Podgora - Gora Oljka (Martin way)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Celje we go to the exit Šempeter and follow the road ahead in the direction of Polzela. In Polzela signs for Gora Oljka point us to the right. The road then brings us in the village Podvin pri Polzeli, where we notice the next sign for Gora Oljka. Here we continue straight (even though it is written Gora Oljka right) and we follow the road to railway crossing at the end of the village Podgora. Only few meters before the railway passage we turn right on a macadam road by which we park (there isn't any large parking lots).

Path description:
The road by which we park, after few minutes of walking, it brings us to the chapel near of which is a crossing. We continue left upwards, on the path Martinova pot, which after a short ascent brings us to a smaller hamlet, where we continue right. We continue on a cart track which quickly brings us to a water catchment. The marked path avoids water catchment right, slightly downwards and is then ascending diagonally towards the southeast. After some time, the path passes out of the forest on grassy slopes, on which we ascend to the inn Jug. Further, we continue on the road, from which soon left upwards a marked path branches off on Gora Oljka. Here we continue straight on the road, to the next crossing. Here signs for path Martinova pot point us to the left upwards, on a footpath which is diagonally ascending above the road. A little higher we again step on the road which we soon leave again. Next follows only few minutes of a moderate ascent to Gora Oljka.

On the way: Gostišče Jug (530m)