Studenice - Partisan hospital on Formila/Boč (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) From the direction of Ljubljana we leave the highway in Slovenske Konjice and through Žiče, Loče and Zbelovo we get to the center of Poljčane. In the center, we turn right in the direction of Studenice and after about three kilometers we reach Studenice, where we continue right across the bridge over the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.
B) From the direction of Maribor we leave the highway in Slovenska Bistrica, where signs point us to Poljčane. In the center, we turn left in the direction of Studenice and after about three kilometers we reach Studenice, where we continue right across the bridge over the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.
C) From the direction of Ptuj, Kidričevo through Ptujska gora, Majšperk and Makole we get to Studenice, where we continue left across the bridge over the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.

Route description:
After a short tour of the main part of Studenice, we continue left from the monastery complex by the rectory. In the passage/underpass between the rectory and the winegrowers' association Studenice we continue upwards on a cart track by a stone wall and nuns' cemetery. We soon reach the source(s) of the Warm Studeniški stream left from the path and on a narrow footbridge we cross the stream. We continue upwards, now on the old Roman road which through long centuries has retained the original form of the basic path higher into Boč. When we get to a forest road we turn left, right leads the road towards the settlement Podboč or Zgornje Poljčane.
We follow the forest road and at the first larger junction we continue right, left leads the road in the direction of Makole. Further, right by the road we reach a log cabin of hunters LD Poljčane na Golniku. We continue on the road which for a few meters flattens out. After a short flat section we continue uphill and soon we come again to a junction, at which we continue left on a narrower forest road, the right 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 in view, from the left soon joins a marked mountain path from Makole.
Formila is reached and then follows a short extension to a junction, left for partisan hospital, Gaveza, Gril's chapel, Plešivec... and right for mountain hut on Boč. The junction is also the connection with the Štajerska-Zagorje or „B“ - Bratska pot path.
At the junction we continue left on the forest road and after roughly two hundred meters left a little below the road trace we reach the destination. It is still well hidden even though it lies directly by the road. A wooden plaque with inscription is on the trunk, but unfortunately it has also been several times removed, knocked to the ground and similar.

Along the route: Formila na Boču (624m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Gril's chapel on Boč ( 55 min), Dom na Boču, Plešivec

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