CROATIA rest + sights: personal blog about Croatia interesting
Zagorje is a neighborhood of Zagreb and the most picturesque region of Croatia.
Croatian Zagorje with its picturesque hills, numerous small rivers and woods is located in the northwestern part of Croatia.
The nature of this region inspired not only creative people — artists, poets and writers.
The best season to explore Zagorje region of Croatia is the autumn, when the hills and nature around multicolor – yellow, orange, red, gold!
Water Planet / Vodni Planet is the largest water park in Croatia. The park has 8 indoor and outdoor pools, more than 5000 sq. metres of water surface.
Aqua park Water Planet has thermal water in all its pools.
For its guests the park offer modern Hotel Well 4* and Hostel Vila next to Aqua Park and Wellness&SPA with thermal water.
In 2015 in Krapinske Toplice opened the new Aquae Vivae aqua park.
The Aquae Vivae water park has area over 18 000 sq.meters. There are 5 indoor pools and 1 outdoor pool, numerous water entertainments, wellness centre, saunas and restaurant.
Seljačka buna / Peasant Revolt / Peasants jacquerie in the Stubica traditionally held in winter time.
Donja Stubica is situated in 35 km from Zagreb city.
The Krapina Neanderthal Museum covers a surface area of around 1,200 sq.meters and is one of the most modern museums in Croatia.
In the museum you can find the interesting story about the life and culture of the Krapina Neanderthal, enjoy the many multimedia components and other contents, as well as very specific architecture.
The Plitvice lakes national park is a dynamic system of 16 lakes connected by 92 waterfalls.
The total area of the lakes is about 2 sq.km., and of the national park it is 200 sq.km.
Medvednica is a mountain range, a favoured spot for the citizens of Zagreb city to have a rest.
The central part of the forest-covered mountain, thanks to its many well-equipped roads, tourist lodges, historical monuments and recreational elements, gives the impression of a spacious city park. When you walk along the interesting trails, you can see about a thousand species of plants, listen to the singing of about a hundred kinds of birds and meet different insects and animals. A walk in the forest normalises your life balance.
Samobor – not big cute traditional city of central part of Croatia.
Samobor is located only in 24 km from the center of the Croatian capital – Zagreb city, and in 8 km apart from the border of Slovenia.
Varazdin city is a town in the northwest of Croatia, 77 km to the north of the capital of Croatia – Zagreb city, it stands on the Drava river, and is the administrative centre of the Varazdin region. The first written mention of the town dates back to the 12th century.
The population of the town of Varazdin is 47,055 people.
Every Christmas, 60 km away from Zagreb city, in the Salaj family mansion, 2 000 000 lights decorating the houses, trees and animals across 2 hectares of land are lit, and the New Year Tale begins!