Best Travel Guide Krapina-Zagorje

Krapina-ZagorjeGuide was updated: 2025-03-24

If you are looking for a place suitable for a vacation, free from industry and the usual urban disrputions, choose Zagorje with an easy heart. It is an oasis of preserved nature, greenery, clean air and mild, healing waters. A cultural heritage of feudalism in this area marks the architecture of many castles and manor houses set amid idyllic nature. Krapina Zagorje County is well-known for its castles, Krapina Neanderthal and thermal springs translated into modern baths with excellent hotels and a vast gastronomic offer.

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For the escape from daily routine and obligations we recommend a program, which will fill your batteries. The number of riding terrains in Croatian Zagorje is great, and if you ride into any corner, the experience of landscape beauty, finely ruffled hills with mosaic forests, vineyards, Zagorje villages and fields, partially separated by river valleys, is unspeakable. Picturesque and hilly Croatian Zagorje is suitable for cycling. Zagorje abounds in tourist-recreational cycling routes that are adapted for the widest range of users, with a special accent on recreational cyclists, families with kids and juniors. If you are looking for something different, the greatest pleasure is to watch Zagorje from a balloon or just to come and enjoy a family picnic on a meadow and run barefoot over the mowed fragrant grass.

Krapina Neanderthal Museum

The Krapina Neanderthal Museum is one of the most modern museums in Croatia and central Europe. Find out 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.

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Castle Veliki Tabor

Veliki Tabor is one of the best preserved late medieval and Renaissance castles in the continental part of Croatia, built by the noble Rattkay family during the 16th century. The oldest part of the complex is the central fortified building - donjon - used for dwelling and defence.

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Thermae Tuhelj

Thermae Tuhelj, located at the very spring of thermal waters is one of the most well-rounded tourist recreational centres of continental tourism in Croatia. The swimming resort, a true water planet, with 4 outdoor pools and 4 indoor pools and a slow river with numerous water attractions, water massages, water slides and water toys offer relaxation and amusement for the entire family. The hotel offers the comfort of 138 Classic rooms and 126 Premium rooms.

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The National Sanctuary of the Mother of God of Bistrica

Shrine in Marija Bistrica became the national shrine in 1715 when the Croatian parliament built a big votive altar at the church in Marija Bistrica. As Marian devotions grew and many prayers got answered by seeking intercession of Saint Mary of Bistrica, the shrine’s church became tight and too small so Bistrica’s parish priest Juraj Žerjavić had the church and the parish house with arcades extended and reconstructed following the designs of architect Friedrich von Schmidt and his student Hermann Bollé. The new church was built in Neo-Renaissance style.

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The Old Village Museum

The Old Village Museum in Kumrovec - a unique open-air museum in Croatia - is an ethnographical museum in site. They show the traditional way of life in the Sutla area as it was at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Josip Broz's family household is situated at the outskirts of the village and contains historical and ethnological display.

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Castle Oršić - Peasant's Revolt Museum

The museum is situated in the Oršić manor house built in 1756. The permanent exhibition gives an interesting cultural and historical survey of the region from the 14th century till the abolishment of the feudal system in 1848.

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Population:	120,942 (2021)
Currency:	On January 1st 2023, Euro replaced Croatian kuna as the country's official currency.
Emergency Numbers:	Ambulance: 194 Fire-service: 193 Police: 192 General information: 18981 Croatia’s auto club (HAK): 01 4640 800
Newspapers:	Jutarnji List — www.jutarnji.hr Vecernji List — www.vecernji.hr 24 Sata — www.24sata.hr Zagorski List — www.zagorje.com
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Opening Hours:	7am to 8pm for most shops on weekdays