Westin Zagreb

We make the 2-hour drive to the Capital city of Zagreb this morning, arriving in time for lunch. This afternoon we enjoy a comprehensive tour with native-born Antica (pronounced An-TEE-cha), who is utterly charming and full of passion for her work. At one ...

... buildings and a lovely square, we also really enjoyed some mushroom soup served in hollowed out bread. We then make our way to Zagreb, Croatia and have to go through the border stops.  Croatia uses Koner as it's currency so will need to change a bit ...

... ;           Our hotel here in Croatia’s capital is American – a five-star Westin with very boring architecture. The hotel is in a newer part of town, but a decent walking distance from the main ...

... but the only ones I remotely liked were €600!!! Don't think so. Think I will wait till Prague! Then drove onto Zagreb. Leaving Slovenia the Slovenian customs checked everyone on the bus! At least got a stamp in my passport! Entering Croatia they ...

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

It's overcast today and a bit cool as we leave for our optional excursion to Kumrovec, the birthplace of the former leader of Yugoslavia - Marshall Tito.  After a 90 minute drive we arrive in the countryside town with many original cottages from the ...

... ," so both parts of the market were actually on street level. We continued on our walking tour, which included stops at the Zagreb cathedral and several other beautiful churches. A lot of them were being renovated, so we don't have any great pictures. ...

... SPU), 1005am-1150am. June 1-4: Split, Croatia. Bellevue Hotel. Likely day trip to Hvar. June 4-6: Dubrovnik. Hotel Neptune. June 6-8: Zagreb. Four Points Sheraton Panorama Hotel Zagreb. June 8: Czech Airlines (OK) 819, Zagreb (ZAG) to Prague ...

... one exception was Split, where we were in an out in one night.   Most of the hotels were wonderful, the *****Westin in Zagreb being our least favorite.  I got all the time alone I wanted and needed so that I didn’t feel overwhelmed ...