Zagreb (Šestine) - Sljeme (via Kraljičin zdenac on HPD path)

Access to the starting point:
The best way to get into Zagreb is from the south at the entrance to the Buzin square (the road south here goes to Velika Gorica and the aerodrome). When you get near the Velesejme turn right (traffic lights), then at the roundabout in the route Zagreb-center (north). You will come to Marina Držića street, which is the only one you can take straight ahead. There will be a bus stop on the way. After the railway underpass, go slightly left at the traffic lights (there is an alley in this street), but at the next crossroads go right (this is now Bauerova ulica). Just keep going until you reach Vlaška ulica.
Now turn left to the west and just follow Vlaška Street as it turns into the two-lane Medveščak road. Here you will see the first arrows marking Šestina.
The road climbs gently up to Šestine. When the road reaches the highest point and starts to descend, go right and after a minute you will reach the large parking lot of the Lagvić restaurant. Park here or somewhere nearby.

Path description:
From the parking lot, walk up past the Lagvić restaurant. A minute after the restaurant, we see a wooden carport. Here, our path splits from the asphalt and goes slightly downhill and then for a while through the forest. All the time we are above the Kraljevec stream. Our path goes further and further into the gorge of the stream. When we cross the bridge, our path starts to climb steeply, helped by steps and a fence. When we get out of the gorge, the path is on the left side again and the stream is on the left side, and we are near the road again. The path leads us along the laid part to a resting place at the Kraljičin zdenac lake, where we can rest and have a snack.
After Kraljičina zdenac we will reach a crossroads where the path to the former sanatorium Brestovac will branch off to the right. Continue to the right (straight Mrcina) and you will start to climb quite steeply. After a steep climb, you will reach a crossroads where you will join the trail No 52 (this trail has two names: the HPD trail and the Elvira trail). At the crossroads, close to the spring, the trail goes straight ahead (eastwards) towards the sanatorium Brestovac, with the water spring down, and we go up on the left.
After the crossroads, the path climbs quite steeply, then flattens out and passes through a sparse forest, where in a few places the view of Zagreb opens up below us. We come to a wider cart track, and the path will still be level, but only up to the point where we cross the tarmac road for the first time. Then the path rises steeply to the next road crossing. After this crossing, route 52 ends and we reach route 15, which takes us past the top station of the Sliema cable car (no longer in use) to the road below the summit. Go up the cobbled concrete and you will reach the large TV transmitter at the top.
This route is suitable if you want to avoid the climb over Mrcina.

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