Zgornja Kungota - Plački vrh

Access to starting point:
We drive to the roundabout Pesnica and we go to the exit for Lenart. The road towards Lenart v Slovenskih goricah we quickly leave and we continue right in the direction of Zgornja Kungota and Dolnja Počehova, and still before the highway, we go once again right in the direction of Zgornja Kungota. Further, we drive on the main road to Zgornja Kungota, where in the middle of the settlement, we turn right uphill towards the cemetery, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the cemetery we continue on the road towards the nearby church of St. Kunigunda, where first blazes show up.
Here to the left downwards a marked path branches off towards Sveti Urban, and we go right and we continue on the asphalt road. On the road, we are at first ascending, and from the path, a view opens up towards Zgornja Kungota and higher Plački vrh, and higher we for some time descend a little, and the path leads us past occasional houses. Next follow few smaller crossroads, where we follow the blazes, and then with views which for some time reach to Golica / Koralpe we get to indistinct Čajžič, where there is an inscription box.
From the inscription box, we short time continue on the asphalt road, and then blazes point us to the right downwards, on a cart track which a little lower joins the macadam road which we follow to the right. Further among vineyards the road turns left downwards, and we continue straight on a cart track which at first ascends a little and leads us past the bench which is situated on a nice panoramic part. From the bench follows some ascending, and then we descend to another macadam road which we follow to the left.
On the macadam road, we don't walk long and we already get to an asphalt road, where we go right, and few 10 meters ahead we go again right, so that we start descending towards the center of Svečina. We continue through the center of the settlement, and when behind the church we reach another road, we go right. On or by the road we walk to the nearby bus stop, where we go left on a marked path, which ascends through a meadow, and when we reach a narrower asphalt road we follow it to the left, and there we are ascending with nice views towards Svečinske gorice. Higher, the path splits, and we can continue straight past the farm, where there is a control stamp, or we go already before the farm right. After the farm both paths join and we get to a smaller ridge, where we go left (right - Kopica (423 meters) - 5 minutes). Follows a light ascent, and then the road starts descending, still at the beginning of a descent we go from the road left on a macadam road, from which further for some time a view opens up towards Plački vrh. To Pesjak (433 meters) some ascending follows, and then we are mostly descending, and below Svečinski vrh the path turns right and we short time cross the slopes towards the right, and before the farm Vrezner the path splits again.
We continue straight, possible also right downwards past the mentioned farm, and lower both paths join, and we continue towards Plački vrh.
The path ahead leads us on a grassy cart track, and when we get to the forest the path once again splits. We continue right on an overgrown marked path (slightly left - border panoramic path), which lower brings us to the farm (to here possible also, if we at first continue on a panoramic path and from the spot, where border panoramic path turns left, we continue straight), and after the farm at the crossing we go on the left cart track which ascends by the field. Higher, we reach an asphalt road which we follow to the right, and there we start ascending, and when we higher reach a little wider road we go right, and only a little further we go left on the road which leads towards Plački vrh. Next follows few minutes of a steeper ascent with occasional nice views, and at the right turn again joins the border panoramic path. We continue on the asphalt road to the left turn, from which we go straight on the path which on stairs ascends through the forest, and when we leave the forest, we already reach Plački vrh, where there is 28 meters high lookout tower.
Zgornja Kungota - Čajžič 0:35, Čajžič - Svečina 0:30, Svečina - Plački vrh 1:35.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in August 2022.

On the way: Čajžič (421m), Svečina (293m), Pesjak (433m)