Ceršak - Gradišče Novine

Access to starting point:
Highway Maribor - Graz we leave at exit Šentilj, after that at the crossroad in Šentilj we continue straight towards Sladki Vrh, and from the nearby roundabout we also follow the signs for Sladki Vrh. Next follows a relatively short ascent, somehow on the top of the ascent, before the road starts visibly descending we turn left in the direction of the settlement Ceršak. Next follows driving to the mentioned settlement, where we park on a parking lot at the sports field, or we can park also on some other appropriate parking lot in the settlement.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return few 10 strides back and we go on street Ceršak, where at few crossroads we follow the blazes. We quickly get to a smaller children's playground, where we notice red hiking signposts, and we go on road Vojaška cesta, by which there are signs for Šentilj and Brloge. The path at first leads between individual houses, and then the settlement ends and on the macadam road we get to a smaller hamlet, which ends with a decaying JLA border building, where there is a playground park.
We bypass the building on the left side, and then the path passes into the forest through which it gradually starts descending steeper. Lower, we reach a wider cart track which for few steps we follow to the right towards river Mur, and we soon go left on another cart track. After few steps we leave a wider cart track and we continue slightly right on the path which continues by the ditch of river Mur. We short time continue by the water, and then blazes lead us left into the forest, where we first go over a small bridge, and then we steeply ascend on a fenced path. Few minutes we are steeply ascending, and after the bench the steepness starts decreasing, and when we reach the forest logging trail we go left. Next follows some crossing towards the left and then we get to a marked crossing, where we continue straight (sharply right - ridge of Gradišče, where there are numerous learning information boards of path Keltska pot). Only a little further from the crossing we get to the inscription box Gradišče Novine on Šentilj trail.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in December 2022.