Klanjec - Cesargradska gora (Eko staza)

Access to the starting point:
a) If you arrive in Croatia via the Orešje border crossing in Bizeljsko, you are already in Klanjac. The official start of the route is at Klanjec railway station, but this has been abandoned for some time. Leave the vehicle somewhere in the village or nearby.
b) Leave the Macelj-Krapina-Zagreb motorway at the Zabok exit and continue towards Klanjec and Kumrovec. When you reach the village of Klanjec, tourist signs direct you to the trailhead.

Path description:
The official start of the route is at Klanjec railway station, which has been abandoned and closed for some time.
We will start the trail at the tourist signs on the Zabok-Kumrovec road. We go ahead and see the first signs. The path is steep and asphalted at the start, but after a sharp right turn we get a nice view of Klanjec below us and Kunšperk to the west. Keep going and you will come to a crossroads where you will turn right (straight on the supply road behind the mountain hut).
The eco-trail runs from the top of Japica to here and then along the service road back to the mountain hut. Therefore, all the helpful signs will be facing in the direction of return.
From the crossroads onwards, we will be accompanied by signs in the form of a white circle and a green triangle within it.
Continue to the right along the narrower asphalt road which crosses the southern slope, and along the way you will see some vineyards. When the asphalt ends, you will come to a set of steps and the next road, which you follow to the left. A minute further on, we are at a crossroads again and we go left again. There will be a third crossroads in the woods and go left here too.
Further on, you will come to a short clearing where there is an interesting weekend. After the clearing, we move into a dense forest and then to a fourth crossroads, where we go left.
The path ahead leads us past two abandoned farms of the former Cesarska vas village, which was located on the eastern side of the mountain and reached to the summit. Behind the two farms we enter the forest and the path becomes steeper.
After two bends, the path climbs below the summit, where you leave the forest, pass another abandoned farm and reach the summit.
At the top there is a communication building and benches for resting. The view is limited to the north-east, where you can see Strahinjščica and Donačko Mountain.
If you continue along the path, in 10 minutes of easy walking you will reach the mountain hut and 5 minutes further on to the ruins of the Cesargrad fortress.

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