Varaždinske Toplice
THE CITY OF HEARLING WATER
The found excavations of ancient Roman spas bear witness to a very long and rich history dating back to the 3rd century BC. The gift of nature is a generous source of thermal water with a capacity of up to 2,000,000 liters per day, at the source with a temperature of 58 C, medicinal water that people have used throughout the ages.
The work of the Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation in the treatment of diseases and conditions that affect the locomotor system, i.e. rheumatic diseases, post-traumatic joint and spine damage, operations after sports injuries, etc., is based on the chemical composition of thermal sulfur water and medicinal peloids from a natural source.
Thermal Riviera - spa
Explore Varaždin County on two wheels
The landscape is picturesque with a thousand-year tradition of growing vines on gentle hills sympathetically dotted with vineyards and vineyards.
The benefits of a healthy climate of an idyllic region adorned with the fullness of nature, natural beauty, extremely clean air, natural gift of thermal healing water, production of local food, exceptional local cuisine, quality wines and warm people are exceptional values that entice to come and warmth in hearts ...
... just come, be our guests!
Every year 01.12. - 06.01.
Advent in Apartments Dajcic
Advent 2020
Holiday house with a story
from 1772
Advent 2019
Advent 2021
Advent 2021
Advent 2023
DISCOUNTS
01.10. - 05.01. & 01.04 - 31.05.
- 35%
Weekend (min 2 nights)
- 50%
Week (min 7 nights)
- 60%
Therapies (min 2 weeks)
Tourist wine roads
You should definitely experience this part of Croatia and the landscape that is simply dotted with wine roads with an offer of indigenous delicacies of this region.
The backbone of such an offer consists of quality wines that are especially offered here on Toplička Vinska cesta and Jalžabetska Vinska cesta (marked with brown tourist signposts, along the road, as a way to the farms of this area); and traditional dishes of this region with an emphasis on top meat specialties, mushroom dishes, cheese, cream and cheese dishes, and homemade soups; as well as certainly the well-known and healthy 'black' oil or pumpkin oil and the well-known Varaždin cabbage, pumpkin, štruklji ... and much more local from the offer of farms in this area. All farms are located outside the city center on the slopes of the gentle hills around the city, which can be reached by car in fiew minnutes, or you can cycle, even walk to.
Be sure to ask in the restaurants of family farms for a recommendation of special dishes from their offer and we believe that you will really enjoy, because the indigenous dishes of this area are really hard to list and have a really long and rich tradition.
Croatian traditional cuisine
Surrender to time, experience and explore diverse palettes of flavors in selected facilities adorned with the standard label Tastes of Croatian Tradition - Tastes of the Varaždin region.
There are many restaurants here that participate in the experience of the cuisine of the Varaždin region. This means getting to know the richness and variety of dishes that are, on the one hand, created by the simplicity of preparation and ingenuity of village housewives by hearths or, on the other hand, special culinary skills in civic, lordly and noble court kitchens.
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People here have always known how to enjoy the richness of flavors that invigorate the body and relax the soul.
Do not miss to try the widely known and recognized Varaždin cabbage, from which the longest sarma in the world is made - included in the Guinness Book of Records. It was made in 2006, is 600 meters long and contains more than 500 heads of sauerkraut, 420 kg of minced mixed meat, about a hundred kilograms of bacon, dried ribs and sausages, 50 kg of rice, 60 kg of onions and huge amounts of eggs, tomato concentrate, minced sweet peppers, garlic, bay leaf and a touch of love ...
Sarma is prepared in the Croatian capital of wishes: Vidovec, a place not far from Varaždin.
Every year, the residents of Vidovac make bigger and bigger the longest sarma in the world and break their records ... and certainly, that sarma is extremely tasty. We invite you to try it!
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Good apetite !
Klijeti Hrvatsko zagorje
In this area, almost every house has its own cellar with a vineyard (in this area it is 'gorice') and its best local wine, for which this area is famous. For a long time now, these have been very high-quality grape varieties, each of which produces according to their own recipe, now very high-quality domestic wines that should definitely be tried.
A sa foundation, the people of this region is characterized by the hospitality that has its roots back in the old Slavic tradition. Don’t be surprised - because it’s perfectly normal here if you find friends here to invite you to their clientele, their family wine cellar and host you for a ‘glass’ of their wine; it is a special honor for friends here. When you are in the cellar, the first glass of wine that is poured directly from the barrel - it is polite in honor of the host to drink on the spill, and then continue to enjoy slowly, and sometimes until the early morning hours.
Catering offer
GOLDEN GORICE
RAMPART
PALATINE
Zletište, a prestigious restaurant with excellent autochthonous cuisine, winner of the Michelin star 2020 and 2022, included in the Michelin guide. Glazed terrace, in summer and garden restaurant. Rich wine cellar; all at affordable prices. A wonderful view of the city of Varaždin.
The Zlatna Gorica picnic area is a true oasis of family relaxation and experience with the dishes our grandmothers used to cook. A tour of the small Wine Museum will certainly leave an impression.
As part of the picnic area, there is Klara's promenade (a French garden with 2,500 thuja trees), planted in the form of a labyrinth, and a children's playground.
Prestigious restaurant in the center of Varaždin right next to the old town, with excellent autochthonous cuisine, winner of a Michelin star for many years, included in the Michelin guide. Glazed terrace, beautiful interior.
The restaurant is run by 2 top chefs, both decorated with the title of state champion in cooking, medals from the Culinary Olympics and the World Culinary Cup, this duo is without a doubt the most awarded Varaždin and Croatian cooking team. The dishes they prepare really deserve attention.
Prestigious restaurant in the very center of Varaždin, with excellent autochthonous cuisine, winner of a Michelin star for many years, included in the Michelin guide. Palatin-restaurant & cafe, unique rustic ambiance, closed terrace, pleasant atmosphere, top gastronomic offer and autochthonous delicacies
SANTA MARIA
ĐURINA HIŽA
VILLA TOPLISSA
COUNT'S CELLAR
The peasant farm of the Božić family and the famous restaurant Đurina Hiža should be recommended. Top restaurant with authentic cuisine. Be sure to ask for a restaurant recommendation.
You should try from the offer of your own quality wines, with local cuisine, dishes under the baking lid or from the wood grill, and the offer of your own game specialties, a range of mushroom dishes, and certainly homemade buckwheat flour pancakes with homemade jam or ice cream. In addition to wine, there are also home-made natural juices of types and aromas that cannot be found in the trade offer, as well as fruit brandies.
The farm of the Črnko family should be recommended. Traditional and indigenous atmosphere, own wine cellar with bottled archival wines and indigenous cuisine.
Beautiful panorama in the quiet ambience of an economy with a long tradition.
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Be sure to ask for a restaurant recommendation.
This restaurant / pizzeria should be recommended. Beautiful terrace with a panoramic view of the whole city. You will be delighted by the high quality offer of dishes for everyone's taste, children's menu, pizzas under the oven, indigenous cuisine, quality fish offer ..
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You should try Toplica soup, veal under the baking lid, Vila Toplissa pizza, delicious pancakes with fruit and ice cream, Zagorje štruklji .. Be sure to ask for a restaurant recommendation, describe your wishes and you will enjoy!
Varaždin restaurant decorated like a Latin canteen of South America.
Must see!!!!
Offering delicious food. They offer pizzas, risottos, steaks, specialties according to the recipes of cuisines from Mexico, India, BiH, hamburgers, sandwiches, various fish, pasta, gablec, grilled dishes, appetizers, healthy food, desserts. Excellent!!!
BERNARDA RESTAURANT
BERNARDA NOVA
NYMPHA CONFECTIONERY
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Exclusive restaurant in the city center, exclusive menu, traditional cuisine.
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You should definitely try the Bath Cake and be sure to ask for a restaurant offer and enjoy the delicacies with VIP service.
Pizzeria and fast food offer on the terrace in the city center. Great ambience, coffee bar and excellent draft beer
Covered terrace, patisserie and coffee bar. Great cakes and delicious ice cream.
The cake has recently been protected by the State Institute for Intellectual Property and can only be tasted in spa restaurants.
Recipe from the 19th century.
Spa cake
restaurants:
* Bernard
* Bernarda nova
* Hotel Minerva
The thermal bath cake was once served to gentlemen with champagne, and today it is a protected property
The year is 1910, five o'clock in the afternoon.
In the dance halls of the fashionable health resort in Varaždinske Toplice, flirtatious ladies and polished gentlemen arrive from their day off. White-gloved waiters pour French champagne into tall crystal glasses.
They serve a slice of Toplička kupalishne cake on a porcelain plate. Juicy, hazelnut-flavored, shiny chocolate glaze.
It is a daily ritual of the Habsburg lords who strengthen their health with thermal water. Because of one ingredient, strong black coffee; Toplička cake consumed at this time of day.
One of the secret ingredients is that it is prepared with medicinal Toplička thermal water, which makes it unique.
CAFFE BAR MARTIN
CAFFE LUNA
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Nice terrace in the city center
Beautiful terrace with panoramic views of the city
Cafes are a Croatian tradition. Like nowhere else in the world, Croatia lives its story in cafes. We hang out like that, we live like that, we look forward to it. Join us!
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CAFFE LOVRINA KUPELJ
On the main town square in the shade of an umbrella. In addition to drinks, an offer of cakes.
Try it with coffee and 'Varaždinski klipić', an autochthonous pastry
CAFFE DIANA
HAMBY grill & pizza
Both bars are opposite the Terme Hotel
If you decide otherwise, you can always have coffee on the terrace or in the garden of Apartment Dajčić, as you see fit.
Varaždinske Toplice still lives its history, explore it, meet us
Museum in Varaždinske Toplice
Be sure to visit the Museum in Varaždinske Toplice, since 1937 it is located in the Old Town, and many valuable objects of Toplica history are kept here. The Homeland Museum of Varaždinske Toplice contains an archaeological, balneological, ethnographic, cultural-historical, numismatic and historical collection, as well as an art collection. The museum takes care of the Aquae Iasae Archaeological Park and the traditional house from 1801, which houses the ethnographic collection.
Roman times
Into these areas of ancient Illyricum, the Romans began to penetrate between 35 and 34 BC under the leadership of Octavian. After the Great Illyrian Uprising, and the war waged by the Roman Empire against the Pannonian-Dalmatian tribes from 6 to 9 under the leadership of Tiberius and his nephew Germanicus, Illyricum was finally conquered.
Illyricum was then divided into two provinces; Pannonia and Dalmatia. Pannonia was later, in the 2nd century, divided into Pannonia Superior (Upper Pannonia in the west) and Pannonia Inferior (Lower Pannonia in the east). That is when intensive urbanization began.
Varaždinske Toplice, known in ancient times as Aquae Iasae, was named after the Iasi tribe that inhabited the area before the arrival of the Romans. They belonged to Pannonia Superior, located on the river Bednja, near the river Drava. They were located on the road that connected Poetovio, today's Ptuj in Slovenia, and Ioviu-Botivo, today's Ludbreg. These two cities were important trading centers during the Roman Empire.
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The exact year of the beginning of the construction of Aquae Iasae, the forerunner of today's spa, is not known, but it is assumed that it was during the Flavian dynasty somewhere between 96 and 69 BC.
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In addition to Varaždinske toplice, in the area inhabited by Jasi, there were several other well-known spas today, such as Krapinske, Stubičke, Tuheljske, Čateški and Daruvarski.
The public part of the Roman settlement was located on the highest terrace of the hill Varaždinske Toplice, today there is a park and archeological site. The residential part of Aquae Iasae was on the terraces that descend to the foot of the hill, and at the very foot of the craft-trade and fair facilities were established.
At the end of the 3rd century, the Aquae Iasae were ravaged by the Goths. At the beginning of IV. century they are not restored by the Roman emperor
Today, in memory of Roman history and the restoration of the then Roman settlement Aqua Iasae, organized by the Tourist Board of Varaždinske Toplice every year in early June, Roman Emperor Constantine comes to Varaždinske Toplice accompanied by muses, protectors of water sources and his Roman legions.
It is the official start of the tourist season every year
That weekend, Varaždinske Toplice came to life in the Roman spirit. The city is full of inhabitants dressed in ancient Roman togas, and the occasional program is held at the archeological site and in the park above the ancient Roman Spas until late at night through socializing by the campfires, in abundance of traditional food and drink in the Roman camp with Romans, Celts, Iasi and others. to friends from the Roman province of Panonia Superior and beyond.
AQUAFEST - The first weekend in June
By no means allow yourself not to be here then!
Accommodation in Apartments Dajčić is then at a reasonable off-season price!
LOVREČEVO - Weekend around August 10
By no means allow yourself not to be here then!
Accommodation in Apartments Dajčić is then at a reasonable off-season price!
In the evening, if the weather is clear, you can also enjoy a unique astronomical phenomenon:
The tears of St. Lawrence
Did you know that the famous Zagorje song "Tears for the hills of Zagorje" was written by Ana Bešenić, born in Varaždinske Toplice. Ana wrote and published her most famous song as a 15-year-old, and in 1998 she published a collection of poems of the same name. The song was set to music by Zvonko Špišić and the first performer of the song "Tears for the hills of Zagorje" was Vice Vukov. You can listen to the song at the beginning of the background music video from 2019 or by clicking on this lyrics.
For good emotions
Don't forget to visit the city of baroque - Varaždin and experience Varaždin Špancirfest - a festival of good emotions (in August), unique art events on the streets of Varaždin.
Toplicki Fašnjak
In February, it's time to remind you to take off your colorful costumes, masks and wigs because the time of the Toplica Carnival is approaching. It is a time when we disguise ourselves, joke at our own and other people's expense and the day when we punish Fašnjak for all the misfortunes and evils of the year behind us. Of course, there will be awards for the best masks, music, dancing, banter, mulled wine, tea, donuts ...
... and good fun for everyone!
Alan Ford Monument
Did you know that in Varaždinske Toplice, as the only one in the world, there is a monument to Alan Ford ? We all read the famous cult comic Alan Ford, translated and edited by Mr. Nenad Brixy (also known by pseudonyms as Timothy Tatcher and Diogenes), a journalist and writer, born in Varaždinske Toplice.
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A memorial plaque was erected at Nenad Brixy's birthplace and a monument to Tibor Turkalj was unveiled - a figure of Grunf, the legendary inventor at TNT, made of glass.
For Nenad Brixy's translations, everyone, even the authors themselves, agrees that they are better than the original. Brixy, they say, with his unique style and recognizable, sharp language, brought a black humor into the dialogues of the heroes that readers had never heard before. Even comic book screenwriter Max Bunker (drawn by Robert Raviola) said Brixy was one of the few translators to succeed.
Sv. Martin - 11. 11. - City Day
In a wine-growing region like this, St. Martin’s Day is a very important and significant day; not only to winemakers, because that is the day when wine must turns into wine. It is a significant event and is regularly ritually celebrated with the baptism of young wine at joint merry gatherings not only in private clients, but also in restaurants throughout Croatia.
In Varaždinske Toplice, the main town square is the Trg sv. Marina, next to the main town square a representative area of the city center. Festive sessions are held in the city, and that day is spontaneously a big holiday of this area, which is adorned with a thousand-year tradition of growing vines. They do not say in vain that the capital of Zagorje is a vineyard.
Be sure to visit the Old Town and the Church of St. Martina
In the Middle Ages, the settlement of Toplissa was formed in this area, which became the property of the Zagreb Chapter and remained so for more than eight centuries. In order to protect his property, Kaptol built a fort next to the parish church in 1376. During the 16th century, at the time of the Turkish threat, this fort was extended and reinforced with towers and a moat around the fort, which was filled with thermal water.
On the site of the moat of that time is today's Tkalčićeva Street, next to which are located Cafe Martin, Parish Hall of the church and the oldest the first folk village school in Croatia, founded 12 years before the discovery of America.
A chain bridge was also built, later transformed into today's entrance toNative museum. In addition to the three existing corner towers, two more were built - eastern and western. With the cessation of Turkish raids in 1695. this fortress was remodeled into a baroque castle which was later turned into the first spa hotel.
The church is a Gothic building from the 15th century.
It was built on the site of an earlier parish church that was mentioned as early as 1334.
In 1762, the church was renovated in the Baroque style, and in 1765 the church got an organ - the work of A. Romer from Graz. This extremely valuable baroque instrument was expertly restored and according to it Varaždinske Toplice was included in the programs Varaždin Baroque evenings.
In 1885, two baroque marble altars were installed in the church, which were made at the end of the 18th century by the sculptor Francesco Robba for the Zagreb Cathedral. During the restoration of the cathedral at that time, the altars were transferred from the Zagreb Cathedral to the St. Martin's Church. These are the altars of St. Catherine and the altar of St. Barbara.
These altars, together with the aforementioned organ, form a baroque ambience of exceptional and priceless value
Votive pillar (pil) to St. Fabian and Sebastian
The plague pandemic in the Middle Ages that affected the whole of Europe was preceded by years of famine at the beginning of the 14th century and constant war conflicts. It is believed that 25 million people died during that pandemic, which was a quarter of the European population at the time.
Europe has never faced such a disease before. For example, in Vienna in the first half of 1349, 700-800 people died every day, and during the worst plague, up to 1,400 people died in one day. The pandemic was at its peak in the 14th century and ended only at the end of the 17th century.
Varaždinske Toplice was also decimated and devastated by the plague at that time. In the 17th century, the spa was twice destroyed by fire. In addition to the Parish Church of St. Martin, Kaštela and the Chapel of St. Only a few old houses were preserved at that time.
Legend has it that one Sunday, on January 20, Saints Fabijan and Sebastian saved the population of Varaždinske Toplice, in this very place, from the plague.
Every year on the day of St. Fabijan and Sebastijan, every January 20th, a holy mass is held in front of the votive pillar, and every Sunday of the year, exactly at noon, the sirens from the roof of the city hall sound a uniform tone for one minute.
In memory of those times in 1772, a votive pillar (pil) was built to Saint Fabijan and Sebastian. Apartments Dajčić are located right next to this votive pillar.
And the Dajčić Apartments house was built at that time, in 1772.
Nature parks
In Varaždin, visit the Drava Ada with a promenade along the Drava swans and romantic cottages along the banks of the Drava River. Visit Aquacity, Enjoy the restaurant on the lake beach.
On the lake there is a harbor with a marina, boat moorings and accompanying tourist facilities. It is possible to fly a paraglider above the lake, fishing is possible, and water sports are also possible on the lake.
Be sure to visit
Have you been to Ludbreg and set foot on the World Center sign and felt that the whole world is around you?
CASTLES OF CROATIAN ZAGORJE
Zagorje is in front of you, but don't forget to take a memory with you
Your smile and gingerbread heart,
indigenous souvenir ...
... registered in UNESCO as a Croatian cultural treasure
Welcome !!!