WINTER TOURISM IN CROATIA, SLJEME

1. (Animated)WINTER
TOURISM IN
CROATIA
Medvednica mountain

2. The name of Medvednica
• The name Medvednica was mentioned for the first time
in 1142 AD in the king's deed of donation to Gradec.
Medvednica is also often called Zagrebačka gora
(Zagreb's mountain), but that name is restricted only to
the part which has belonged to the city of Zagreb from
the 16th century onward. Its other parts were also called
the Vrabec mountain, Markuševac mountain, Bistra
mountain and Stubica mountain after the names of the
nearby small towns. The name of the highest peak -
Sljeme - was used for the first time at the end of the
18th century, which was the folk name for the mountain
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3. How to reach to mountain
• The foot of the mountain can easily be
reached by tram or by bus from various
parts of Zagreb. From there upward you
can use marked mountaineering tracks.
Some of them are on the Zagorje slope
and lead from the local villages and towns
towards the peak. You can reach those
from Zagreb, by busses for Jablanovec,
Gornja Bistra, Kraljev Vrh or trains for
Stubicke Toplice, Donja Stubica and
Gornja Stubica.
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4. A cable car
• The special tour is
the cable car ride
from Gračanski
Bliznec to the very
peak of Sljeme. The
cable car has been
operating since
1963.
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5. The setting in winter: scenic
beauties!
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6. The first lodging for climbers:
• The first climbers' hut was the
wooden pyramid built on
Medvednica at the peak Sljeme in
1870. The first climber's lodging was
built just beneath the peak in 1878.
Today, there are many climber's and
skiing lodges, restaurants, picnic
places, shelters and walking tracks
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7. Sights worth visiting there are:
• These are just some interesting places which can be visited on the
Medvednica mountain:
• Chapel of Our Lady of Sljeme
• Chapel of St. James
• Horvat's 500 stairs
• Queen's Well
• Veternica cave
• The medieval Medvedgrad fortress
• Kameni svatovi
• The French Mines
• The Mirror
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