Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia, of which approximately 800,000 call home (1,200,000 in the Metropolitan area (2).)
This makes finding good places to eat (ie not Mc Donalds or some Croatian version of fast food), and go out (to drink and dance) are pretty hard to find. Generally, you have to keep a good eye out to find something good; unless you can find a local whom speaks English, knows the place well enough, and is willing to help you (or you could ask the receptionist at the hotel/hostel where to go before leaving for the day!) Sometimes even getting assistance from hostel staff (or staff of any other service) can be difficult, especially with language and cultural barriers. Generally though they have been as helpful as possible given the circumstances.
Although it has its flaws (like any other city or town really) Zagreb is actually a very beautiful place with generally nice people and fantastic Christmas and New Years Celebrations (both days are deserving of posts of their very own!)
We have stayed at two hostels since we got back to Zagreb. One was the Palmers Lodge Hostel (Here are links to its website and facebook page; the facebook page is more updated). This was a lovely place with heaps comfy couches; nice decor; clean, nice bthrooms and really nice staff. I would recommend this hostel to anyone looking for somewhere to stay in Zagreb... and its pretty easy to find too!
The second one was the Day and Night Hostel website and facebook page
Footnotes:
(1) None of the photographs in this post are mine and belong to their respective photographers. I will intend to upload
some photographs when I get back to Australia. In the meantime, enjoy a virtual almost-tour!
(2) Source: Wikipedia.
URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Zagreb
Date and Time Visited: Friday, 28 December 2012, 14:14:39 CET
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| A typical street in Zagreb |
Hello from Zagreb!
I know its been a while since I last posted a non-depressing, actual post, and so Ive decided to add some fun, colour, photos (1) and thoughts about Zagreb!
Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia, of which approximately 800,000 call home (1,200,000 in the Metropolitan area (2).)
The buildings are more often than not grey and pretty uniform in appearance (some would say dreary.) One can walk around for a couple of hours and not find what they are looking for (especially on public holidays) other than grocery and conveience stores, and the town squares. (Edit: Its not actually that hard to find things if you know where to look and if you keep your eye out 04/01/2013)
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| Even though this photo is in Sepia, one can still see how uniform the city is! |
This makes finding good places to eat (ie not Mc Donalds or some Croatian version of fast food), and go out (to drink and dance) are pretty hard to find. Generally, you have to keep a good eye out to find something good; unless you can find a local whom speaks English, knows the place well enough, and is willing to help you (or you could ask the receptionist at the hotel/hostel where to go before leaving for the day!) Sometimes even getting assistance from hostel staff (or staff of any other service) can be difficult, especially with language and cultural barriers. Generally though they have been as helpful as possible given the circumstances.
Although it has its flaws (like any other city or town really) Zagreb is actually a very beautiful place with generally nice people and fantastic Christmas and New Years Celebrations (both days are deserving of posts of their very own!)
Eat:
Dance:
Church (Crkva):
See:
Church (Crkva):
See:
The second one was the Day and Night Hostel website and facebook page
Footnotes:
(1) None of the photographs in this post are mine and belong to their respective photographers. I will intend to upload
some photographs when I get back to Australia. In the meantime, enjoy a virtual almost-tour!
(2) Source: Wikipedia.
URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Zagreb
Date and Time Visited: Friday, 28 December 2012, 14:14:39 CET
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