Zagreb Hotel Regent Esplanade

The Zagreb Hotel, Regent Esplanade Zagreb has does it again this year by featuring in the list in the prestigious magazine Conde Nast Traveller, which publishes the Golden List every year. The prominent magazine each year publishes a list of the world’s best tourist facilities. Regent Esplanade Zagreb had featured in the list last year also. Nearly thirty three thousand readers poll and rate the accommodation, design, and location, the quality of service and food and drinks. This year the hotel has got the 33rd rank in the list of 100 hotels in the southern part of Europe. The hotel operates under the Regent hotel chain and was built in 1925 for the travellers travelling from Istanbul to Paris. It is known for the high quality service it provides, and this five star hotel is one of the best of the Zagreb hotel industry. Many famous personalities, like Louis Armstrong, Woody Allen, Orson Wells, Josephine Baker, Charles Lindbergh and many others have stayed here and have appreciated the services of the hotel.

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Park in Zagreb, Croatia

This May, the things that tourists can do in Zagreb will be enriched by two panoramic buses that will hit the streets on May 31st. Featuring modern equipment, the larger bus will be able to accommodate 48, and the smaller 33 passengers. Tourists will have seat belts and special headsets at their disposal. The headsets will allow them to receive information about the City of Zagreb and its sites in 8 languages. The bus also features a GPS system, in accord with the information given, telling visitors exactly where they are and what they are looking at. The roof is removable and can be set in various different positions, and is in line with all safety standards. The panoramic buses will operate on two different lines, red and green, with the same origin point: Bakačeva Street on Kaptol. The red line route goes along streets in the city centre and is 12.5 kilometres long, taking one hour. Visitors on this line will be taken through the following zones: Kaptol-Zrinjevac-Main Railway Station-Mažuranić Square-Katarina Square-Ilirski Square-Mirogoj. The green line route goes through a wider city area: Kaptol-Main Railway Station-Mladost-Hrvatski Sokol Square-Petrine-Siget-Bundek-Maksimir. The price of a one-day ticket will be 70 Kuna for adults and 35 Kuna for children. With the ticket, passengers can hop on and off the bus at any time at any of the route stops.

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Silver Central Hostel, Split Croatia

Silver Central Hostel Split Croatia

Despite being one of the most popular non-Euro zone locations, Croatia’s Adriatic coast is surprisingly bereft of good hostels. Split’s newest arrival is a shining exception, set in a townhouse within the walls of Diocletian’s Palace – the walled old town of central Split. Alas, this one does not offer doubles, but the dorm rooms are distinctly high end, with stripped wooden floorboards and sculpted straw furniture.

• silvercentralhostel.com, beds from £13pn

Buzz Backpacker Hostel, Zagreb Croatia

Buzz Backpacker Hostel Zagreb Croatia

Another of the misconceptions about hostels is that evenings are dominated by Bob Dylan sing-a-longs and drinking games. But like an ever-increasing band of family-aimed hostels, the Buzz Backpackers, set in a baroque building in the heart of the city, operates a no-noise policy after 11pm. It also conforms to another boutique hostel standard: private rooms that put budget hotels to shame – the well-designed top floor loft double sleeps two with space for a third.

• buzzbackpackers.com, dorms from 14pn, private rooms from £39pn

Green Lizard Hostel island Hvar Croatia

Green Lizard Hostel island Hvar Croatia

Long billed as Croatia’s answer to Ibiza, the jetties and ports of Hvar teem with yachts and perma-tanned Adriatic It-people throughout the summer. Most budget accommodation-seekers opt for the “soba” rooms – private beds offered by local families at the ferry port, but this entails the risks of having to be home by midnight, or up at the crack of dawn for prayers with granny. The Green Lizard is the best hostel on the islands off Split, and offers prime views of the bay from its balconies. In a country that is getting more and more expensive by the year, doubles from £31pn, with sea views thrown in, is a godsend.

• greenlizard.hr, doubles from £31pn, beds from £12pn

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