Naraplje - Church of St. Bolfenk (Jelovice)

Access to the starting point:
a) Exit the Štajerska motorway at exit Slovenska Bistrica - South, then follow the road to Poljčane and from there to Makole, Majšperk and Ptuj. At the end of Majšperk exit the roundabout in the direction of Žetale and Jurovci. Continue along the main road to Stanečka vas and a little further. At the end of Stanečka vas, turn right towards Žetale and Naraplje. You will quickly reach Naraplje, and we will follow the road to the centre of the village, where we will park in the parking lot next to the sports ground and the mountain direction signs.
b) Leave the Podravje motorway at exit Lancova vas, then follow the signs for Podlehnik and Jurovce. At the end of Tržec, turn right at the roundabout towards Jurovci and continue towards Majšperk. In Stogovci, turn left towards Žetale and quickly arrive in Naraplje, and we drive to the centre of the settlement, where we park in the parking lot by the mountain direction signs and the sports ground.

Path description:
From the parking lot, take the path towards Jelovice and Donačka gora, initially walking along the road that led to the starting point, but before crossing the stream and before the bus stop, go left (unmarked) onto a meadow, over which you climb to the edge of the woods, where you will see a waymarked cart track.
The faintly trodden cart track climbs across to the right and soon turns into an initially quite steep path. Higher up, you reach a cottages, at which you climb up to an asphalt road, where you go left. Walk past a few more houses, then continue along cart track, then reach another road. Continue along the ridge, and a little further on merge with the path from Stogovci.
Continue along the asphalt road for a short distance, and when the road splits, continue straight on the footpath, which takes a few minutes to reach the church of St. Bolfenko.
Description and pictures refer to April 2022.

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