Zgornje Poljčane - Sveta Marjeta na Boču (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) From the direction of Maribor we leave the highway in Slovenska Bistrica, where signs point us to 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, an appropriate place is the parking spot by the cemetery.
B) From the direction of 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 a few hundred meters, where in the center of the settlement we park, an appropriate place is the parking spot by the cemetery.

Path description:
After a short tour of the 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 a relief of two Romans. After the tour we continue left in the direction of the settlement Podboč on an asphalt path, also Formilska kolesarska pot. We soon reach a pleasant, smaller settlement Podboč and left by the path the tree Černogova tisa 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. The view left is also a view lower to the surroundings of Poljčane and the bed of the flood river Dravinja among fields and meadows. The road passes into the forest and we soon reach a grassy plain, where the road flattens.
On the grassy plain right there is a smaller storage with a field and left vineyards. We again continue through the forest and the road winds pleasantly left, right... At the end of the flat part we continue right upwards on the forest road, while sharply from the left the path from Studenice joins.
We follow the forest road and at the first larger crossroad/junction we continue right, left the road leads in the direction of Makole. Further right by the road we reach the log cabin of hunters LD Poljčane on Golnik.
We continue on the road, which flattens for a few meters. After a short flat we continue in the ascent and soon reach the crossroad, at which we continue left on the narrower forest road, right the path continues towards the tower on Boč. On the narrower forest road between Kisovec left and Drevesnica right we soon reach the about 645 meters high saddle above Formila. We continue downwards, Formila is already right from us in the field of view, from the left soon joins a marked mountain path from Makole.
Formila is reached and follows a short extension to the junction, left for partisan hospital, Gaveza, Grilova kapela, Plešivec... and right for mountain hut on Boč. The junction is also the connection with Štajerska-zagorska or ,,B,, - Bratska pot.
After a short tour we continue on the forest road right in the direction of the mountain hut on Boč. At the first junction we go sharply left upwards on the forest road, on the trunk of the tree inscription Donačka gora and blazes. We follow the road higher into the forest and soon reach the grassy plain east below Hrastovec. At the junction or crossroad right and follows descent on the forest road downwards. We soon reach the goal of the path today, church of St. Marjeta below one of the lower peaks of Boč the 791 meters high Hrastovec, which rewards us with views on Obsotelje, Kozjansko, Croatian Zagorje and more.
The length of the path from Studenice is around 8500 meters, 460 positive elevation meters and 70 negative elevation meters. The highest point of the path is 700 meters above sea level.

On the way: Formila na Boču (624m)