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Zagreb & Castles of Hrvatsko Zagorje |
 Friday
Arrival to Zagreb Airport. Transfer from the Airport to the hotel. Free time and overnight in the hotel.
Saturday
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from Zagreb at 8.00h AM and drive towards Kumrovec. Arrival to Kumrovec around 9.00h AM. Sightseeing of the ethno-village "Staro selo" (Old village), the unique open-air museum with birth-house of Josip Broz Tito (the founder and first President of ex-Yugoslavia) with numerous historical and ethnological exhibits. Sightseeing of the monument "Lijepoj nasoj" (To our beautiful), of the chapels of "Sveti Rok" and "Majke Božje Risvicke" (Mother of God of Risvica).
Drive towards "Gresna gorica" and "Taborgradska klet" where, in typical local atmosphere and scenery of Zagorje, we will have a lunch and listen to the legend of the forbidden and tragic love between the nobleman Friedrich of Celje and the beautiful plebeian gril Veronika of Desinic. This is why this hill bears the name "Gresna gorica" (The hill of sin). Sightseeing of the zoo-park of the farm.
Afterwards drive to the castle "Veliki tabor" on the neighbouring hill. The architectural beauty of the late-gothic-renaissance castle is a picturesque detail of the surrounding scenery and for centuries it has been a cause for the astonishment of experts and accidental visitors. We will visit the museum, gallery, chapel and the ethno-collection of swords and carriages.
Afterwards drive to Trakošæan. Castle "Trakošæan" was the property of Counts Draskovic, which were the most popular noblemen in the feudal times. The castle is a perfect harmony of nature and architecture. It is located on a hill with a garden within a park-forest and it belongs to the cultural and natural monuments of the top category. From 1953 the castle is a museum with feudal ambient and preserved inventory from the end of the 15th until the end of the 19th century. Furnished interior is an authentic ambient of the second half of the 19th century. Sightseeing of the museum and the surroundings of the castle.
Afterwards drive towards Zagreb. Arrival to Zagreb around 18.00h PM. Free time and overnight in the hotel. Sunday
Breakfast at the hotel. Sightseeing of Zagreb with a local certified guide.
We invite you to experience the past and the present of Zagreb by passing hrough the streets of the Lower and Upper Town, by visiting the famous arcades and sculptures of Mirogoj Park Cemetery, by entering inside the Zagreb Cathedral or by taking in the everyday lively atmosphere of Dolac Market. Our walk through the streets of the Upper Town will take us to St. Mark's Church, a symbol of Zagreb, to the best view of Zagreb from under the Lotrscak Tower and to the Stone Gate where we light a candle. Only in Zagreb the noon is announced by the cannon firing from the Lotrscak Tower and city parks are arranged in the form of a horse shoe.
Zagreb has Maksimir, the oldest public cultivated park in Europe and Archaeological Museum is proud to present the mummy with with the longest Etruscan epitaph. The journey through Zagreb's heritage and tradition will be enriched by the unigue taste of pepper biscuits and a visit to the bidermayer interior of the old Upper Town Zagreb Café.
After the sightseeing transfer to the airport and departure.
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