Zagorje ob Savi - Castle Gamberk

Access to starting point:
From the road Ljubljana - Trbovlje, or the Štajerska highway exit Trojane, we drive to Zagorje ob Savi, where we park in one of the parking lots in town. The described path starts on road Cesta 9. avgusta at the crossroad with street Levstikova ulica.
At the starting point are located the Kulturni center Delavski dom Zagorje ob Savi, the Knjižnica Mileta Klopčiča Zagorje ob Savi, the Plesni klub KATTAN, the Okrepčevalnica Vrt, the Občina Zagorje ob Savi...

Path description:
By the beginning of the path, signs for Čemšeniška planina direct us onto street Levstikova ulica, along which we start at first gently, but when we reach the gorge, we ascend a little more steeply. We bypass the company Gip beton MTO Zagorje on the left side, then go slightly right onto the road, where the blazes continue. A little further, at the last house, the road ends, and we continue on a footpath that bypasses gardens on the left side. The path then flattens and soon joins a macadam road, which in a few steps leads us to an asphalt road that we follow to the left. The asphalt road also brings us to a crossroad in a few steps, and we continue on a footpath that bypasses the left road on the right side and then leads us by the sports airport. When we reach the next road on the other side of the meadow, we follow it to the right, ascending along it to a crossroad a few minutes away, located at the chapel, where there is also a bench for resting.
Here we go right, but just a few steps past the chapel, we turn left, then ascend through the meadow into the forest. Through the forest, we ascend diagonally to the left for a few minutes, then climb onto a ridge, where we quickly reach a smaller crossing by a religious symbol.
At the cross, an unmarked path branches off to the left, leading to Vinski vrh, but we continue straight, crossing the northeastern slopes of the mentioned summit. A little further, we leave the forest and, with nice views, later step onto an asphalt road on the left side of the cross, which we follow to the left, continuing to the settlement Zavine, where we follow the blazes at several crossroads. At the end of the dense part of the settlement, we go slightly left, followed by a moderate ascent along a panoramic road. Higher up, from a smaller crossroad at the edge of the forest, we go slightly right and quickly arrive at the hunting lodge Lovski dom na Klančišah.
We bypass the hunting lodge Lovski dom na Klančišah on the right side, then continue through the forest for a few minutes. When we leave the forest, we arrive at a marked crossroad in the settlement Ržiše.
Here we leave the marked path that leads further towards Čemšeniška planina and continue right on an unmarked road (left Kisovec), then gently descend to the nearby farms, where we also cross the route of a high-voltage power line. Some houses at the farm we bypass on the right side, then go right onto a cart track that ascends diagonally across a scenic grassy slope. The path crossing a grazing fence increasingly turns to the left, and we follow this path all the way to the remains of castle Gamberk.
In the surroundings of the castle, there is a higher probability of falling rocks.
The starting point - hunting lodge 1:15, hunting lodge - Ržiše 0:10, Ržiše - castle 0:10.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2025.

On the way: Zavine (455m), Lovski dom na Klančišah (510m), Ržiše (563m)