While we were living in Zagreb, we were lucky enough
to live in the city's "Old Town," the medieval heart of this
capital city. While there is much too much to cover on this
website, we wanted to offer a sample of our experiences in our
adopted city.
The first part of the page is devoted to the historical aspects of
Zagreb's medieval city center. We have made three virtual tours
which capture the "flavor" of "Old Town." The first is a tour of
what now seems to be commonly known as "Gornji Grad" or "upper
town." It developed from the merger of two previously independent
cities: Kaptol (which served as the religious center of Zagreb)
and Gradec (which was the fortified upper town of merchants and
other commoners). The second tour is the Lenuchi horseshoe, a
U-shaped ring of parks that form the heart of the "lower town"
region of old Zagreb, and dating from the 19th century. These
parks are seeped in Croatian history, and represent the sort of
urban planning usually associated with European cities, especially
the older ones. The third virtual tour listed below is also
the newest one, a reminder of the Cold War and its impact. This is
the Gric Tunnels, a network of underground tunnels in the Old
Town.
But there is more to city than just its history, so we have also
included separate pages on favorite restaurants, and a sampling of
some of the fun activities that await visitors in Zagreb.
Historic Sites: Some of the sites of Zagreb's
Old Town Area
Restaurants:
Restaurants we have visited
from casual to fine dining--a meat lover's paradise
Fun
in Zagreb:
Kaptol and Gradec: tour the Zagreb
Cathedral and the "Upper Town"
Lenuci Horseshoe View the park
system that rings the historic district of Donji Grad
Cric Tunnels:Tour the 350 meter Cold
War tunnel system beneath Old Town
Backo
Mini-Express: the largest model railway in Eastern
Europe
A
Night at the Opera: Carmen
at the National Theater
Zagreb's
Christmas Markets: the city comes alive at this "most
wonderful time of the year"