Svečina - Plački vrh

Access to the starting point:
Take the Pesnica roundabout and take the exit for Lenart. Leave the road to Lenart in Slovenske gorice quickly and turn right in the direction of Zgornja Kungota and Dolnja Pocehova, before entering the expressway turn right again in the direction of Zgornja Kungota. Continue along the main road to Zgornja Kungota, where you turn right in the middle of the village in the direction of Plač and Svečina. A little further on, leave the road towards Plač and go left towards Svečina, and when you arrive in Svečina, park in a suitable place in the centre of the village.

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the road that led to the starting point, and walk along the road to the nearby bus stop, where you turn left onto a marked path that climbs across the meadow, and when you reach a narrower asphalt road, follow it to the left, and then climb up it, taking in the beautiful views of the Svečina mountains. At a higher altitude the path forks and we can continue straight on past the farm where the control stamp is located, or we can go to the right before the farm. After the farm, the two paths merge and we reach a small ridge where we go left (right Kopica (423 m) - 5 minutes). There is a slight climb, then the road starts to descend, and at the beginning of the descent we go left off the road onto a macadam road, from which we continue to have a transient view of Plački vrh. There is some more ascent to Pesjak (433 m), then mostly downhill, and below the Svečina peak the path turns right and briefly crosses the slopes to the right, before the Vrezner farm the path splits again.
Continue straight on, or right down past the farm, and at a lower level the two paths merge and we continue towards Plačke Top.
The path ahead leads us along the grassy cart track, and when we reach the forest the path splits again. Continue right along the overgrown marked path (slightly to the left, the border panoramic path), which leads us lower down to a farm (you can also get here by initially following the scenic route and continuing straight on from the point where the border panoramic path turns left), and after the farm, at a fork on the left, go up the cart track, which climbs alongside a field. When you reach a slightly wider road, go right, and just a little further on, turn left onto the road leading to Plačke vrh. There are a few minutes of steeper climbing, with occasional fine views, and at the right-hand bend we rejoin the border panorama route. Continue along the asphalt road to the left-hand bend, from which you go straight onto a path that climbs steps through the forest, and when you leave the forest you reach Plački vrh, where there is a 28 m high lookout tower.
Description and figures refer to the situation in August 2022.

On the way: Pesjak (433m)

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