Zgornja Polskava - Sveti Trije kralji (via Polskavski vintgar)

Access to starting point:
From the highway exit Slovenska Bistrica-north, we head towards Slovenska Bistrica. Bistrica and at the crossroads Slov. Bistrica-Maribor we turn right on the old road to Maribor until reaching the village Zg. Polskava. In the center of Zg. Polskava (opposite the post office) is a parking lot, where we can park in front of the KUD building on street Mladinska ul. 12.

Path description:
We start from the sign PD Pohorje in the center of the settlement Zg. Polskava (Mladinska ul. 12), over the bridge, by the river Polskava. We follow the blazes on the regional road to the crossroad Kočno, where we turn right (signpost - Polskavski vintgar) and then to the crossroad (Šmartno-Loka), where we turn left on the road for Šmartno na Pohorju. During the journey, we can view the waterfall Šum and the beauty of the river Polskava. When we reach the road to the wooden bridge over the river Polskava, past the quarry, we must focus attention on the blazes, as we soon turn left onto the footpath for Šmartno (a sign). The blazes lead us past the water catchment for the hydro power plant (where we cross the stream) to an abandoned pond and an old mill, where we can take a rest. We continue behind the mill left into the forest on a steep cart track, where the path from Kočno to the church of St. Martin joins us.
At the end of the church of St. Martin, we turn right, through the village Šmartno na Pohorju, past the chapel, and at the turn (at the sign above the houses) we turn left onto a meadow. From there, we descend into the forest, cross the footbridge over the stream Devina, and continue steeply through the forest, across a meadow, past ponds and holiday cottages to one of the most beautiful parts of the path—the hamlet Kolonija v Ošlju. At the crossroad, we turn right and soon after the farm turn left through a meadow into the forest to the pond. By the left side of the pond, we continue through the forest to the road, which leads left into the hamlet Smrečno. There, the path through Bistriški vintgar (Močnik) joins us. We cross the bridge and after 200 meters, at the crossroad, we turn right and after a few meters turn left into the forest. In moderate steepness, we continue along the path, crossing an asphalt road once, and just before the end, the path from Veliko Tinje joins from the left. We continue through the forest to the church of the Three Kings, which is also the destination.

On the way: Reka Polskava (338m), Slap Šum (415m), Rimski kamnolom marmorja ob Polskavi (455m), Cerkev sv. Martina (774m), Ribniki (758m), Kolonija - Ošelj (758m), Močnik (760m), Cerkev sv. Treh kraljev (1181m)