Ponikva/Hotunje - Sveti Ilija (Spodnje Dramlje) (via Sveta Uršula)

Access to starting point:
A) With a train...Train station Ponikva.
B) With a car...We leave the highway at exit Dramlje and we continue in the direction of Šentjur. After three kilometers at the roundabout Dole we continue in the direction of the settlement Ponikva and after approximately seven kilometers, we reach the railway track. In front of the railway crossing, we can park safely. The train station is on the other side of the rail and a little to the right.

Path description:
On the asphalt road which goes along the stream we continue in the direction of the settlement Zagaj pri Ponikvi. After about a kilometer and a half, the asphalt pavement changes into a macadam and we follow it through the forest. Soon we reach a smaller settlement of houses and with good markings we continue through the yard one of the homesteads on a meadow path. A meadow path passes into the forest and then leads us past a lot of ponds and through the forest, we follow the path a little higher to the chapel. From the chapel we continue through Razbor and at the first crossing we go left and soon right downwards below the road viaduct, where we also cross a smaller watercourse, and we pass on the other side of the highway. We continue through a meadow, through a yard of a homestead and by a wooden fence with horses we reach the main part of Vodule. From the flat part of Vodule follows an ascent on an asphalt road and further on narrower paths in the arms of vineyards/vineyard cottages. Higher, we reach a crossing, right St Uršula and hut Dom PD Dramlje in the former parish house. Of course because of the proximity of good hundred meters we make a visit and further we go downwards or left from the crossing into the valley towards Dramlje. On the asphalt road which is constantly descending and is easy to follow we soon reach the church of St. Ilija, which is by the path on the right and is our destination for today.

On the way: Sv. Uršula nad Dramljami (464m)