There are several picturesque holiday destinations in Croatia. The country is settled on the Adriatic Sea, right opposite to Italy, in the Northern Mediterranean. With a history dating from over a thousand years, it appeared on the political map of Europe for the first time in 1992, coming after the split of Yugoslavia after a violent civil war.

The capital city of Croatia is Zagreb. Visit to this outstanding urban center offers itself as the center spot of culture and science and is situated between the Adriatic sea-coast and Central Europe. Zagreb as well proposes its tourists the Baroque ambience of the Upper Town. There are fantastic open-air marketplaces which give the browser an variety of shopping facilities.

The area features numerous stunning green parks which you can visit including places of pastime in the exquisite environment. Zagreb is Croatia’s capital and connected to most other European capitals by Croatia Airlines.

The cheapest way to Zagreb from the UK is by Wizzair which just opened a new service from London to Zagreb. Other low-priced carriers include SNBrussels which has flights from Brussels and Germanwings which has inexpensive flights from Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Stuttgart. There are buses to Zagreb from different Balkan cities but the train is handiest if you’re arriving from Ljubljana, Venice, Budapest or Vienna.

Zagreb, Croatia’s capital has the kind of stately architecture that wouldn’t be out of place in Vienna or Budapest. Plus, it possesses a little medieval quarter that vaguely resembles Prague. To the north of Zagreb, in the heart of green, rolling hills lays Varazdin, Croatia’s most underrated city. Lying overly remote from the seacoast to attract much tourism, Varazdin nevertheless features a stunningly well-preserved baroque centre.