Castle Grad na Goričkem - Kripta (by road)
Starting point: Castle Grad na Goričkem (370 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.79954°N 16.09607°E
Path name: by road
Time of walking: 20 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: -39 m
Altitude difference (by path): 25 m
Map: Pomurje 1:40.000
Access to starting point:
A) From Murska Sobota we drive towards Gederovci, and in Černelavci we go right in the direction of Grad. Further, we drive through few more settlements, where at the crossroads we continue in the direction of Grad. When the road starts visibly descending towards Grad, at sharp the left turn we leave it and we continue straight in the direction of the castle. Next follows a little more than 100 meters of driving and we park on a parking lot before the castle Grad na Goričkem.
B) We drive to Kuzma, and then we follow the signs for Grad. In Grad after the store Spar we go left in the direction of Murska Sobota and we start visibly ascending. When we get to a crossroad, where the main road turns sharply right, we continue left towards the castle. Next follows a little more than 100 meters of driving and we park on a parking lot before the castle Grad na Goričkem.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to the main road, and then we continue by the main road in the direction of Murska Sobota. After a shorter moderate ascent we get to a crossroad, where signs for Kripta point us to the right on a side road. Further, we go past few houses, and the path gradually starts descending, and at two crossings we go right towards Kripta. When we join a little longer path Grajska pot we go left (right - castle Grad and option of return on a circular path) and we continue on a worse macadam road which is with nice views which reach all the way to Austria, lightly descending. When the descent ends, we step into the forest and after few 10 strides of a light ascent we reach Kripta.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in March 2021.
On the way: Kaniža (362m)
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