Grad - Grad Castle in Goričko (via Kripta)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Radenci, then continue to Gederovci and Kuzma. From the roundabout in Gederovci, continue towards Kuzma, and after Pertoča, turn right towards Grad. When you arrive in Grad, continue straight ahead at the Spar shop and drive a little further to the parish church of St. Mary of the Assumption, where you park in the parking lot in front of the church.
b) From Murska Sobota, drive towards Gederovci, and in Černelavci, turn right towards Grad. Continue through a few more settlements, where you exit the crossroads in the direction of Grad. Once you arrive in Grad, drive past the Spar shop to the parish church in Grad, and park in the parking lot next to it.

Path description:
From the church parking lot, walk to the main road and follow it south-west. Walking along the pavement, the path leads you past the football pitch, and when you reach the crossroads under the Spar shop, continue straight on in the direction of Dolnji Slaveči (to the left is the Castle Castle and one of the paths to Kripta).
Just 10 steps further, in front of the Maxen petrol station, signs direct you to the left, onto a side road which turns right at a large dilapidated building. Walk between the field on the left and the dilapidated building on the right, where a small ramp to the left forks off the poorly-beaten and often overgrown northern path to Kripta, and we continue along the wider cart track, which turns slightly to the right, and continues to lead us alongside the field. The way ahead leads us between the forest on the left and the stream on the right, and when we reach the marked crossroads, we continue up the left in the direction of Graščak's path (the direction sign is from the opposite direction).
Follow the narrower older cart track, and at the smaller crossroads go right as the Graščak's Way direction sign directs you. A few minutes of steeper ascent through the forest and you will reach the top of Kripta.
From Kripta, continue straight on in the direction of the Graščak Route and quickly exit the forest. For a few minutes the path leads us along beautiful views that reach all the way to Austria, where Stradner Kogel stands out, and when we return to the forest we continue to the left. There is a short descent on a dirt road, and when you reach an asphalt road at a serpentine, you continue downhill on it. Descend for a short distance and then the signs for the Graščak route direct you to the right to cart track, which climbs transversely to the left. Higher up, cart track is laid out and quickly leads to the Castle of Grad na Goričkem.
Grad - Kripta 0:30, Kripta - Grad Castle 0:25.
Description and figures refer to the situation in February and March 2021.

On the way: Kripta (331m)

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