Naraplje - Janški vrh

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Štajerska motorway at the Slovenska Bistrica - jug exit, and then follow the road towards Poljčane, from there towards Makole, Majšperk and Ptuj. At the end of Majšperk, from the roundabout, we take the exit in the direction of Žetale and Jurovci. We continue on the main road to the settlement Stanečka vas and a little further. At the end of the settlement Stanečka vas, we continue right towards Žetale and Naraplje. Further on, we quickly arrive in Naraplje, and we drive along the road to the centre of the settlement, where we park on the parking lot next to the sports field and the hiking signposts.
B) We leave the Podravska motorway at the Lancova vas exit, and then follow the signs for Podlehnik and Jurovci. At the end of the settlement Tržec, from the roundabout, we go right towards Jurovci and then continue driving towards Majšperk. In the settlement Stogovci, we turn left towards Žetale and quickly arrive in the settlement Naraplje, and we drive to the centre of the settlement, where we park on the parking lot next to the hiking signposts and the sports field.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the path towards Janški Vrh, and before the water mill, we cross a smaller bridge, after which the road turns slightly to the right. At the next crossroad, we go straight on a cart track, and after crossing the stream again, we go left and continue with the path near the stream. A little further, the path enters the valley of the mentioned stream, and we go from the path along the watercourse left onto a cart track that ascends diagonally. Higher up, we cross the pasture, a little further also a cart track, and above the farm we reach a macadam road, along which we continue the ascent to a smaller saddle, where we go right.
Further on, the asphalt road quickly brings us to the next crossroad, by which there is a chapel, and we continue sharply right towards Janški Vrh.
We continue along the occasionally quite panoramic road, which further on ascends and then descends a few times, and at crossroad we follow the blazes or signs for Janški Vrh.
After a while, we leave the road as the hiking signposts direct us slightly right onto a footpath that ascends above the road, leading us along a partly grassy slope. The path levels out a little further and leads us past a few houses. Behind the houses, we reach a marked crossroad, and we continue straight (left Doklece, right Dolena) and ascend past the last houses to the church of St. John the Baptist on Janški Vrh.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in April 2022.