Travnarjev gozd (Hotenjsko podolje) - Sveta Barbara (Ravnik pri Hotedršici)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Logatec (to here from the highway Ljubljana - Koper, exit Logatec, Vrhnika or Žiri), and then we continue driving towards Postojna, Idrija and Tolmin. At Kalce at both crossroads we continue straight (in the first crossroad left Postojna and Planina, in the second left Col) and then we drive on the main road towards Idrija. Before we arrive at the settlement Hotedršica, we will notice signs for the village Ravnik pri Hotedršici, which direct us to the right onto a narrower local road, along which after a few meters we park at an appropriate place beside the road. From the crossroad at Kalce to the turn-off of the road towards Ravnik is a little less than 3 km.
B) First, we drive to Godovič (to here from Črni Vrh or Idrija), and from there we continue driving towards Logatec. A few kilometers after the settlement Hotedršica we arrive at the spot where a road branches off to the left towards the settlement Ravnik pri Hotedršici (turn-off of the road is located a few tens of meters ahead of the bus stop). We drive onto the mentioned road, along which we then park at an appropriate place beside the road.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road beside which we have parked, first ascending through the forest along it, after the left turn we arrive at panoramic grassy slopes. After a good 15 minutes we arrive at the first houses in the village Ravnik pri Hotedršici, where the path leads past the open-door farm Pr Urbanovc. The path ahead leads us among fields, meadows and pastures all the way to the next part of the settlement, where there is a company in which they saw wood. Behind the sawmill, on the left we already notice the hill on which the church of St. Barbara stands, and we continue on the asphalt road to another hamlet, there before the first house we continue on the path whose beginning we notice at the electric fence. For some time we continue along the fence, then the path turns right and through a strip of forest in one minute of further walking brings us to the church of St. Barbara.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2014 (December).

Along the route: Ravnik pri Hotedršici (637m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Šenčurjev vrh (1 h 15 min)

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