Žlebinje - Socerb Castle

Access to starting point:
From highway Koper - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kastelec, and then we continue right in the direction of Ljubljana, Kozina and Podgorje. Next follows two crossroads, where we stick to direction for Kozina, when we reach old road Koper - Ljubljana we drive there to the first turn-off of forest road to the right (turn-off from the main road is located near the spot, where highway goes in the tunnel Kastelec). We drive on the mentioned road which immediately changes into a cart track, and we park on an appropriate place by side road.
The starting point is appropriate, if we come from the direction Kastelec or Črni Kal, because from the opposite direction it is prohibited to turn on a side road. If we come from the direction Kozina, then starting point Varda is more appropriate.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a cart track, and after few steps, we reach a marked path, which we follow to the left (right Črni Kal). The path ahead leads us through the underpass below the main road, and then on the other side we continue right in the direction of Varda and castle Socerb. Next follow few crossings, where we follow the blazes, after that follows a steep ascent to the summit of Črnokalska Varda, where there is an inscription box and from where a nice view opens up.
From Varda follows a short descent, and then few 10 strides with grass overgrown path and we reach a larger parking lot (in descriptions starting point Varda), where we continue left on the northern edge of the parking lot.
On the northern side of a larger parking lot we notice a cart track, on which we continue, and then we quickly get to an old benches. After the benches cart track changes into slightly overgrown footpath, from which a nice view opens up on the nearby Tinjan. Few minutes we walk by some sort of edge, and then the path turns slightly to the right and it brings us to a macadam road, on which we continue straight. Some 10 strides ahead from the left joins the path from Kastelec and one of the paths from Osp.
We go again straight or slightly right, after that a minute or two ahead we get to the spot, where we join the path from the village Petrinje (on the mentioned crossing we also reach SPP).
We continue left in the direction of Socerb (right Petrinje and Slavnik), on further wider macadam road which leads us on karst landscape. Few minutes ahead we reach an asphalt road which we quickly leave because blazes lead slightly right, on the path which past the cave Sveta jama (entrance into a cave is locked) in few minutes leads back on an asphalt road. When we again reach the road, we walk there all the way to the castle Socerb, from which a nice view opens up.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (June).

On the way: Črnokalska Varda (423m), Sveta jama (415m)