Studenice - Gril's chapel on Boč

Access to the starting point:
a) From Maribor, leave the motorway at Slovenska Bistrica, where signs direct you to Poljčane. In the centre, turn left in the route Studenice and after about three kilometres reach Studenicee, where you continue to the 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 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.
c) 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 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.

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 Studenice Vine-growers' 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 on the left by the marked mountain trail from Makoli.
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 on Boč. The crossroads is also the contact with the Styrian - Zagorje or ,,B,, - Brother trail.
At the crossroads, continue left along the forest road and after a good two hundred metres, turn left slightly below the route of the road to reach the intermediate destination of the route, the partisan hospital at Formila. It is still well hidden, although it lies directly next to the road. The wooden sign with the inscription is on a trunk but unfortunately it has also been removed several times, knocked to the ground and so on.
After a short visit to the point along the trail, continue along the forest road for a few hundred metres and at the first turning to the right continue along the forest path. There is no direction sign at the turnoff, but there is an easy-to-follow mountain path through a mixed deciduous and partly coniferous forest. During the growing season there is a lot of hellebores. Soon you reach a forest road opposite a small football field and turn left. Continue alongside the hunters' home LD Rogaška Slatina on the right and the Gavez homestead on the left along the path. The asphalt road from Rogaška Slatina soon joins from the right. Continue higher along the forest road, the route signs are also helpful and after a few hundred metres along a disused forestry ramp continue right again to a crossroads with signs. To the left, or higher up, the path to Ložně or Donačka gora branches off, while we continue to the right and after a few metres of flat ground we continue our descent. The path, pleasant in the embrace of the forest and crossing the forest road further on and over a small meadow clearing, continues below the Grill Hill. The path is somewhere in a steady descent and soon we pass onto a grassy meadow. A few more steps and the goal of today's route is reached. . . the Grill Chapel on Boč.

On the way: Formila na Boču (624m), Partizanska bolnica na Formili/Boču (630m)

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