Brod na Muri (Sladki Vrh) - Gradišče Novine

Access to starting point:
Highway Maribor - Graz we leave at exit Šentilj, after that at the crossroad in Šentilj we continue straight towards Sladki Vrh, and from the nearby roundabout we also follow the signs for Sladki Vrh. When we get to river Mur we turn from the main road sharply left and we park on a parking lot at ferryboat Brod na Muri.

Path description:
From the end of the parking lot, we continue slightly left and we walk to the pond, which we cross over the bridge. On the other side of the pond, we on the right side bypass the cottage of Fishing family Mura Paloma, and still before we reach the main road we go right on an ascending asphalt path. After a short ascent on the asphalt road, we descend past few houses, and when it gets closer to the main road we go slightly right on a marked path which starts ascending through the forest. Through the forest, we carefully follow the blazes, and higher the path flattens and brings us on an indistinct ridge, where we get to the nearby house. We continue by the yard of the nearby house (at the passage through the yard there is a warning, for dangerous dog), and behind the house we descend on the road to the left turn. When the road turns left, we go slightly right on a marked cart track which at first leads through the forest and then past an older house brings us to the hunting observatory, where we leave the forest. Next follows an ascent among the fields, and when we reach the road we are already on Beli vrh.
On Beli vrh the marked path turns right and it starts lightly descending by the edge of the forest, and lower the path passes into the forest and brings us on the ridge above the river Mur. Through the forest we are also a little steeper descending, and after crossing the stream, the descent for some time ends. Next follows some of mostly diagonal ascent, and then we are on a fenced path descending towards Mur. When we reach the right bank of the river, we continue by the river upwards, and when the path widens into a cart track the signs for Šentilj trail point us to the left, where we continue to the "valley of peace", where the path turns right. Further, we still follow the blazes, and when we reach the asphalt road we go left. After few steps of walking on the asphalt, the road splits, and we choose the lower path. We continue past few houses, and then we go from the asphalt road right over a bridge on a macadam path, by which there are signs for road Strma cesta. On the mentioned road, we continue to a little wider asphalt road, where we go sharply left. Only a little further, we get to the settlement Ceršak, where we go after the sports field right, and then at few successive crossroads we follow the blazes.
We continue in the direction of Šentilj and Brloga, where we walk between individual houses. The settlement then ends and on the macadam road we get to a smaller hamlet, which ends with a decaying JLA border building, where there is a playground park.
We bypass the building on the left side, and then the path passes into the forest through which it gradually starts descending steeper. Lower, we reach a wider cart track which for few steps we follow to the right towards river Mur, and we soon go left on another cart track. After few steps we leave a wider cart track and we continue slightly right on the path which continues by the ditch of river Mur. We short time continue by the water, and then blazes lead us left into the forest, where we first go over a small bridge, and then we steeply ascend on a fenced path. Few minutes we are steeply ascending, and after the bench the steepness starts decreasing, and when we reach the forest logging trail we go left. Next follows some crossing towards the left and then we get to a marked crossing, where we continue straight (sharply right - ridge of Gradišče, where there are numerous learning information boards of path Keltska pot). Only a little further from the crossing we get to the inscription box Gradišče Novine on Šentilj trail.
The starting point - Beli vrh 0:30, Beli vrh - Gradišče 2:00.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in December 2022.

On the way: Beli vrh (355m), Ceršak (309m)