Gornja Radgona (OŠ Gornja Radgona) - Viewpoint Kapela (via Piramida)

Access to the starting point:
a) Leave the Pomurje motorway at exit Lenart v Slovenskih goricah and follow the road towards Gornja Radgona. When you arrive in Gornja Radgona, turn right in the town centre towards the bus station, the cemetery and the primary school. After the bus station, the road starts to climb and we follow it to a large parking lot between the Gornja Radgona Primary School and the Gornja Radgona Cemetery.
b) Take the road to Radenci, then follow the road to Gornja Radgona, where you take a sharp left in the centre of the town towards the bus station, the primary school and the cemetery. After the bus station, the road starts to climb and we follow it to a large parking lot between the Gornja Radgona Primary School and the Gornja Radgona Cemetery.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the road or pavement, passing the sign with Jesus and Mary, and just a little further on, at the sign with the inscription "No walking on the retaining wall", turn slightly right onto a side road, and at the nearby crossroads, turn right again.
When you see the town cemetery on the right below you, go left through the gate before the Radgonska ranina sign, and then go through the vineyards. The path ahead takes you along the grassy cart track, which climbs between the vineyards with increasingly beautiful views, and at the crossroads you follow the path as it continues upwards. Higher up, you reach the edge of the forest, and a little further on, you reach a nearby house, which you pass on the left, and just after the house, go right and join the road. Follow the road down to the left to a small hamlet where there are a few more houses.
Leave the road here, which turns left downhill, and continue straight ahead, passing houses on the left. After a few minutes of gentle climbing, you will reach the registration box at the Pyramid.
Go around the pyramid on the left and follow the edge of the woods down to where you see a gate in a fence on the right which you pass through to the other side and then descend through the woods, taking a sharp right at the crossroads. There is some descent on a marked trackless track, then you reach a track which you follow to the left. A little further on, exit the woods, where you come out onto a road and pass a few houses. At this point we get a nice view towards Golica / Koralpe, and from the nearby crossroads we go right down onto the forest road. Descend gently for a short distance, then turn left up the road onto a marked path which crosses the lane of the forest, and then leads to a field, along which you continue. The way ahead leads us along another field, and we follow the markings of the Pomurska mountain trail. We continue walking for some time along the overgrown cart track, which first widens at the hamlet and then turns into a road, where we follow the markings. After a while we reach a slightly wider road, which we follow upwards (if we continue downwards we reach Lomanoše), and we climb through the lane of a forest to a small pass where there is a crossroads. To the right continues the marked path leading to Apache, while we go left and climb up the road, along which there are some local markings. There is a cross-country climb on a dirt road, and at a small crossroads we take a sharp right. The way forward leads us past a few more houses, and then along the asphalt road, in a few minutes of descent, we arrive at a marked crossroads, where we join a slightly shorter trail that leads over Norički Vrh.
Go right here, a little further on at the stop sign go slightly right, and a little further on at the transformer and larger chapel go left. At the next crossroads, where there is a slightly ambiguous marking at the stop sign, go left and continue along the asphalt road, which turns into a forest (tourist farm Roškar and Anina klet on the right). When you leave the forest, you will cross the viewing slopes, and when you return to the undistinguished ridge, you will arrive in the village of Zbigovci.
In Zbigovci go slightly left at a small unmarked crossroads to continue on the Trstenjak trail. Continue straight on for a while, then turn left at the slightly larger crossroads by the Nature 2000 sign and information board. Again there is a slight downhill, when another road from Gornja Radgona or Črešnjevci joins from the left, go slightly right. The path ahead approaches a privately owned lookout tower, which is passed on the left (Rodmošci and the Trstenjak path on the right). There is some more easy walking and you reach the settlement Orehovski Vrh, where you continue straight ahead. There is some downhill, and the signs for the Pomurska planinsko trail quickly direct us to the right towards a small hamlet, where the houses are passed on the right. The path ahead leads us along cart track, which turns into a forest, and after a few minutes of ascent, we leave the forest and pass by a nearby house to reach a macadam road, which we climb more steeply to an asphalt road. Follow the road to the left (Stavešinski Vrh to the right) and continue walking through the village of Ptujska Cesta. Just after the Ajda Inn, leave the asphalt and go slightly right on the macadam road, which leads to the right of the nearby houses.
At the inn, the pizzeria and the Kostanj brewery, you reach a slightly wider road, and we follow it to the right. When the road turns slightly to the right, leave it and pass the chapel to enter the municipality of Radenci. Continue between the houses and vineyards, and the signs direct you from the main path to the left onto a side road, and before the next house, to the right. Continue along the dirt road for a short distance before returning to the asphalt road, where you turn left at the crossroads (right Očeslavci). The way ahead takes you through Janžev Vrh, from where you can enjoy beautiful views. There are a few crossroads where you follow the markings for Kapelski Vrh, and then a slight downhill to reach the village of Kobilščak. Continue to follow the signs and a little further on you reach the village of Radenski Vrh, from where you will have a nice view towards the Church of St. Mary Magdalene or the Kapela lookout point.
Continue past the Kapela playground to reach the Radenci - Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici road, which we follow to the right. The path continues along the pavement, and a little further on, cross it carefully at a pedestrian crossing.
On the other side of the road, we climb gently, then cross a side road, and on the other side, we go right and then immediately left on a steeper, narrower asphalt path, which, with increasingly beautiful views, leads up to the Church of St Mary Magdalene on a 312-metre-high hill.
Starting point - Pyramid 0:25, Pyramid - Kapela viewpoint 3:05.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in March and May 2021.

On the way: Piramida (above Gornja Radgona) (310m), Police (317m), Zbigovci (298m), Orehovski Vrh (269m), Ptujska Cesta (304m), Janžev Vrh (297m), Kobilščak (292m), Radenski Vrh (300m)

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