travel and tourism in croatia

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. Zagreb is the cultural, scientific, economic and governmental center of the Republic of Croatia in the Prigorje region. It is situated between the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain and both northern and southern bank of the Sava river. Its favorable geographic position in the southwestern part of the Pannonian Basin, which extends to the Alpine, Dinaric, Adriatic and Pannonic regions, provides an excellent connection for traffic between Central Europe and the Adriatic Sea.
Gradec and Kaptol make up the historical nucleus of the city, along with Donji grad, residential areas on the hills of Medvednica, and Novi Zagreb with neighborhoods which have been developing since the mid 1950s, south of the Sava River. Zagreb is the center of state functions, however it still manages to charm visitors and is admired by tourists, regardless of the season.
The climate of Zagreb is continental, with four separate seasons. Summers are hot and dry, and winters are cold.
Zagreb is an important tourist center, not only in terms of passengers travelling from Western and Central Europe to the Adriatic Sea, but also as a travel destination itself. Since the end of the war, it has attracted around half a million visitors annually, mainly from Austria, Germany and Italy.