City Varazdin

In the historical chain of Central European cities, Varazdin  uncovers itself to its guests and chance visitors as a rare urban jewel - a city of harmony and intimacy, a city that displays its specific urban identity not only through the  perpetual beauty of its old Baroque architecture, but also through the warmth of its lovely  squares, streets and parks, and above all through the wealth of its preserved museum  collections and the diversity of its cuisine.

In this manner, Varazdin  has  preserved to this day some of the essential characteristics of the Croatian "Little Vienna", as a  city of music,Baroque and flowers - a pleasant place of rest for those who visit it. Today's numerous cultural and historical sights of Varazdin  are  a testimony to its rich history, spanning a period of over eight centuries.

The name  Varazdin  was first mentioned in 1181, and the status of free royal borough was  granted to the citizens of Varazdin  by the Hungarian-Croatian King Andrew II in his  charter of 1209. During the period of its greatest prosperity, at the end of the eighteenth  century, when many Croatian nobles, landholders, and even craftsmen and artists  lived here in luxury, Varaždin  was also the capital city or triune Croatia.

As a distinct combination of city and museum, but also as the  modern seat of the County of  Varaždin  and a crossroads for routes from Central  Europe across Zagreb to the Adriatic Sea, Varazdin  is an attractive and almost  unavoidable tourist destination. It is in the heart of its old town center that every visitor can  feel both the spirit of past centuries and the beauty of living in our times.



Tourist destination - Croatia - Destinations Varazdin county