Gornja Radgona (OŠ Gornja Radgona) - Viewpoint Kapela

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 and you will quickly arrive in Hercegščak. A little further on, the pavement ends, and we go left towards Policam, where we pass a pond and arrive in the settlement of Norički Vrh. There is a steeper climb, and when the road turns right, a short path turns sharp left to the viewpoint Norički vrh (5 minutes), and we continue on the asphalt road. A little further on we arrive in Police, where we pass a few houses, but mostly the path passes between vineyards.
There are a few small junctions where we follow the main road, and as we start to descend gently, another path from Gornja Radgona joins us from the right, leading over the Pyramid.
A little further on, at a stop sign, go slightly right, and a little further on, at a transformer and a larger chapel, go left. At the next crossroads, where there is a somewhat ambiguous marking on the stop sign, go left and continue along the asphalt road, which turns into a forest (on the right, the Roškar tourist farm and Anina klet). 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, and from the slightly larger crossroads by the Nature 2000 sign and information board, go left. 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 Kostanj pub, pizzeria and 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 have a nice view towards the Church of St. Mary Magdalene or the Kapela viewpoint.
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 we follow, with increasingly beautiful views, up to the Church of St Mary Magdalene on a 312-metre-high hill.
Description and pictures refer to March 2021.

On the way: Norički Vrh (255m), Hercegovščak (247m), Police (317m), Zbigovci (298m), Orehovski Vrh (269m), Ptujska Cesta (304m), Janžev Vrh (297m), Kobilščak (292m), Radenski Vrh (300m)

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