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VIP Snow Queen Trophy 2009 Zagreb, January
For the fifth time in a row, the Croatian capital Zagreb will be the host to
the best slalom women skiers of the world, while the competition for men
skiers will be held for the second time. The competitions will be held on
Sljeme, the highest point of Mount Medvednica during the night.
Women’s slalom at the Audi FIS World Cup “VIP Snow Queen Trophy 2009” will
be held on January 4, while the men skiers’ competition will be held on
January 6, with both races taking place at night.
Except excellent trail and top organisation, the World Cup is traditionally
known for unique atmosphere created with the city interaction, its
inhabitants and the participants of the competition.
Zagreb is one of the rare European capitals having a park near the city
centre which can be walked to. Mount Medvednica and its highest point –
Sljeme (1033 metres) are an interesting destination for Zagreb inhabitants
and their guests in winter and summer. With great choices for rest and
recreation, Sljeme attracts during the summer months because of considerably
more pleasant climate and temperatures several degrees lower than in the
city. During winter, Sljeme is a place for skiing, sledding and enjoying
fresh air and winter idyll. Regardless of the weather, Zagreb residents and
their guests use every free moment for escaping to nature, but also for the
enjoyment in the catering contents. On Sljeme, there are many accommodation
objects and the catering is well-known with many local specialities. Because
of the intimate emotional connection between Zagreb and Sljeme, the
residents host the skiing elite with a heartfelt welcome and they cheer on
all the skiers equally.
www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr
www.zlatnimedvjed.hr
Men’s World Handball Championship, January 16 –
February 1, 2009
Seven Croatian Cities – hosts to the best handball players of the world
All those who remember the great play of Croatian handball players who won
the world championship in 2003 in Portugal, the Olympic gold in 2004 in
Athens, world championship silver in 2005 and European championship silver
in 2008 in Norway will say that the world championship is being held in the
right place, in a country of great and successful handball. From January 16
until February 1 of this year seven Croatian cities: Zagreb, Zadar, Split,
Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč and Pula – will be the hosts to 24 world national
teams.
In group A in Osijek the teams are France, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania,
Argentina and Australia, in group B in Split Croatia, Sweden, Spain, South
Korea, Kuwait and Cuba, in group C in Varaždin Germany, Poland, Macedonia,
Russia, Tunisia and Algeria, and in group D in Poreč Denmark, Norway, Egypt,
Brazil, Serbia and Saudi Arabia. The three best teams from groups A and B
will play in the second round in Zagreb, and groups C and D in Zadar.
Semi-final games will be played in Zagreb and Split, and the finals will be
played in the Arena in Zagreb, which will welcome 15 000 spectators. At the
President Cup for places from 13 to 24 the teams who do not make the second
round will play.
The 21st world handball championship is the biggest sports event in Croatia
since its independence and it is certainly the most demanding project which
included the construction of new sports arenas and hiring of a great number
of professionals and volunteers. The Arena Zagreb, Spaladium Split, City
Garden Osijek, Sports Centre Krešimir Čosić Zadar and Sports Home Mate
Parlov Pula are top sports objects as well as polyvalent centres which will
enrich the sports, entertainment and cultural offer of Croatia.
Considering the long tradition (the first handball game was played in
Croatia in 1930) and the great results in this sport as well as with an
audience which loves it, Croatia will without a doubt be a great host of
this competition.
As the sports events like this have a tourist dimension, it is quite clear
that Croatia will be a great host in that area as well. As an introduction,
in 13 countries participants there were Croatian handball-tourist days and
the tourist offer was presented with the accent on the host cities in which
the games will be played. An equally heartfelt welcome and an invitation to
enjoy the beauties and the offer is awaiting athletes, delegation members,
journalists and supporters during their stay in Croatia.
www.croatia.hr
www.hrs.hr
Tourism for Everyone
The first European tour guide for the deaf is starting
The Zagreb tourist association will soon become the only tourist community
in Europe with a licensed tour guide for the deaf. It will be Vanda Šagovac,
the only deaf person who finished the tourism study in the Zagreb School for
Management and by passing the expert exam, she realised her dream – to
become a tour guide for the deaf. She finished her studies wishing for a job
in tourism for the deaf population and population of damaged hearing of
which there are 12 000 in Croatia. In 2006, she founded an association for
the culture of the persons with damaged hearing World of Quiet which has for
a goal connecting culture and tourism for the deaf and promoting this kind
of tourist services for persons with special needs. The mission of the
association is not only the promotion of culture of the deaf, but also the
promotion of Croatian tourism through activities in international
competitions of deaf artists.
The interest of the Ministry of Tourism of Croatia in offering guide
services for invalids is witnessed by the fact that the highest tourist
institution is entirely financing the expenses of the seminar for tourist
guides.
“Everyone has a right to tourism, regardless of our differences, and the
Ministry of Tourism, with its Social Tourism strategy, which is a European
pioneering project, will give the support intensively to “tourism for
everyone,” said Minister of Tourism Damir Bajs and emphasised that the
Ministry with its “Tourism without Obstacles” gives financial incentives for
investments in the tourist infrastructure for disabled persons.
It is important to say that the Zagreb Tourist Board will cover the
financial expenses of the first 50 disabled persons’ tour. The support for
the future first tourist guide for persons with special needs, Vanda
Šagovac, was given by the representative of the Association of Croatian
Travel Agencies, emphasising that local agencies will be able to offer what
nobody else has and that they are ready to create interesting arrangements
for the groups of tourists with special needs.
www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr
National Parks
Plitvice Lakes the most visited
National parks in Croatia were visited by more than 2 million tourists, from
which there were 1.7 million foreign. The most visited national park was
Plitvice Lakes with the total of 891,000 visitors, of which more than
816,000 were foreign visitors. At the list of most visited, in second place
was National park Krka with 664,000 guests, followed by Brijuni, Paklenica
and Mljet, Kornati, Risnjak, Paklenica and North Velebit.
Croatia has a total of eight national parks, which, together with other
forms of protection, are in the area of one tenth of the total space.
By avoiding over-building, Croatian tourist and total space – on islands, on
the coast and on the continental part of the country – is one of the most
important reasons for the country’s great tourist reputation and attracting
numerous guests from around the world.
www.lickosenjska.com
www.np-plitvicka-jezera.hr
Rijeka International Carnival
The fifth season starts January 23
The beginning of the year is when in all of Croatia, especially on Kvarner,
everything is in the sign of “mesopust” activities and carnival. Numerous
Kvarner cities and places burn at the stake the “mesopust” or “pust” for
short, the doll which is “guilty” for all bad things in the previous year
and at the same time, they are chasing the winter away. All the
manifestations are deeply rooted in the customs of this area and they are an
attraction for tourists, for whom it is the most attractive content during
their stay in the Kvarner region. Still, for the tourists, especially
attractive is the Rijeka International Carnival which will take place
between January 23 and February 22 for the 26th time.
Rijeka International Carnival – registered as one of the most important
carnival happenings in the world – starts on January 23 with the selection
of the carnival queen and handing out of the key to the city. The entire
month will be joyous in Rijeka and Kvarner, and on February 14, there will
be children’s carnival procession. The culmination of the Rijeka carnival is
on February 22 at noon when in the centre of Rijeka the international
carnival procession begins. In it, it is estimated, there will be more than
10,000 participants and there are more than 150 000 spectators on the
streets of Rijeka from the country and around the world.
Since the carnival time is different than any other time and there are
different rules in it, it is also called “the fifth season,” which is held
under the motto “be what you want, come to Rijeka carnival.”
www.tz-rijeka.hr
www.ri-karneval.hr
Island of Brač
Sixty years of “Zlatni rat”
In October of last year, hotel company Zlatni rat – whose headquarters are
in Bol on Brač – celebrated six decades of successful operation. Zlatni rat,
which got its name by the same name world famous Bol beach, is among the
most successful Croatian tourist companies.
Founded on October 17, 1948, Zlatni rat started with only a few guest rooms
and later it increased its capacity every year. The turnaround in its
development was the opening of the hotel Bijela kuća, made with an
adaptation of a student home. During that time, an accelerated growth of
hotel capacity started, and during the 70s, hotels Elaphusa and Borak are
opened and one decade later, hotel complex Bretanide and in 1999, hotel
complex Bonaca.
Zlatni rat today has 1,600 beds in three hotels, which are operating as part
of the Croatian hotel chain Blue Sun. There are 180 employees in the
company, and this year hotel Grand Elaphusa should put the fifth star on its
entrance.
Zlatni rat – which is the majority owner of Brač Airport – has strongly
marked the tourism development of Bol, island of Brač, as well as entire
Croatia and it counts among the most popular destinations in the country.
www.dalmatia.hr
www.zlatni-rat.hr
Zagreb County
Traditional food and architecture saved for the future
It is rare that the county decisions are unanimous as was the case last year
with the decision of the Zagreb County Assembly when the decision was on
declaring an ecologically significant area. With it, Zagreb region was
declared an area free of genetically modified organisms.
With this decision, Zagreb region became one of 230 regions from 34 European
countries in which the use of seed from genetically modified organisms is
banned, as well as the production of genetically modified food.
The gastronomy of this region is a combination of traditional and modern
cuisine with a large choice of authentic food and drinks, especially wine.
Known for its rich catering offer, which includes different food in village
households along with traditional restaurants, Zagreb and the region offer
many authentic meals in whose recognisable tastes the guests have enjoyed so
far, and the hosts are, judging by the decision of Zagreb Assembly, decisive
in keeping the tradition from the influence of GMO’s for their sake, as well
as their guests sake.
To save the authenticity of the region’s offer, Zagreb County also gives out
means such as the support for buying and renewing exclusively traditional
houses with the condition that all conditions of the traditional
architecture and construction are respected and that the objects be in the
function of tourism. In 2008, Zagreb County gave out HRK 1 million for that
purpose and the same support is going to be given out this year.
www.tzzz.hr
Presenting
Youth tourism
Hostels more wanted
For the young, Croatia is a favourite tourist destination, and they will
find the accommodation suited to their needs in 40 hostels around the
country to which 30 more should be added by 2012. The hostels are already
located in some of the most attractive spots such as Dubrovnik, Pula,
Šibenik, Zadar, Rijeka, Veli Lošinj, and Zagreb. All the hostels, which have
900 beds, completely correspond to the standards and the way of doing
business of all European hostels. Also, they all work throughout the year,
with the exception of the island hostel in Veli Lošinj, which is open from
the start of May until the end October.
The Croatian Youth Hostel Association is a non-profit, non-government
organisation and an independent association of youth hostels which is
developing youth tourism, and last year it celebrated 55 years of activity.
It is a member of international organisations which are promoting youth
mobility: International Youth Hostel Federation, European Youth Card
Association and World Youth and Student Educational Travel Confederation. As
a member of a large hostel family, Croatian Youth Hostel Association ensures
a host of opportunities to its members and the youth from around the world
in accommodation and other tourist services.
www.hfhs.hr
Ogulin
Welcome to the world of fairy tales
The cultural-tourist project Ogulin fairy tale festival, based on the legacy
of tales and stories, was presented at the end of last year at the Berlin
fairy tale festival, the biggest festival of the kind in the world. The
cooperation of Ogulin and Berlin on fairy tale projects continues at mutual
satisfaction, but mostly at the satisfaction of all those enjoying the world
of fairy tales.
The main theme of Berlin fairy tale days was storytelling and imagined
interpretations of fairy tales, but also the modern stories for children and
adults performed by educate storytellers or famous writers. Ogulin fairy
tale festival, which was held for the third time in 2008 and which hosted
the Berlin festival, was positively welcomed at the presentation in the
German Centre for fairy tale culture. On that occasion, further cooperation
between the two festivals on common projects was agreed upon, it was found
out at the “Muze” studio for cultural management from Zagreb.
Ogulin fairy tale festival is a unique international project which, through
celebration of fairy tales and creativity, makes and shows art and cultural
production for kids, youth and adults. It was inspired by the creativity of
the most famous Croatian children writer Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874-1938)
who was born in Ogulin. Its goal is to promote art and cultural production
meant for all the generations and the scenes are named after the characters
from the tales of Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić – scenes, Regoč, Kosjenka, Potjeh,
Stribor, etc. In 2008, this manifestation takes place from June 1 to June
14, and on June 10, the pre-festival shows for kids and everyone else who
enjoys the imaginative world of fairy tales are on.
It is interesting to mention that in 2010 in Ogulin there should be a
multimedia centre “Ivana’s House of Fairy Tales,” whose goal will be
multimedia informative programmes meant for affirmation of fairy tales and
the writer Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. With that, Ogulin will become a unique
destination of cultural tourism in Croatia and the wider European region and
it will improve the quality of the offer throughout the year. Developmental
project of cultural tourism “Ogulin – a place of fairy tales” was presented
at the conference Creative Clusters in Glasgow. The main themes of last
year’s conference, held from November 17-27 in Edinburgh and Glasgow, were
creative economies in small countries, new technology and film, festival
cultural policies and strategic guidance in the area of creative economy.
Development cultural-tourist project “Ogulin – a place of fairy tales,”
based on the legacy of fairy tales and stories, was presented together with
two successful projects from Scotland and Norway with the theme of
storytelling, and numerous colleagues and the audience judged it as
innovative and inspiring.
www.tz-grada-ogulina.hr
Hotel Antunović Zagreb
Congress Centre with high-end equipment
The congress offer in Zagreb has recently, with the construction of the
congress centre in hotel Antunović, been enriched with twenty congress halls
under one roof, and their total capacity is over 2000 places.
Hotel Antunović Zagreb was opened in September, 2006 and then, in
recognising the needs of its guests, put in function new, enriched congress
rooms at the end of last year. With the biggest hall Tomislav, with a 1000
people capacity, there are twenty smaller halls and meeting halls – all of
them equipped with the latest conference technology. In all conference room,
a central management system AMX is installed, equipped with plasmas, tables
with connections, wireless palm pilots, Blue-Ray DVD, Smartboard, Document
Camera, DLP projectors, and it is also possible to rent a videoconference
system and top translating services. Presentations can be transmitted from
the bigger halls to smaller ones and record and duplicate as per the needs
of participants and organisers.
With its look and equipment, the most exclusive part of the congress centre
is the A salon, which consists of two parts – the work part equipped with
exceptionally designed tables and chairs which could only be seen in the
latest James Bond movie, and the Lounge part of the salon is equipped for
rest and relaxation. One can have coffee, play chess, Playstation3 and
similar.
Along with conference, hotel Antunović Zagreb has numerous other contents,
including gastronomy ones which meet the needs of business guests, as well
as organising of receptions, banquets, exclusive dinners, etc.
Within the hotel, there is also a wellness centre, a casino with games and
machines and an underground hotel garage.
www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr
www.hotelantunovic.com
Karlovačka County
Eleven attractive bike routes
Bike tourism is the best way for recreation, natural beauties, the way of
life and cultural-historical values to become one and make a product in
which all generations and all kinds of people will enjoy. In Karlovačka
County, there are eleven attractive routes which show all the beauties and
make a unique tourist adventure.
The bigger concern for one’s health has made bike tourism one of the fastest
growing tourist segments in Europe. Croatia has a rich offer of bike paths
which combine an active vacation with natural beauties and tourist
attractions. From the rich Croatian offer of bike tourism, we present
Karlovačka County in which there are 11 routes.
Karlovačka County is in the middle of the country, and it borders
Zagrebačka, Sisačko-moslavačka, Primorsko-goranska and Ličko-senjska
counties. As an area where alpine, Pannonian and stone areas meet, four
rivers and rich cultural-historical legacy, this area is very interesting in
every part of the year and it is a destination joining in a unique way
bathing, water sports, walking, mountain climbing, hunting tourism, etc. In
the county, there are also attractive monuments of historical construction,
historic roads, etc. It is all connected to the 11 bike paths going through
forests, by the rivers, historic structures, well-known tourist
destinations, National Park Plitvice Lakes, etc. To the total experience, it
should be added the hospitality of people and rich gastronomy offer based on
traditional meals and important contribution to the healthy way of life and
active vacation.
Along with the construction and creation of bike routes, there is an
accommodation offer adjusted to special needs of this segment of guests.
About one hundred accommodation units in the county carry the sign
“bike&bed,” and this offer includes securing of the bike, service,
additional services of hygiene and clothes drying, etc. The next steps are
planned on an additional promotion in the country and abroad, possibilities
of internet reservations and similar, in order to make this more and more
wanted offer segment more accessible to tourists from Croatia and abroad.
This year, the Karlovac bike club will mark 120 years of existence.
www.tzkz.hr
Vrgorac
One hundred years of organised tourism
At the beginning of December of last year, the tourist association of
Vrgorac marked 100 years since the foundation of the Beautification society
of Vrgorac, a precursor of later tourist societies and associations. It is
interesting that the society was founded in 1908, and that it had a statute
and 80 members even then. Ever since then, Vrgorac becomes more and more
interesting to the vacationers who enjoy the authentic gastronomy –
prosciutto, cheese, bread and meat, honey and wine. This area is also known
for its ethnic tourism and in the area of Vrgorac there are two ethnic
villages, Kokorići and Veliki Godinj.
The one hundred year anniversary of organised tourism Vrgorac welcomed with
a 15% increase of the number of guests related to 2007, and the most
numerous were the tourists from France, Norway and Sweden for whom there are
special tours. Tourists also find the birth house of the poet Tin Ujević
interesting, as well as theme happenings such as Strawberry Days and Bikla
Days (traditional drink). For tourists who want to have an active vacation,
there are bike and pedestrian routes.
www.dalmatia.hr
www.vrgorac.hr
Anniversaries
Seven decades of the centre for tourist documentation and information
Centre for tourist documentation and information with the headquarters in
Dubrovnik recently marked seven decades of work on collecting, processing,
protection and spreading of information from the area of tourism and similar
areas. In that way, it has contributed and still contributes a great deal to
the development of tourism and together with similar institutions, it
follows world and changes Croatian tourism trends. The history of the centre
started in 1938 when the Tourism Archive was established, which changes its
organisation, location and name after World War II. Since 1979, it becomes a
part of Faculty for Tourism and Foreign Trade, and today it is a part of
University of Dubrovnik.
Founding of the Tourism Archive, and later Centre for Tourism Documentation,
was a pioneer initiative to approach the development of tourism should be
approached with not just empirical and direct solving, but also with
scientific methods like in older institutions, such as the Institute for
Studying Tourism founded in 1929 in Berlin and the Tourism Department
founded in Rome in 1925. The Centre for Tourist Documentation and
Information has around 20,000 books, monographs, studies, reports,
dissertations, a rich collection of magazines, prospectuses, posters and
other tourism-related material.
www.tzdubrovnik.hr
www.unidu.hr
Infrastructure
Motorways
Beauties of Dalmatia even closer
The modern motorway network, which makes the tourist destinations in Croatia
more and more accessible to the guests from entire Europe, has more
kilometres since the end of 2008, which make Dalmatia even closer than
before.
At the end of the year, the construction of the new part of the motorway
from Šestanovac through Zagvozd to Ravča 40 kilometres long. With the
opening of new kilometres of the motorway A1 leading from Zagreb to Split
and continues to Dubrovnik, another demanding part of the motorway in
Dalmatia was finished. Considering that the new part goes through attractive
areas of Zabiokovlje, to many places along the way – Zagvozd, Vrgorac, etc.,
possibilities for a stronger development of tourism are opening. The trip to
Zagreb is that way shortened to four hours and tourists can come to Ploče
and tourist destinations in Dubrovačko-neretvanska County more quickly.
With the end of construction of this part, at the end of the year ten
kilometres of a motorway from Ploče to the future knot Ploče I was
constructed. At the knot, Dalmatia connects to the corridor 5c which goes
through Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it connects
Budapest with Osijek, Sarajevo and Ploče. Besides the upcoming opening of
those two parts, the tunnel Sv. Ilija through Biokovo is being constructed,
whose finishing will make the area of Zabiokovlje even closer to the coast
and in a traffic and tourist sense symbolically connected into a whole.
www.croatia.hr
www.hac.hr
Us in the World
Mali Lošinj
One of the most beautiful European tourist destinations
Mali Lošinj, tourist centre on the island of Lošinj, these days is
officially a candidate for the Golden Flower of Europe, a prestigious
international award for beauty and organisation of tourist destinations.
Even though the winners of the race will be known in September of this year,
the nomination itself is a great recognition because it confirms that this
Kvarner island is in a small group of destinations which satisfy the
criteria for the prestigious European award.
The visit of the international jury, which consists of the representatives
of 12 member countries of AEFP/EFE association, was announced for June of
this year, and the winners will be announced at the final ceremony in
September in Cardiff, Great Britain.
Mali Lošinj, a well-known tourist destination on the north Adriatic island
of Lošinj, the island of vitality, has 7,000 inhabitants and is the biggest
city on Croatian Adriatic islands. At the end of 19th century, thanks to the
sea, Mali Lošinj developed into a sea city and a centre of this island area,
and the sea past and the influence of Lošinj captains are felt at every step
even today. Thanks to the health impact of the local climate, a beautiful
ambiance and quality tourist offer, Mali Lošinj and the island are well
visited and appreciated and every year there is a big number of guests
staying here.
www.kvarner.hr
www.tz-malilosinj.hr
Croatia Airlines
Ten years of commercial cooperation with Turkish Airlines
At the beginning of December of last year, in Zagreb there was a celebration
of the tenth anniversary of commercial cooperation between Croatia Airlines
and Turkish Airlines.
The cooperation of the two airline companies began on October 27, 1998 when
the first airplane of Turkish Airlines within the code share agreement
landed from Istanbul to the Zagreb airport. According to the contract, each
company performed two flights a week on relation Zagreb-Istanbul, and it was
arranged for mutual renting of seats on the flights of the partner company.
So, Croatia Airlines and Turkish Airlines, even though their airplanes flew
twice a week, offered to the passengers four flights a week between Zagreb
and Istanbul with a great decrease in operating costs, it was stated by
Croatia Airlines.
From winter flights in 1999 until today, Croatia Airlines and Turkish
Airlines have been cooperating on the basis of the commercial agreement
within which Turkish Airlines is the operating carrier on direct flights
Zagreb-Istanbul three times a week, and Croatia Airlines shows up on the
flights as a marketing carrier by buying a part of seats in an airplane
owned by Turkish Airlines.
During winter flights, which last until March 28, 2009, the passengers can
fly on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays on relation Zagreb-Istanbul, and to
the passengers from Turkey can fly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays on
relation Istanbul-Zagreb.
In the last 10 years, on code share flights there were more than 32,000
passengers.
Croatia Airlines, a regional member of Star Alliance, and Turkish Airlines,
a full-fledged member of Star Alliance, within the cooperation offer to the
passengers many price discounts for flights between other Croatian and
Turkish destinations.
www.croatiaairlines.hr
Vogue: Zadar among the 25 of the world’s best
Zadar and its sea organ are one of 25 world attractions which should be
visited, said the British magazine Vogue in the December, 2008 issue. In the
text with a headline “Dream places offering genuine enjoyment,” right by the
beauties of Greek islands, New Zealand beaches where the movie “Piano” was
shot, colourful streets of Rio, their place was found by the magnificent sea
organ, a new age symbol of Zadar. “A place where the sea and land meet in
Zadar is magical, like it is Neptune himself playing the harmonica,”
described the Vogue journalist. Vogue is a prestigious magazine founded 102
years ago which participates in creating fashion trends, as well as travel
trends.
There was also a two-minute movie dedicated to the world-famous sea organ
and their author, architect Nikola Bašić, on the web pages of National
Geographic, when the new Zadar attraction “The Greeting to the Sun” was
announced, and which got considerable attention from the public.
The sea organ was built in 2005 on the Zadar coast, close to the new docking
are for cruiser ships.
The energy of the sea, air and wind are responsible for the eternal concert
of the sea organ, which attracts many Zadrans and guests of the city with
its music and look, and it has become an attraction which gets a great deal
of international attention.
www.tzzadar.hr
www.visitzadar.hr
Investments
Trakošćan
New four-star hotel is all set to open its doors in September
Close to the Trakošćan castle, at the spot of the hotel built 45 years ago
and renewed twice, in September of the year 2009, the new four-star hotel
will start operating – the Coning Trakošćan Hotel. The hotel will be for
more demanding clientele, foremost for business people who will, in a unique
ambiance of the beautiful castle Trakošćan, a monument legacy, be able to
hold meetings, congresses and other gatherings. As Trakošćan is less than an
hour drive from the capital Zagreb and close to the beautiful Baroque city
of Varaždin, it is quite certain that it will attract many guests with its
ambiance, quality and location.
The investment will be done in two phases, each of which will be worth HRK
40 million. In the first phase, whose end is forecast for September of this
year, there will be a new hotel instead of the old one with a 125-room
capacity, three restaurants and a large hall for dining for up to 350 people
and a terrace with a view of the castle, park, forest and lake. Since it is
a valuable cultural monument, the internal hotel decoration will remind the
guests of the closeness of the monument whose oldest parts are from the 13th
century.
The guests will also be able to use the large hall, covered pool and garage,
and the existing sports activities will be expanded and organised. Equally,
for guests there will be field trips, biking, Nordic walking, riding and
other services.
Within the hotel, a wellness centre is planned, and after decorating in the
second phase, a golf course is planned as well as several bungalows behind
the hotel which will look like they are in a traditional Zagorje village
even though they will be of modern interior.
www.turizam-vzz.hr
www.coning-turizam.hr
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