Blaguško jezero - Cerkvenjak

Access to starting point:
A) From the Maribor - Lendava highway, we take the Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici exit, then follow the signs for the mentioned settlement, where we turn right towards Lenart v Slovenskih goricah. Further on, the road enters the forest, where we soon notice signs for Blaguško jezero, which direct us sharply to the right. We drive another approximately 100 m and park on the arranged parking lot.
B) We drive to Ptuj, then follow the signs towards Radenci, along the main road to the settlement Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, where we turn left towards Lenart v Slovenskih goricah. Further on, the road enters the forest, where we soon notice signs for Blaguško jezero, which direct us sharply to the right. We drive another approximately 100 m and park on the arranged parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue ahead, where along the eastern shore of the lake we notice the first blazes. The path ahead leads us over the embankment, from which a nice view opens up on the lake and on Forest glamping resort Blaguš. On the other side of the embankment, the path turns left and distances itself a bit from the lake; when the fence ends, we descend along it back to the lake. When we reach the lake, we continue right, then along the northern shore of the lake we continue to a macadam road which takes us into the forest. At the smaller crossroad, we go left, then past a few houses we reach the main road, where we go right. We walk for a few minutes along the main road, then signs for Cerkvenjak and Negova direct us left onto a side road. A little further, at the chapel we go slightly left and continue for a short time on the gently sloping road. At the next mountain sign for the Pomursko planinsko pot, we go left onto a cart track; when we reach the edge of the forest, we continue right and continue walking along the edge of the forest.
Along the edge of the forest, we continue to the pasture of the nearby farm, where the blazes direct us left into the forest. Through the forest, we follow frequent blazes, and a somewhat steeper path brings us in a few minutes to a smaller cottage named Koča v naši grabi.
Above the cottage, we continue right and ascend from the forest to a field and pasture; a few dozen steps further, we reach an asphalt road, which we follow right towards Cerkvenjak. We continue on the gently sloping road which brings us to Kočki Vrh; at a few smaller crossroads, we follow the blazes. Further on, we begin descending through the forest; from the nearby crossroad, we continue slightly left onto the road along which the blazes continue. When we leave the forest, we go past a pond, and the road begins ascending again. The path ahead leads us along a scenic road which leads to the last house, where the road ends.
A few dozen steps before the yard of the last house, a passage opens to the right along the pasture fence to the upper road, which we quickly reach and follow to the left (this part of the path is not marked). We continue past houses, and soon a red mountain directional sign directs us right downhill, where we begin descending on a grassy cart track, from which a nice view towards Cerkvenjak first opens up. Lower down, we reach another road, which we follow to the right; after a few minutes of gentle walking, we arrive at the next crossroad.
We continue sharply left and then immediately right across the stream onto a cart track. An ascent follows, first past the pond, then with nice views. A wider cart track brings us higher to a few houses; at the crossroad where we reach the asphalt road, we go right in the direction of Klopotčeva učna in sprehajalna pot. Further on, we also walk among houses; from the crossroad with the priority road, we go right and walk to the church of St. Anthony the Hermit in Cerkvenjak.
Blaguško jezero - Koča v naši grabi 0:45, Koča v naši grabi - Cerkvenjak 1:00.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in September 2021.

Along the route: Kraljevci (233m), Koča v naši grabi (283m), Kočki Vrh (303m), Peščeni Vrh (314m)

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