Zgornje Poljčane - Sveta Lucija above Studenice

Access to starting point:
A) From the direction of Ljubljana we leave the highway in Slovenske Konjice and through Žiče, Loče and Zbelovo drive to Poljčane. At the crossroads we continue right in the direction of Zgornje Poljčane a few hundred meters, where in the center of the settlement we park, a suitable place is the parking spot by the cemetery.
B) From the direction of Maribor we leave the highway in Slovenska Bistrica, where signs direct us to Poljčane. Through the center of the settlement Poljčane we continue in the direction of Zgornje Poljčane, where in the center of the settlement we park, a suitable place is the parking spot by the cemetery.

Path description:
After a short tour of the center of the settlement Zgornje Poljčane we continue across the stream Bela by the presbytery slightly uphill on the road. Left by the path we reach the entrance to the church, on the facade also a relief of two Romans. After the tour we continue left in the direction of the settlement Podboč on the asphalt connection, also Formilska kolesarska pot. Soon we reach the pleasant smaller settlement Podboč and left by the path the Černogova tisa tree and a well renovated by locals.
We continue right on the road upwards, now we also enter the landscape park Boč & Plešivec. The asphalt surface turns into a forest road. The view left is also down to the surroundings of Poljčane and the bed of the flood river Dravinja among fields and meadows. The road enters the forest and soon we reach the grassy plain where the road flattens.
On the grassy plain right is a smaller storage with a field and left vineyards. We continue again through the forest and the road winds pleasantly left, right... At the end of the flat part we go sharply left downwards and a descent follows on a narrower forest stony road, while right upwards is the continuation of the path higher to Boč.
We continue downwards, the path descends pleasantly, it is well compacted and soon we reach the intermediate destination of the path, the source of the Topli/Studeniški stream at an altitude of 295 meters.
Across the wooden bridge we continue to the other side of the stream and soon after a short flat lightly downwards, where left by the path is the nuns' cemetery and right a smaller source/stream in a wooden trough. Right above us somewhat higher is also Studeniški grad, a monument of turbulent events through centuries between the river Dravinja and Boč. A descent follows along the wall and through passage/underpass and soon at the presbytery we reach the central part of Studenice before the monastery complex.
After a short tour of the central part of Studenice we continue north through the settlement Studenice on the road along the stream. We continue across the bridge over Dravinja and immediately slightly left and straight between the culture house and transformer. We continue left in a gentle ascent on a meadow path between the house on the left and kindergarten on the right side. At the kindergarten we turn right and on asphalt surface continue somewhat more steeply upwards towards the destination which is visible. We follow the road and soon reach the parking area in front of the church of St. Lucija, which is within the walls surrounded by the cemetery.
The length of the described path is around 4500 meters, 140 positive elevation meters and 120 negative elevation meters.

On the way: Izvir Toplega (Studeniškega) potoka (295m), Studeniški grad (315m)