Zgornje Poljčane - Sveta Lucija above Studenice (by Studenice castle)
Starting point: Zgornje Poljčane (270 m)
Path name: by Studenice castle
Time of walking: 1 h 35 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 20 m
Altitude difference (by path): 180 m
Map: Posavsko hribovje Boč - Bohor 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From the direction of Maribor we leave the highway in Slovenska Bistrica, where signs point us into Poljčane. Through the center of the settlement Poljčane we continue in the direction of Zgornje Poljčane, where in the center of the settlement, we park, appropriate place is parking spot by the cemetery.
B) From the direction Ljubljana we leave the highway in Slovenske Konjice and through Žiče, Loče and Zbelovo we get to Poljčane. At the crossroad, we continue right in the direction of Zgornje Poljčane few hundred meters, where in the center of the settlement, we park, appropriate place is parking spot by the cemetery.
Path description:
After a short sightseeing of center of the settlement Zgornje Poljčane we continue across the stream Bela by the presbytery a little upwards on the road. Left by the path, we reach the entrance into the church, on the facade there is also relief of two Romans. After sightseeing, we continue left in the direction of the settlement Podboč on an asphalt path which is also a cycling path Formilska kolesarska pot. We soon reach a pleasant, smaller settlement Podboč and on the left by the path there is a tree Černogova tisa (yew) and a well renovated by locals.
We continue right on the road upwards, now we also enter the landscape park Boč & Plešivec. The asphalt pavement changes into a forest road. On the left is a nice view towards the surroundings of Poljčane and riverbed of river Dravinja among fields and meadows. The road passes into the forest and we soon reach the grassy plain, where the road flattens.
On a grassy plain, on the right there is a smaller storage with a field, and on the left, there are vineyards. We again continue through the forest and the road is pleasantly winding left, right... At the end of the flat part we go sharply left downwards and we descend on a narrower forest stone road, while right upwards there is a continuation higher on Boč.
We continue downwards, the path is pleasantly descending, it is well hardened and we soon reach the first intermediate destination of the path Source of Topli potok at an altitude 295 meters.
Over a wooden footbridge we continue on the other side of the stream and soon after a short plain, we go lightly downwards, where left by the path there is a nun cemetery and on the right there is a smaller source in a wooden trough. We continue few meters upwards on a narrower path by a wooden fence for a grip. We follow the path higher, downwards, there is a well visible old center of Studenice with the monastery complex. By the descendant of Maribor's old vine further we reach the second intermediate destination of Studenice castle. Through century some things were preserved, also renovated a decade ago and an intermediate destination of the path rewards us with beautiful views on the valley of river Dravinja, Boč...
After a short sightseeing follows a descent on a steep/direct path into the center of the settlement Studenice. By the premises of winegrowers association and presbytery we reach the entrance into the monastery complex, where we can quench the thirst with one of better waters by a smaller well.
After a short sightseeing of the main part of Studenice, we continue in the direction of north through the settlement Studenice on the road along the stream. We continue through a bridge over Dravinja and immediately a little left and straight between the culture house and transformer. We continue left in a gentle ascent on a meadow path between the house on the left and kindergarten on the right side. At the kindergarten, we turn right and on asphalt grounding we continue a little steeper upwards towards the destination, which is visible. We follow the road and we soon reach the parking spot in front of the church of St. Lucija, which is on the inside of the wall surrounded by the cemetery.
The distance of the described path is around 5000 meters, 180 positive altitude meters and 160 negative altitude meters.
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