Oplotnica - Kebelj castle (Castle Zajec)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we take the exit Slovenske Konjice, then we follow the signs for Slovenske Konjice. From the roundabout at the OMV gas station, we take the first exit right towards Slovenska Bistrica, towards Slovenska Bistrica we drive to the turn-off of the road to the left towards Oplotnica and Osankarica. We turn towards Oplotnica and drive along the road to the center of the settlement, where we park on one of the many parking lots in the settlement.
B) From the highway Maribor - Ljubljana, we take the exit Slovenska Bistrica - south, then we follow the signs for Slovenske Konjice. Soon after Slovenska Bistrica, we turn right in the direction of Oplotnica, then we drive to the center of Oplotnica, where we park on one of the many parking lots in the settlement.

Path description:
From the center of the settlement, we head on the path in the direction of Osankarica, Črno jezero and Treh Kraljev and initially walk on the sidewalk past the Mercator store, the primary school Pohorskega bataljona Oplotnica to the pizzeria Salama, where we go left and then immediately right, so that we bypass the pizzeria on the right side.
The path ahead starts visibly ascending on a narrower asphalt road that leads us past occasional houses, when we already arrive at the settlement Lačna Gora, a nice view also opens up on Oplotnica and the surrounding hills.
Higher, at the cross, the signs for Črno jezero direct us right, where we go past the last house, behind which we continue the ascent on a macadam road, from it we soon go left into the forest on a marked footpath. Through the forest we ascend more steeply, a little higher we cross the macadam road that we left shortly before, then in a moderate ascent we arrive at the church of St. Mohor and Fortunat.
At the church, we return to the road, along it we continue towards the north. The road quickly turns into a cart track that first leads us through the forest, then across a panoramic grassy section, where we descend slightly for a while.
When in the village Kebelj we reach the asphalt road, we cross it diagonally to the right, then we go left in the direction of Črno jezero, bypassing the nearby house on the right side. A few minutes of panoramic ascent across the grassy slope follow, when for a few steps we reach the end of the asphalt road, from the right another path joins us with the starting point at the cemetery in the village Kebelj.
We continue straight on the marked cart track, which before entering the forest turns right and continues along the edge of the forest, from the mentioned cart track the marks direct us left onto a narrower cart track that continues through the forest. Through the forest we follow the marks, when the path turns slightly to the right, after a short crossing from the right another path from the settlement Kebelj joins.
Here we go left and quickly arrive at the ruins of Kebeljski or Zajčev grad.
Oplotnica - sv. Mohor 0:45, sv. Mohor - Zajčev grad 0:40.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in April 2022.

On the way: Lačna Gora (516m), Sveti Mohor (Lačna Gora) (602m)