Zagreb, Croatia Travel Blogs

Don't mention Harry Kewell...
Jul 24, 2006 (27 photos)

... na na nah, na na na na na na nah, na na na na na na nah'. Clearly, the heat is messing with my mind... Zagreb - love it. Classy and sophisticated, mildly pretentious but in a good way, laid back. The city certainly isn't as stuck in the early 90's ...

On to Zagreb... last stop on our epic train trip
Jun 30, 2008 (12 photos)

We get into Belgrade at 7 am and walked around downtown for 3 hours before hopping back on the train to Zagreb. Zagreb is beautiful and we walk around before finding an outdoor café/restaurant to have dinner at and watch the Euro 2008 finals.  Spain ...

Rudolph Hess
Jun 18, 2006

... the ticket validating machine there's only been four punters. Great, obviously, for people like us - scum, I mean. Anyway, Zagreb's a great little place - nice buildings (the ones that aren't falling down), beautiful women, cheap beer, big parks.... In ...

Zagreb
Jul 15, 2005 (7 photos)

... were some interesting statues, sculptures and fountains around the city too. After the four ancient towns we'd visited in Croatia, this was a complete turnaround. It had a very western european feel. It was really enjoyable. We had bought onward ...

Zagreb
Oct 24, 2008 (14 photos)

... Scotland, Ireland, and Switzerland.  It sure makes a five-hour journey go by much more quickly.  We rolled into Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, and were pleasantly surprised.  We had heard a few not so nice stories about the place and most people don't seem ...

Welcome to Croatia
Sep 1, 2005 (9 photos)

After a scenic bus ride through the Austrian mountain we arrived in the capital of Croatia, Zagreb. It was 1 am and when our taxi driver drove us what seemed like 100kms out of town and then got lost we were a bit worried. Eventually we found our ...

Raining in Zagreb
Aug 10, 2007 (4 photos)

... leaving Split and heading up to the capital Zagreb.  The most reliable form of transport is the bus in Croatia - it was supposed to be a 5 hour ride to Zagreb, compared to about 8 hours on the train.  So I bought mz 184KN ticket (about 16 quid, ...

A fistfull of dinars
Aug 22, 2007

... thing you go travelling to avoid. From Dubrovnik, the furthest point north we can get to in one go is to Zagreb, at the other end of Croatia.  From there we decide to catch a train right up to Vienna and then to Janes house in Slovakia.  But ...

Back in Croatia
Jun 21, 2006 (4 photos)

... nice modern shower. Ahhh, the creature comforts. Zagreb is nice enough, though not particularly exciting. Being the capital of Croatia, Zagreb is overrun with museums and galleries. I visited the Arts and Crafts Museum today, which had an temporary ...

A quick visit
Jul 15, 2005 (2 photos)

... so we walked around just admiring the place. Eventually, we arrived at a church, and the roof had the Croatian coat of arms and the Zagreb coat of arms, painted onto the roof. Can`t remember the name of it as I have seen so many churches in the last three ...

Croatian Quickie
Aug 26, 2006

From Slovenia we left the EU and crossed into Croatia. I think they are not allowed in because they will not hand over Slobodan. We headed straight for Zagreb and arriving midday on a Saturday we found it shut. The main tourist office was closed so we ...

The sweltering city heat of budapest was ...
Jun 16, 2002 (5 photos)

... P: It's REALLY hot. It's awful! N: I want to go to the beach, P: Where's the nearest bech? C & N: Croatia. C: There's a train to Zagreb first thing tomorrow..... N: Let's do it, girls! So it was that three virtual strangers met in 'The Best ...

Zagreb to Dubrovnik, the ugly side of travel
Oct 14, 2005

... a complete fever run and on medication, trying to figure this all out. This is where I met Maja (Maya). She grew up in Croatia, but was attending school in Ljubljana so knew the train route quite well. Banking on the train trying to make up time, she ...

Zagreb
Oct 17, 2005 (10 photos)

... to the 10hours of hell. I arrived into the city center by 9 this morning, so had the entire day to take on Zagreb. It reminded me alot of Warsaw - for obvious reasons I'm sure. Very Stalin-esq architecture, with great churches and monuments all mixed ...

A Plan Emerges
Sep 8, 1999 (5 photos)

... for a stunning view of Zagreb. The receptionist asked me where I was from and then went on to point out the best parts of Croatia, all of it apparently! He also gave me some advice on Bosnia and landmines. Later that day I went to the movies again to ...

Whirlwind Croatia
Jun 7, 2006

... . The waitress was impressed that I was from Australia and we started talking. She was from Bosnia, but was looking for a job in Croatia. She also studied journalism and was looking for a job in a newspaper or something. When I finished my beer, before I ...

Zagreb
Sep 30, 2005

As soon as I crossed from Hungary to Croatia the cloud of the past wars in the Balkans is evident... there are many houses being re-built and also ones that are simply abandoned. However the countryside is very pretty.. much greener and hillier than ...

On our way to Split and Zagreb
Sep 6, 2005 (4 photos)

... longer and catch the next ferry on Saturday. Bon Voyage Debra! We enjoyed a very scenic bus ride through Croatia. After arriving to Zagreb we experienced the travel day from HELL! Traveling didnt seem soooo fun anymore. We jumped in a trolly to ...

Flooding in Prague, robbed on the train, Croatia
Aug 17, 2002 (4 photos)

... locked compartment and into my purse under my head without us waking up. But believe me, they can. Anyway, we arriived in Zagreb, Croatia, a couple days ago. We've been running around trying to get a cheap flight to Istanbul. We also bought a flight ...

Zagreb
Jul 19, 2008

this will be coming sometimes before August 10.  I apologize, but I've been too busy traveling to be able to write and post quality, detailed entries.

Blast across Hungary and into Croatia
Jun 27, 2009

Greetings from Zagreb, Croatia! We did a touch over 500km (310miles) today. The plan was to stop at Lake Balaton, but we decided to keep going to shorten tomorrow's ride and give us the full afternoon to explore the Plitvice Waterfalls. But back to today's ...

What can I say....
Sep 30, 2008

... onto Zagreb. Leaving Slovenia the Slovenian customs checked everyone on the bus! At least got a stamp in my passport! Entering Croatia they also checked everyone-but didn't get a stamp on our passports :( Zagreb isn't that great on first impressions. ...

Happy Birthday to me
Oct 1, 2008

... sights O.K. Every tour I have been on have been very lucky in that pretty much all the people have been pretty great. And Zagreb is a bit yuckky. Some people wished me happy birthday at breakfast which was nice and had a cool birthday message from my sis ...

Croatian Study Tour - Zagreb
Jun 28, 2009 (181 photos)

... of Croatia and how ethnic minorities are integrated into the culture and daily life.  I was interested to find out that Croatia became independent as recently as 1991 and that it was formerly a territory of Yugoslavia!  They also offer three options for ...

Zagreb
Nov 4, 2006 (52 photos)

The capital of Croatia

Zuerich - Baku 2006
Jul 29, 2006 (1 photos)

Visiting Slaven, a old fellow I have living with in Baden (Switzerland)in a living community.

ZAGREB!!! -- Gazoontite
Sep 11, 2008 (2 photos)

Well we never thought we would make it to Croatia but luckily enough we had the time. So we went to the capital Zagreb. We eneded up staying in a really great hostel with tons of character-- check out the pics of all the different murals on the walls. We ...

Recovering and exploring Zagreb
Aug 17, 2007 (5 photos)

Still tired after our festival exertions, we wandered this charming city a little, rode the shortest funicular railway in europe up to the old town to look at the views, ate tasty food, and then retired to our luxurious room to plan out next leg - down to ...

The Real Croatia
Oct 30, 2004 (5 photos)

... but I missed it by a few minutes not knowing that the sun sets earlier. On day 28, I travelled to Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia. Since the bus ride would have taken 11 hours from Dubrovnik, I took the plane instead. The plane departed at ...

Croatian boy's
Sep 6, 2009 (1 photos)

Don't know cuz I have been in Croatia for 3 days but have seen none of croatia, because have not left the house we hang out with these 6 boys because their dad is out of town they wake up at 4pm and stay up until 6am every night, so I have only seen the ...