Sladki Vrh - Castle Cmurek

Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Šentilj v Slovenskih goricah, and then we follow the signs for Sladki Vrh. In the settlement Sladki Vrh, we park in the parking lot by the bus stop or another suitable parking lot in the settlement.
b) From Lenart v Slovenskih goricah, we follow the signs for Cmurek / Mureck, but before we start steeply descending towards castle Cmurek and Trate, we turn left onto the road in the direction of Sladki Vrh. In the settlement Sladki Vrh, we park in the parking lot by the bus stop or another suitable parking lot in the settlement.
c) From the road Gornja Radgona - Lenart v Slovenskih goricah, at the settlement Podgrad, we turn right towards Apače, and then we follow the signs for Cmurek / Mureck. In the settlement Trate, we continue straight (right Austria) and begin visibly ascending. A little after castle Cmurek, we continue right in the direction of Sladki Vrh. In the settlement Sladki Vrh, we park in the parking lot by the bus stop or another suitable parking lot in the settlement.

Path description:
From the center of Sladki Vrh we continue towards the east, or in the direction of the mountain signposts for Trate and Zgornja Velka. We initially walk on a sidewalk, and when the settlement ends we turn left, carefully crossing the main road in the direction of pond Lenc and path Šentiljska pot.
After crossing the main road, we quickly arrive at the pond, around which a walking path leads, but we continue on the right side of the pond, guided by blazes. When we reach the eastern side of the pond, we continue right over a small bridge, alongside which the blazes of path Šentiljska pot continue.
After the small bridge, we turn right, and at the nearby crossroads, where we reach a poorer road, we turn left and then continue along the right bank of the river Mura. Further on, the road first turns into a cart track and later into a footpath, which mostly continues through the forest. After approximately half an hour of walking, we reach a marked crossroads, where we continue straight in the direction of Trate and Zgornja Velka (right farm Sirk).
Next follows a few minutes of easy walking, then the path moves onto a slope and continues with some short ascents and descents, and on steeper sections, there is also a fence along the path. When we later leave the forest, we cross a meadow beside a field, and on the other side of the meadow, the path splits.
Straight ahead, the path continues towards Trate and further towards Austria, but we turn right uphill, following the signs for Zgornja Velka and Vranji Vrh.
Next follows a short, steep ascent, after which the path flattens and leads us along the edge of the forest. On the other side of the meadow, the path splits, but the crossroads is not marked.
Straight or slightly to the right, path Šentiljska pot continues, which higher up reaches the main road Trate - Lenart in Slovenske gorice, but we continue slightly left and descend in a minute along a cart track to the mentioned road, then ascend along it, where there are no more Knafelc blazes, but local yellow and white ones.
Here, we carefully cross the main road and continue the ascent along the left edge of the main road, ascending to castle Cmurek.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in March 2025.

On the way: Ribnik Lenc (235m), Mrtvica Alter (235m)