
Stage that, detaching from the Nova Gorica area, leads to immerse oneself in an environment extremely interesting both from a historical and naturalistic point of view: the Karst front.
It takes off together with the homonymous Italian stages of what could be a multi-day loop route within the Walk of Peace: this route takes the hiker to leave behind the urban environment of Gorizia/Gorica and Nova Gorica, cities symbolizing a renewed peace and community among peoples, and head south along the Karst territory which, due to its own geological formation, was particularly suitable for building fortifications. In these areas, therefore, one can glimpse traces of the Great War, marking a different terrain, but no less rich in charm than the Alpine or Collio areas. Here there are also some important museums and monuments, such as the Peace Monument of Cerje, a panoramic point on the edge of the Karst escarpment.
Near Bukovica, there is an Austro-Hungarian military cemetery.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
The route starts from Nova Gorica moving along the cycle path leading to the tunnel under the Kostanjevica monastery and continues to Šempeter pri Gorici where it is possible to admire a private collection dedicated to the Great War. Continuing towards Laze, the path leading to the top of the Sveti Ot hill is taken, on whose summit it is possible to admire a monument dedicated to the events that took place in this area in the 20th century. The twelve Italian cemeteries present in this area were dismantled and the remains transferred to the Ossuary of Oslavia. From the Sveti Ot hill, the route continues towards Bukovica and the Vipava river (Vipacco), where, in Renče, it is possible to visit the health museum “Renče 1914–1918”. Finally, the Open-Air Museum of Vinišće is reached and the path continues towards the Peace Monument of Cerje, near Lokvica, and the headquarters of the “Walk of Peace” Visitor Center as well as the final destination of the stage.
Train connections:
Jesenice–Most na Soči–Nova Gorica
Bus connections:
Tolmin–Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica–Lokvica
Urban buses in Nova Gorica
Start: parking at the Nova Gorica railway station, Piazza della Transalpina/Trg Evrope
Arrival: parking in Lokvica (45.861679, 13.606543)
Trekking shoes and clothing, packed food and drinks, flashlight, trekking poles
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.