Hrvatsko Zagorje highlights

Here are some of Zagorje highlights that this cool hilly and green region can offer for a day or two days excursion. It could be a good escape from the summer heat and occasion to taste the Austrian influenced food and to admire the baroque architecture that contracts the Roman and Venetian influence along the coast.

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This northern Croatia region is not visited by tourist like other districts but when visiting Zagreb capital I highly recommend some of the highlights, definitely worth visiting.

� Visiting the castles of Varazdin, castle of Trakoscan and Veliki Tabor

� Visiting Kumrovec town the birth place of President Tito

� Taking a day trip the famous spa of Krapinske Toplice

� Tuheljske Toplice spa

� Visiting a attractive Entomological Collection in the baroque Herezer palace in Varazdin.

� Hopping to Marija Bistrica the largest pilgrimage center in Croatia, only 37 km from Zagreb.

� Visiting Krapina, the town pre-historic men of Neanderthal.

Zagorje highlights museums:

Entomological Collection is located at the early Classicist Herzer Palace in the center of the town. The first collection was established by Franjo pl. Koscec (1882-1968), the local high-school teacher and entomologist.

He donated his large natural scientific collections to the City of Varazdin in 1959. His work was, in the 1962-1980 period, continued by his daughter Ruzica Koscec. Since 1903 some 50,000 specimens have been collected. The collection also includes enlarged models of certain insect species. Over the years, the holdings have been expanded by entomological material from the territory of northwestern Croatia.

Its scientifically valuable collections, including several tens of thousand specimens, bring testimony of natural properties and environmental changes, thus constituting an inevitable source of information for the elaboration of the Croatian fauna inventory.

Zagorje highlights - Spas (Toplice):

Krapinske toplice
Location: A centre of health-tourism located in Croatian zagorje (altitude 160 m), 40 km from Zagreb, with four springs of radioactive water with a temperature of 39-41 C.

Medical indications: Treatment of all forms of post-traumatic conditions of the locomotor system and spine; treatment of all post-operative conditions of the locomotor system, degeneration of the spine, and arthritic disorders; treatment of degenerative conditions, rheumatism, diabetes with neurological or anginous complications; post-operative rehabilitation of coronary infarct patients and surgery patients; treatment of heart surgery patients and convalescents; treatment of diseases in the peripheral vascular system and treatment of vascular surgery patients; treatment of coronary diseases.

Accommodation: AquaeVivae Hotel, 246 beds, indoor swimming-pool with thermal water, 2 outdoor pools and sports grounds; hospital for rheumatic diseases with 650 beds for adults and 110 for children, four indoor swimming-pools with thermal water and equipment for various forms of therapy. The tourist office can offer 350 beds in private accommodation.

Connections: Frequent coaches to Zagreb.

Source: Croatian National Tourist board

Tuheljske Toplice (Spa)

Tuheljske toplice
Location: A health, tourism and sports-recreational centre in Croatian Zagorje, 45 km from Zagreb, at an altitude of 160 m.

Medical indications: Treatment of rheumatic disorders; treatment of inflammatory sciatica and arthritis; treatment of gout; treatment of neuralgic diseases; treatment of urological diseases; treatment and rehabilitation of diseases of the joints.

Accommodation: The Mihanovia Tourist-Recreational Centre is a hotel complex of pavilions linked by covered corridors, 456 beds of B category, three indoor and five outdoor swimming-pools. There are many facilities for rest, sports, recreation and entertainment. The complex has more than 50 playing fields and sports grounds.

Connections: Coach lines to Zagreb several times a day.

Source: Croatian National Tourist board

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