the asphalt ends, we get to a marked crossroad, where we continue on the right road (left access on Mirna gora with a car), and also the hiking signposts point us there. Further, we are ascending for some time on the macadam road, then the marked path for some time leaves it and at the memorial plaque or stone returns on the macadam road. We continue the ascent on the road, and it gradually flattens and brings us out of the forest on less vegetated area named Kleč.
Here the path leads us past the nearby hunting house Kleč and ruins of the former church, to the next crossroad.
At the crossroad, by which there are numerous signposts, we choose the left path (right Mirna gora via Škrilj), which continues on a slightly ascending macadam road. The road then entirely flattens and in few minutes of additional walking, brings us to the church of St. Ilija.

On the way: Kleč (645m)

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Mirni gori (1 h) , Mirna gora ( 55 min)