Studenice - Sveta Marjeta na Boču

Access to the starting point:
a) From the route of Ljubljana, leave the motorway at Slovenske Konjice and drive through Žič, Loč and Zbelovo to the centre of Poljčany. In the centre, turn right towards Studenice and after about three kilometres reach Studenicee, where you continue right over the bridge over the Dravinja River into the central part of the settlement. Park safely in front of the monastery complex.
b) From Maribor, leave the motorway at Slovenska Bistrica, where signs direct you to Poljčane. In the centre, turn left towards Studenice and after about three kilometres reach Studenice, where you continue right over the bridge over the Dravinja River into the central part of the settlement. Park safely in front of the monastery complex.
c) From the route of Ptuj, Kidričevo via Ptujska gora, Majšperk and Makole, arrive at Studenice, where you continue left over the bridge over the Dravinja river into the central part of the settlement. Park safely in front of the monastery complex.

Path description:
After a short tour of the central part of Studenice, we continue to the left of the monastery complex by the parish. In the passageway/underpass between the parish and the Studenicee Vineyarders' Association, continue up the cart track along the stone walls and the Nun's Cemetery. Soon reach the spring(s) of the Warm Studenica Stream on the left of the path and cross the stream on a narrow footbridge. Continue uphill, now on the old Roman road, which has retained its original form over the centuries as a basic route higher up to Boč. At the exit to the forest road turn left, the road to the right leads to the settlement Podboč or Zgornje Poljčane.
Follow the forest road and at the first major crossroads/fork continue to the right, the road to Makol leads off to the left. Further on, the log cabin of the hunters of the Poljčane LD at Golnik is reached on the right side of the road. Continue along the road, which levels out for a few metres. After a short flat area, continue ascending and soon reach a crossroads again, where you turn left onto a narrow forest road, and to the right the path continues towards the tower at Boč. Following the narrow forest road between Kisovec to the left and Drevesnica to the right, you soon reach the 645-metre high pass above Formila. Continue downwards, Formila is already in sight to the right of us, soon joined by the marked mountain path from Makoli on the left.
Formila is reached and there is a short extension to the crossroads, left for the partisan hospital, Gavez, Grillo's chapel, Plešivec. . . and right for the mountain lodge at Boč. The crossroads is also the contact with the Styrian - Zagorje or ,,B,, - Brother trail.
After a short visit, continue along the forest road to the right in the direction of the Boč mountain lodge. At the first crossroads, take a sharp left up the forest road, with the inscription Donačka gora and markings on the tree trunk. Follow the road higher into the forest and soon reach the grassy meadow to the east below Hrastovec. At a crossroads, turn right and follow the forest road downhill. Soon we reach the destination of today's route, the Sveta Marjeta church below one of the lower peaks of Boč, 791 metres high Hrastovec, which rewards us with views of Obsotelje, Kozjansko, Croatian Zagorje and more. The length of the route from Studenice is about 7500 metres, 460 positive vertical metres and 70 negative vertical metres.

On the way: Studeniški grad (315m), Formila na Boču (624m)

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