Croatian cultural heritage - Business - Hrvatska turistička zajednica

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For visitors who do not like short walks and those wishing
to visit other parts of the city, there is the Zagreb tram. It
has been the main form of public transport and has had a
tradition since the 19th century. Zagreb, as a European city,
emphasises a dense tram network, which leads to all major
parts of the city. Also available to the public is the the old
funicular railway between the Upper and the Lower Town
and the cable cart that leads up to the top of Medvednica
mountain, whose greenery can be seen from all parts of the
city.
This wooded mountain (2) stretches all the way to the Upper
Town, and through it to the city centre, the Ban Jelačić
Square (1). Greenery will welcome you even if you come to
Zagreb by train, because immediately upon leaving the main
train station there is a view of a series of parks that lead to
the city centre. Such a scene would welcome passengers of
the famous Orient Express which passed from Paris to Istanbul,
for which the famous hotel "Esplanade", now part
of the Regent Hotel chain, was built (3). Next to this hotel
there is also the greenest part of the so-called Lenuci horseshoe,
the Zagreb Botanical Garden.
Starting from the main train station and going straight to
the city centre, we can see the monumental buildings of the
LOWER TOWN, built mostly in the late 19th and early 20th
century. The first among them is the actual Main Train Station
with a very characteristic front (8). Across it, we find
one of the most famous vistas in Zagreb, the Art Pavilion
(12), the first major construction in Croatia with exhibition
as its sole purpose. The space in front of it is occupied by a
park with fountains and a monument to the first Croatian
king, Tomislav (19), who ruled Croatia in the 10th century.
If we move towards the centre along a nearby road, West of
the hotel "Esplanade" (14) and the Botanical Garden, we will
pass next to the Croatian National Theatre (13) and the Museum
Mimara (15). Whichever way we go, we will end up on
the main square (7) which has a statue of the Croatian Ban
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