Zagreb Travel Guide: Croatia's Underrated Capital

Everything you need to know about visiting Zagreb — the Upper Town, Dolac market, museums, coffee culture, and when to visit the Croatian capital.

Everything you need to know about visiting Zagreb — the Upper Town, Dolac market, museums, coffee culture, and when to visit the Croatian capital. Zagreb Is Not Just a Stopover: Most Croatia itineraries treat Zagreb as a one-night stopover on the way to the coast. This is a mistake. Zagreb is a genuinely great city — a Central European capital with a bohemian coffee culture, Upper Town (Gornji Grad): The Historic Core: Zagreb's Upper Town is reached by funicular (one of the world's shortest, 66 metres long, in operation since 1890) or on foot up steep stone streets. The hilltop medieval quarter contains St. Mark's C Lower Town: Museums and Cafés: Zagreb's Lower Town (Donji Grad) is a grid of Austro-Hungarian boulevards, parks, and museums arranged around Lenuzzi's horseshoe — a U-shaped sequence of seven green squares designed in the 19th cent