Lobagola is not your typical B&B. Located in the very heart of Croatian capital , it emerged from true love for meeting people, going places, gastronomy, arts, crafts, and for our beautiful country. Here, all guests are friends. Rooms, lobby, kitchen, terrace... the whole space is a story waiting for you to immerse into its charming atmosphere.

Originally, term Lobagola represents 'the path of the elephants'. These good-tempered animals, symbols of strength, honor and patience, repeatedly travel long distances to get to the source of food and water, and eventually they return using the same path. We hope that your first stay at Lobagola will make you want to come back again.

We hope this guide will give you a glimpse of the beautiful city of Zagreb and help you organize your trip. Also, throughout the guide you will find many links not just about Zagreb, but also about and the region. We'll be updating Zagreb city guide throughout the year with useful information and tips using our social media profiles on Pinterest, Google+, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. Lobagola B&B is located in the center of Zagreb, just a step away from the main city street . Our neighborhood is a safe and quiet residential area known for many beautiful Art deco villas. Lobagola B&B building dates from 1927 and offers nine rooms, spacious living room and kitchen, and a large terrace outside.

Address: Bosanska 3, 10 000 Zagreb

Phone: +385 (0)1 5081 990

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.lobagola.com

See Lobagola B&B on Google Maps Arriving in Zagreb by or Arriving in Zagreb by plane train If you’re arriving by plane, the fastest If you’re arriving in Zagreb by bus or way to reach Lobagola B&B is to take train, we recommend taking the tram a taxi. Feel free to contact us to to Lobagola B&B. There are 3 tram arrange shuttle service for you. lines that stop very close to us: 2, 6, Otherwise, you can take a shuttle 11. If you’re arriving from the main bus from the airport to the main railway station or the main bus bus station. From there, take trams station, take trams number 2 or 6 number 2 or 6 (make sure that (make sure that Črnomerec is Črnomerec is written on them) and written on them) and exit at the stop exit at the stop called ‘Trg dr. Franje called ‘Trg dr. Franje Tuđmana’. Tuđmana’. This will cost you 40 Tickets can be bought inside the tram, kuna per person (30 kn for the shuttle just ask the driver. One ticket costs 10 and 10 kn for the tram ticket). kuna and is valid for 90 minutes.

Arriving by car or More info motorcycle/bicycle If you have any questions about how If you have GPS in/on your vehicle to get here or how to get around the then please enter our address city send us an email at Bosanska 3, 10 000 Zagreb, and/or [email protected] or ask at the GPS coordinates: 45°48'48.86"N ; reception. 15°57'31.93"E. Welcome to Bosanska, the street whose gorgeous architecture will take you to the past. Take a stroll uphill and be amazed by the most beautiful Art deco and secession villas that Zagreb has to offer.

Our B&B is just a step away from the main city street called Ilica. Ilica is home to many shops and cultural sites and leads you to Ban Jelačić Square- the main Zagreb square which is your starting point for exploring the city.

On the way to the main square, make sure not to miss (or Britanski trg) and its food and antique market. The open-air food market is held every day until about noon, while you can experience the antique fair every Sunday. The scent of fine coffee spreads around gently and mingles through the morning until it finally sneaks under your door and comes to you, whispering and inviting you to rise into a new day… Well, that’s how a normal day begins at Lobagola.

Rich and plentiful breakfast will surely boost your energy for the day in front of you, so exploring the city will be as enjoyable as it gets!

After long exploration of Zagreb’s attractions, you can recharge your batteries with warm toast coupled with a cup of organic tea in our living room. And of course, we won’t be mad at you for dipping in our cookie jar for some freshly baked biscuits! Famously known as a lounge area, but, honestly, we don’t like this word at all. We simply call it our living room hangout. Because everything in Lobagola is open, airy and friendly, so are the colors of our sofas. The colors represent Mediterranean treasures (wine, olive and salt) that will for sure entice you to leap forward. A leap forward to meet a new friend or to finish your business assignment on your laptop.

Meeting new friends always includes sharing, that’s why we set up a projector in our living room. It’s not here only for your business purposes, but also to entice you to share those pictures from Timbuktu you just came from! Just because we are placed in Zagreb Also, Lobagola B&B terrace is an city center that doesn't mean that you ideal spot for enjoying your morning could not enjoy a change in meal. What could be more relaxing perspective. Our green islands bring than waking up to a delicious freshness to your perspective, and also sunny breakfast? provide a feast for a number of bees (have you tried our homemade honey yet?).

Relaxing moments need to be cherished and savored in a special atmosphere. Grab a book from our library, sip on a glass of excellent Croatian wine, and let our soothing blues and jazz vinyl melodies take you to another dimension, a timeless moment… Try one of our Amazonas hammocks as a free ticket into that dimension :) Keep your wheels safe with us; no So while you’re exploring and matter if it’s a two-wheeler or a four- discovering all Zagreb’s attractions wheeler. Lobagola B&B is placed in a and must-do’s, rest assured that your safe residential area, but we all like to vehicle will be safe and sound. keep our minds at peace.

Lobagola B&B can’t replace wisdom and teaching of your parents, but we firmly believe that good preparation leads you towards your goal.

If you are a round the world traveler you can ship your tires, spare parts, or extra equipment to Lobagola B&B where it will wait for your arrival. Our experience and history as a service and helping point for bicycle and motorcycle travelers in the Balkan region means that you can always count on us. It's no secret that a bike tour is the best way to uncover a city.

Lobagola Zagreb Daily Lobagola Bike a Park-Picnic Bike Tour (25,00 eur) Tour (45,00 eur)

Take in the most iconic sights and Fancy a picnic in Zagreb's central attractions of the Croatian capital by park? bicycle! Join our Bike A Park-Picnic Tour for Lobagola Zagreb daily an amazing experience that doesn't just bicycle tour is a perfect way to include cycling through beautiful parks discover (and rediscover) Zagreb and and other green heavens in Zagreb, but its famous sites in a fun and unusual also includes tasting fresh local food & way! Imagine yourself cycling through drinks! the heart of historic Zagreb and learning about the past and present of Following this tasty adventure, you the Croatian capital from a guide who will visit Zagreb's most famous open will tell you stories, share little known food market. The tour will end in fun facts, and let you in on many local Zagreb's central park with a picnic consisting of food goodies we picked secrets. Add climbing a tower & along the way! All food and drinks enjoying a breathtaking view of the sampling is included in the price of city, visiting hidden parks & famous the tour. food markets, as well as trying delicious local food & drinks. Well, that's our Zagreb daily tour. Lobagola Craft Bike Tour Lobagola A La Carte Bike (25,00 eur) Tour (45,00 eur)

Is time travel possible? Find out in our A bicycle tour completely tailored by tour of old traditional manufacturing your own wishes and workshops! preferences. In this tour we suggest visiting at least one of the city's A shoemaker, oldest umbrella museums, some of the many ateliers of handmade production, some original young talented Croatian artists... leather works, with a flick of traditional jewelry making, are just Tour highlights will also include some some of the highlights of Lobagola of the well hidden secrets in Zagreb Craft Bike Tour. like the Observatory, the oldest well in Zagreb or old public water pumps, Can you imagine sampling fresh which became big street art project baked warm bagels and buns from and are known in Zagreb as ‘francek’. Zagreb's oldest bakery? Well that's just the thing that will await you at The tour will enable to try spe­ the end of our tour. cialty coffee and original and unusual cakes. The tour will enable you to taste coffee and bagels at scheduled stops.

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Check out our official website for more info on Lobagola Bike Tours. To book a tour contact us at [email protected]. 1. Old Upper Town (Gornji grad): 2. Funicular: One of more popular With the oldest parts dating from the tourist attractions is the Zagreb 11th century, the Upper Town is a funicular. It is the shortest funicular in perfect place where you can sense the world, 66-metre-long, and it will centuries old tradition of living in take you from the Lower to the Upper Zagreb. Spots that shouldn’t be missed Town for just 55 seconds! Next to the when visiting the Upper Town include funicular there are stairs in case you St Mark’s church, the Stone gate, the want to take a nice walk. Museum of Broken Relationship, the Meštrović Studio and the Gallery of Naïve Art.

3. Lotrščak Tower: Built in the 13th century, the tower is famous for its cannon which is fired every day at noon. You can even climb the tower and be as close to the cannon as you can while it's being set on fire (woohoo!).

4. Mirogoj: Located outside the city centre, Mirogoj is not only one of the most beautiful in Europe, but also a beautiful park and open art gallery. It is known for its ivy covered walls, beautiful domes and arches, vaulted walkway, as well as the last resting place for many famous Croatians. Herman Bolle, the famous architect, is the author of this cemetery. 5. Observatory: Located just 10 6. Automobile minutes from the main square, the Museum: If you're an old-timer Zagreb Observatory is a must-see lover, don't miss the first automobile attraction for all those interested in museum in Croatia which features astronomy. It's open every evening more than 125 classic cars and from Tuesday to Friday and it's free of motorcycles. Along with popular charge. classic cars and motorcycles, the museum also exhibits car related 7. Museum of Broken photographs, organizes mechanics Relationships: This is not your workshops, film projections and other typical museum. The exhibition events regarding the long history of consists of various items left by traffic and car culture in Croatia. people from all over the world who decided to give up things from their 8. Dolac: As the biggest open-air food failed relationships. Although the market in Zagreb, Dolac represents museum is located in Zagreb, its the belly of the city. Interested in collection went on a world tour trying some fresh homemade cheese, allowing visitors from all over the sour cream, or some organic veggies world to donate their objects and and fruit? This is the place that will be a part of the museum. fulfill your fantasies. On the ground floor there is also a fish market and a 9. Uppertown underground meat market, and we highly tunnel network recommend trying the traditional Experience network of tunnels below Croatian sausage called ‘kulen’. the Upper town of Gradec, some of which dates all the way back to 16th century! Take a ride with us on Lobagola Daily Bike Tour, cool yourself down during the hot summer days and take a peek into Art park.

10. Street art: Pimp my pump

Once, the center of Zagreb was full of public water pumps, where you could trench your thirst whenever you wanted. Well, progress was inevitable and a large number of water pumps, or ‘francek’ as they're known among the citizens of Zagreb, were removed. When a group of street artists under the name “Pimp my pump“ started to decorate them, suddenly water pumps became a great street art project. Now there are lots of funky decorated ones that look like Goran Ivanišević, the famous Croatian tennis player, or like comic book heroes such as Batman. Top 5 places to bring a bottle of wine with your better half or your friends and enjoy the moment.

1. Lotrščak Tower 2. Gradec 3. Zagreb Eye 4. Sljeme viewpoint 5. Grič/Zagreb Observatory Lobagola B&B always recommends places we tried out thoroughly and of course places that have similar energy like ours.

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Vallis Aurea (Tomićeva 4) Lanterna (Opatovina 31)

None as the place with above average service, will for sure create amazing gastronomic experience for new and returning visitors. And, of course, they have a nice selection of wines. We recommend Pošip white wine from Grgić winery.

Express Bar – (Petrinjska 4)

Owned by three young guys and Lobagola B&B friends, this small specialty coffee bar will draw you with its energy. Coffee offering is changed every month, so there are always new blend to choose from. It’s a non-smoking place, though with a big terrace so if you fancy smoking you can do that outside.

Cafe u dvorištu or Coffee bar in the backyard – (Ulica Jurja Žerjevića 7/2): This is a second café we highly recommend. Placed in the center of Zagreb, has a laid back atmosphere and great decoration, and they are bicycle friendly as we are, so no more reason to wait, go there! Melin (Kožarska 19) – Located just Booze & blues (Tkalčićeva 84) – off the busy Tkalča Street, this bar’s After almost 10 years of dreaming, a big terrace surrounded by trees and dream become reality, and Booze and greenery has become a cult spot in blues bar was opened. It’s not a huge Zagreb. It’s known for a unique retro club, but just the right size to host style with old tables and chairs, old- known and unknown bands that will time radios, and great live music offer performances to remember. The sessions. interior is really funky decorated, lots of guitars and old drums are used to make lightning cabinets that are hanged above the bar. How cool is that?

Mojo Bar (Fra Grge Martića 5) – Buzz Bar (Preradovićeva 30) – Situated in a basement just beside the Newly opened, and already created a National bank of Croatia, it became in real buzz :) no time a place to enjoy great live performances of jazz/rock musicians. They offer daily live music They offer a really wide range of performances of various rock, jazz homemade ‘rakija’ and their wine list, and blues bands, coupled with with wine poured per glass, is huge affordable and wide range of beers, and affordable. wines

Bornstein ( )

Experience oldest wine basement in Zagreb located in one of the old bishop's vilas. Carrying wide and diverse selection of small Croatian wine producers, coupled with chees plates and selection of tappas will please even the most demanding wine conessieurs. We at Lobagola really like art and we often attend art exhibitions. What are the best places to see some young talent?

We recommend:

1. (Baruna Filipovića 23a): It's also known as the House for people and art. It exhibits works of many great modern and postmodern Croatian artist, as well as works of foreign artist.

2. Mala (Trg bana J. Jelačića 6)

3. Galerija Kaptol (Kaptol 13)

4. Canvas (Tomašićeva 8)

5. HDLU - Salon mladih (Trg žrtava fašizma 16)

If you're interested to visit ateliers of young Croatian painters and/or sculptors join us for a Lobagola “A La Carte Bike Tour“ where we visit ateliers, and why not spend a few euros and support young artists like Martina Grlić & Stjepan Šandrk. 1. Zrinjevac

The most popular park in Zagreb and an ideal spot for taking a rest from your all- day walking. On the north side of the park you can see the Meteorological Post which stands there since 1884 and to this day measures the temperature and air pressure. The park is decorated by an avenue of platanus trees, pools with fountains and busts of notable figures.

Just across the park you can visit the Archeological Museum. It contains 400,000 artifacts in five main collections. The most famous one is the Zagreb Mummy covered in linen bandages with an Etruscan manuscript. Today the text is called The Linen Book of Zagreb and is known as the longest text found in that obscure and still undeciphered language.

2. Tomislavac

Tomislavac or King Tomislav Square got its name after the first Croatian king Tomislav. It separates the old part of the Lower Town from the new part of the city. Here you can find a great statue of the king, the largest railway station in Croatia and the gorgeous glass domed yellow building known as the Art Pavilion. 3. Botanical garden

We definitely recommend popping into the Botanical garden for a pleasant and quiet stroll in the city center. It's been open since the 19th century for the public (in 2014 it celebrated 125 years from its opening) and it’s free of charge. It is part of the Zagreb famous complex of parks known as a “Green horseshoe“. It covers the area of 5 hectares and is home to more than 10 000 plants species from all over the world.

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Zagreb’s oldest public park called Maksimir is located in the eastern part of the city. Founded in the 18th century, it was redesigned in the 19th century. The park consists of big meadows, creeks, and five lakes and serves as an excellent place for jogging, walking and relaxation. You can also find the city zoo in the southern part of the park.

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Zagreb's biggest lake was built as a rowing race track for the University games in 1987. It is a huge recreational area for rowing, sailing, cycling, inline skating or just pleasant walking. During summer the lake is often visited by locals who enjoy cooling down in its waters.

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A nature park that is just 30­ minute ride by car from the city center. Among locals it is also known as Sljeme, which is actually the name of its highest peak (1033 m high). During winter the slopes host the World ski cup slalom race, but they are mostly open for public use. After a hard day at work or after studying it’s really nice and refreshing to hit the 30 minute ride to the top of the mountain and test some fresh powder. Besides skiing, Medvednica offers a big variety of trails for mountain biking and trekking. There are a few small free climbing areas at the foothills of the mountain. 1. Try some traditional ‘štrukli’

2. Ride a bicycle through

3. Throw a lucky coin into the Manduševac Fountain or the Well of Life by Meštrović

4. Visit Dolac open-air food market, known as the “Belly of Zagreb”

5. Visit the antique fair on British Square

6. Drink a cup of coffee Croatian way (we can compare it with Fika tradition in Sweden, although a cinnamon cake is not a part of it here) Here are some basic phrases for beginners that could come in handy when visiting Croatia!

Good morning - Dobro jutro

Good afternoon - Dobar dan

Good evening - Dobra večer

Hi/Bye - Bok

Yes/No - Da/Ne

Thank you - Hvala

Sorry/Excuse me - Oprostite

You're welcome/Please - Molim

See you - Vidimo se

Let's go for a cup of coffee! - Idemo na kavu!

Do you speak English? - Govorite li engleski?

How much does it cost? - Koliko košta?

One beer, please! - Jedno pivo, molim!

Can you help me? - Možete li mi pomoći? What is the best way to get Can I pay in euro? around Zagreb? Croatian currency is kuna, so in Since we are in the city centre, we Croatia you can pay with kuna only. always recommend walking or cycling Some places act also as an exchange around Zagreb. If the weather isn't so office and can exchange money for nice or you're tired of all-day walking, you. our tram system is very easy to use. Check the tram lines on the city map Do you tip in Croatia? or ask at the reception to help you out. In Croatia a usual amount for tipping is up to 5 %, and if you're extremely Where can I buy a ticket for the pleased with the service then 10 % is tram? normal. Tram tickets can be bought inside the tram from the driver, but more What's with all the smoking in convenient way is to get one from the bars and cafés? newsstands/kiosks. Well, here smoking culture is a big one. There was a ban on smoking in How do I book a taxi to the bars, but then the income rapidly airport? dropped, so the ban was removed. If you wish to use a taxi, you can Nowadays smoking is not allowed in always ask us to book it for you. Our restaurants, while some bars that taxi partner offers a fixed price of don’t allow smoking have small glass 200,00 KN for taking you from cubicles where you can have a smoke. Lobagola B&B to . What's the thing with all the Do people in Croatia speak bakeries? English? Can I get by speaking In Croatia everyday food is always German? oriented towards bakeries if you People in Croatia more or less all would like to have a snack. It can be speak English, because we learn it just a bagel, or a greasy ‘burek’, it's up from elementary school. German is to you to decide. often spoken in the northern parts of Croatia, while Italian in the southern Why don't bars offer food? parts. Some bars offer food, but they're in low numbers, because of the complicated law regulations that you need to pass before you can serve simple meals in your bar.