Karlovac

Additional facilities: Karlovac developed around a fortified Renaissance town in the 16th century, between the rivers of Kupa and Korana. Only trenches remain of the fortresses, while some 10 beautiful and straight streets with valuable Baroque edifices and buildings and the main square are left from the old town. Particularly interesting are the Early Baroque Sv. Trojstvo church with a Franciscan Monastery, as well as the national pilgrimage site Sv. Josip. Other valuable buildings are the theater Zorin dom, City Museum, Music School, and the well-preserved Medieval fortress Dubovac, nowadays a hotel. Its attractive location on four rivers (Kupa, Korana, Mreznica and Dobra), as well as its favorable position on the main road connecting Zagreb to the Adriatic contribute to the development of tourism, particularly overnight tourism. Vrbanic Park and Marmont’s Plane Tree Alley are protected horticultural monuments, while Banski Moravci east of the city is a special biological reserve. We recommend: A particularly important cultural and entertainment event in the city of Karlovac is the Beer Festival (at the beginning of autumn), a Croatian version of the famous Oktoberfest held in Munich. Also worthy of mention are the pilgrimage of Sv. Josip in Dubovac (March 19), the Flower Fair and Exhibition (beginning of June), Ivanjski krijes bonfire (at the end of June), and Karlovac Culture Days (in October, November and December).
The most important sports and leisure activities are connected to the rivers of Karlovac (swimming, fishing and so on), while the surroundings are ideal for hunting and hiking. General information City in the region of Pokuplje, where the rivers of Kupa, Mreznica, Korana and Dobra flow next to each other. The town is located 55 km southwest of Zagreb at the height of 112 m and has 59999 inhabitants. It is a cultural (theater, winter artists’ colony, Koran Sculpture Park), commercial and industrial center. The industry includes metalworking industry (gas and steam turbines, diesel motors, boilers, pumps and tools), chemical, textile, leather, wood and food processing industries (dairy, brewery), as well as a brickyard. It lies at the intersection of the main roads Zagreb-Karlovac (M11.01, E65, E71), Karlovac-Rijeka (M12, E65), Karlovac-Senj (M12.3), Karlovac-Zadar (M13.01, E71) as well as the railway sections Zagreb-Karlovac-Ostarije-Rijeka, that is, Split, Zadar and Sibenik.