Zgornja Kungota - Plački vrh

Access to the starting point:
Take the Pesnica roundabout and take the exit for Lenart. Leave the road to Lenart v Slovenskih goricah quickly and continue right in the direction of Zgornja Kungota and Dolnja Pocehova, before entering the expressway, take another right in the direction of Zgornja Kungota. Continue along the main road to Zgornja Kungota, where in the middle of the village turn right uphill towards the cemetery, where you park.

Path description:
From the cemetery parking lot, continue along the road towards the nearby Church of St Kunigunde, where the first signs appear.
Here, the marked path to St. Urban branches off to the left, and we continue to the right, following the asphalt road. The road initially climbs, and from the path we have a view towards Zgornja Kungota and higher up Plački vrh, but higher up we pass through a slight descent, and the path leads us past occasional houses. There are a few small junctions where you follow the signs, and then, with views that reach transiently to Golica / Koralpa, you arrive at the nondescript Čajžič, where there is a registration box.
From the registration box, continue along the asphalt road for a short distance, and then the signs direct you down to the right, to cart track, which joins the macadam road a little lower down, which you follow to the right. Further on, between the vineyards, the road turns left downhill, and we continue straight ahead on cart track, which climbs slightly at first and leads us past a bench situated in a nice viewpoint. From the bench, there is some more ascent, then descend to another dirt road, which you follow to the left.
The dirt road is not followed for long and you reach an asphalt road, where you turn right, and a few 10 m further on, turn right again and you start descending towards the centre of Svečina. Continue through the centre of the village and when you reach the second road after the church, turn right. Walk along the road to the nearby bus stop, where you turn left onto a marked path that climbs over a meadow, and when you reach a narrower asphalt road, follow it to the left, and then climb along it, taking in the beautiful views of the Svečina gorice. 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 ahead, or right down past the farm, and at a lower point the two paths merge and we continue towards Plačkem vrh.
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 panorama path), which leads us lower down to a farm (you can also get here by initially continuing along the scenic route and going straight on from the point where the border panorama path turns left), and after the farm, at the crossroads on the left, take the cart track, which climbs up alongside the 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.
Zgornja Kungota - Čajžič 0:35, Čajžič - Svečina 0:30, Svečina - Plački vrh 1:35.
Description and images refer to the situation in August 2022.

On the way: Čajžič (421m), Svečina (293m), Pesjak (433m)

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