Studenice - Sveta Marjeta na Boču

Access to starting point:
A) From the direction 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 through a 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 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 through a 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 through a bridge over the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.

Path description:
After a short sightseeing of the main part of Studenice, we continue left from the monastery complex by the presbytery. In the passage/underpass between the presbytery and winegrowers association Studenice we continue upwards on a cart track by a stone wall and nun cemetery. We soon reach the source of the stream Topli potok 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 retained the original form of the 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 crossroad 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 few meters flattens. After a short plain, we continue uphill and we soon come again to a crossroad at which we continue left on a narrower forest road, the right path continues towards the tower on Boč. On a narrower forest road between Kisovec left and Drevesnica right we soon reach about 645 meters high saddle above Formila. We continue downwards, we can already see Formila on the right side, from the left soon joins a marked mountain path from Makole.
We reached Formila and then follows a short extension to a crossing, left for partisan hospital, Gaveza, chapel Grilova kapela, Plešivec...and right for mountain hut Dom na Boču. The crossing is also the juncture with the path Štajerska - Zagorje or,,B,, - path Bratska pot.
After a short sightseeing, we continue on the forest road right in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Boču. At the first crossing, we go sharply left upwards on the forest road, on the trunk of the tree there is a caption Donačka gora and blazes. We follow the road higher into the forest and we soon reach the grassy plain eastern below Hrastovec. At the crossroad, we go right and then follows a descent on the forest road downwards. We soon reach our destination, church of St. Marjeta below one of the lower peaks of Boč 791 meters high Hrastovec, which rewards us with views on Obsotelje, Kozjansko, Croatian Zagorje and more.
The distance of the path from Studenice is around 7500 meters, 460 positive altitude meters and 70 negative altitude meters.

On the way: Studeniški grad (315m), Formila na Boču (624m)