Trebnje Castle - Trebni vrh (via caves and hunting lodge)

Access to starting point:
A) Highway Ljubljana - Novo mesto we leave at exit Trebnje - west, and then we continue driving on the old road towards Trebnje. We will soon get to the gas station, and only few 10 meters behind it we turn right towards the nearby Trebnje Castle, where we already notice first hiking signposts. Marked parking lot is located a little above the castle, and there we come if at the crossroad at the castle we continue right, and then immediately left. Next follows a short driving by the castle, and then we already get to the next mountain signposts, where signs for a parking lot point us to the left.
B) From highway Novo mesto - Ljubljana we go to the exit Trebnje - east, and then we continue driving on the old road towards Trebnje. Further, we drive south from Trebnje, and when we are already on the west side of the town we turn right towards Trebnje. Few 10 meters further at the crossroad we turn left and over the overpass we drive to Trebnje Castle, where we already notice first hiking signposts. Marked parking lot is located a little above the castle, and there we come if at the crossroad at the castle we continue right, and then immediately twice left. Next follows a short driving by the castle, and then we already get to the next mountain signposts, where signs for a parking lot point us to the left.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we descend few meters to in the description to the starting point mentioned mountain signposts, from where we continue in the direction of Vrhtrebnje. The path at first on the left side bypasses a residential house, and then passes into the forest, through which at first runs on a cart track. The marked path quickly leaves the cart track and turns a little more to the left, where it ascends to the overhead walkway over the highway. On the other side of the highway we ascend on steep stairs (from here a nice view opens up on Trebnje and surroundings), and above them we cross a bad macadam road. Above the road, the path returns into the forest and it brings us to a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we continue slightly left in the direction of Vrhtrebnje past Mala and Velika jama (slightly right - steep path on Trebni vrh and Vrhtrebnje). The path ahead is moderately ascending through the forest and relatively quickly brings us to the entrance into cave Velika jama. From the cave Velika jama we continue left and we for some time descend, and then the path turns right and in few steps ascends to cave Mala jama. Above the cave Mala jama, the path for a short time quite steeply ascends, and then in a moderate steepness brings us to the cart track which we follow to the right, we walk there only a short time because then blazes lead left on a marked footpath. The footpath on which we walk only a little higher joins the path from Odrga.
We follow the mentioned path to the right, and in a gentle ascent it brings us out of the forest, to the spot, where we join the steep path.
Immediately, when we reach an asphalt road, the path on Trebni vrh branches off to the left, and we continue straight on the road which leads us past few houses, and then joins the second asphalt road which we follow to the right. Next follows a short descent, and then the path brings us to a bigger chapel, where we continue left towards the nearby church of St. Jakob.
From the church, we short time continue on the road, and then we quickly get to the landmark of 15th meridian and the hunting lodge.
From the hunting lodge we continue on the macadam road which we soon leave and we continue left on a forested cart track on which we ascend on Trebni vrh.

On the way: Lovski dom na Vrhtrebnjem (562m)