Vodnikov trg - Ljubljana Castle
Starting point: Vodnikov trg (293 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.0511°N 14.5094°E
Time of walking: 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 83 m
Altitude difference (by path): 83 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From the main bus and railway station in Ljubljana we drive on the road Resljeva cesta, on which we drive to Dragon bridge. Immediately after the bridge we turn right towards market Center, where we park (parking is possible from Monday to Friday between 6:30 pm and 5:00 am, on Saturdays from 6:30 pm further and by Sundays and holidays all day, to 5:00 am of next day - data from April 2013).
B) To the starting point, we can also come from the direction of Poljanski nasip or city bus LPP number 13.
Path description:
From the starting point at first we walk to monument of Valentin Vodnik, where nearby we notice signposts for castle, Šance and the road Roška cesta, which point us on narrower street (Študentovska ulica), which starts at first gently ascending. When houses ends path becomes a macadam and steeper. Higher, the path splits into two parts, and we continue on the right path (possible also on left). After few minutes, the path flattens and brings us below the castle Ljubljanski grad, where we step on some kind of bridge, on which we walk to the parking lot on castle Ljubljanski grad.
From the parking lot, we walk to the castle mansion from where we on numerous stairs ascend on a lookout tower (ascent on a lookout tower is payable).
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