Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici - Church of the Holy Spirit (Stara Gora)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Maribor - Lendava we go to the exit Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, and then we follow the signs for the mentioned settlement, and we park in the center of the settlement on a settled asphalt parking lot below the parish church of St. Jurij, by the bus stop and confectionery Slaščičarna Jasmina. There are two parking lots, one by the main road, and another a little larger approximately 60 meters away.
B) We drive to Ptuj, and then we follow the signs towards Radenci, and on the main road, we drive to the settlement Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, where we park in the center of the settlement on a settled asphalt parking lot below the parish church of St. Jurij, by the bus stop and confectionery Slaščičarna Jasmina. There are two parking lots, one by the main road, and another a little larger approximately 60 meters away.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the main road, we carefully cross it on the pedestrian crossing, and then we continue on a sidewalk by the road which leads towards Lenart v Slovenskih goricah. At first, we on the right side bypass a parish church of St. Jurij, and then the sidewalk continues only on the right side of the road, where we go also past the primary school Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici. The path ahead leads us also through the settlement Blaguš, where at the hunting lodge LD Videm ob Ščavnici the sidewalk ends. Here we go carefully again on the left side of the road and further we walk through the forest. When we get to a marked crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards the settlement Sovjak, Ženik, Kokolajnščak, Stara Gora, Kutinci and Galušak, and to the right downwards a marked path branches off towards the lake Blaguško jezero, we continue left.
From the crossroad, by which there are also signs for learning path we quickly get to the settlement Brezje through which we are lightly ascending, and during the walk we are accompanied by occasional blazes and information boards of the learning trail. A little further, at the smaller crossroad we go left upwards in the direction of Stara Gora and learning trail, and immediately after the crossroad we get to the settlement Ženik. From here follows some more ascending, and then a quite panoramic road which leads us among occasional houses, flattens. In the second part of the settlement Ženik, the path starts lightly descending, and then we continue on an indistinct ridge, where we are accompanied by nice views on Slovenske gorice. Next follows few minutes of walking and a light ascent and then we get to the settlement Stara Gora, where only a little further from the inn Oštarija Janja there is the church of the Holy Spirit, and the windmill is situated few 10 strides to the right in the direction towards Gomila and Terbegovci.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in June 2020.

On the way: Blaguš (234m), Brezje (261m), Ženik (266m)