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croisbeauty Says: The Franciscan Order was invited to Cakovec by Nikola Zrinjski jr. in 1659. Unfortunatelly, his sudden death in 1664 stopped him to built the church and the monastery as he have promised. He built only a small chapel in 1691.In the beginnig of the 18th century, Nikola's son...
croisbeauty Says: The rest of the old castle that belonged to croatian counts and warlords Zrinski is a must see when visiting Cakovec. The castle was built from 16th to 18th century under the Governor Nikola Zrinski, who rebuilt the Cakovec Castrum into a strong Renaissance fortress in the...
leics Says: Even if the castle itself is closed (and the museum within) you can still wander through its courtyard, and around its walls and grounds.Although the walls mostly date from the 16th-17th century the gateway through which one walks to/from the town square seemed to me to be...
diocletianvs Says: The building of Children's Hospitium was built in 1789 and served as a lodging for apprentices who were learning their skills at one of Cakovec's craftsmen. It was also sort of a hotel since it offered lodging for travellers who hapenned to pass by. Between the two world...
diocletianvs Says: Cakovec is rather small (30,000 inhabitants) so its center is quite compact as well. Next to the park that surrounds the Zrinski's Castle is a system of several pedestrian streets. This is town's living room, full of cafes and street terraces. But, it seems people of Cakovec...
diocletianvs Says: Trgovacki Casino (Merchant's Casino) was built in 1903 in Hungarian Secession style. Although the main function of its main room was card playing, this Casino has nothing to do with gambling. The purpose of this building was primarily social gatherings of Cakovec's upper and...
St. Nicholas Church and Franciscan Monastery
diocletianvs Says: The Franciscan Monastery was built in the beginning of the 18th century at the place of the older wooden building that was demolished in fire. The new Baroque church was built in 1728 and surprisingly does not have the name of St. Francis. (I wonder if the fact that Nikola...
diocletianvs Says: The Old Town of Cakovec is surrounded by a large park named after the Zrinski family (no surprises here). It is a typical 19th century park with its main entrance at Trg Republike, that connects to main pedestrian street of Cakovec. On its southern part park offers few...
diocletianvs Says: The Old Town of Cakovec lies in the center of town, surrounded by a large park. The first fortress built at this place dates back to the 13th century when Count Dimitrius Chaky, the Court Magistrate of King Bela IV, had built a wooden defence tower. The tower was named...
Nice rustic ambience, usually with non too inspiring latino type music in the background. Pizzas are usually quite large so try to refrain from starters like garlic bread (incidentally like the pizzas also very good). Pizzas apart, the restaurant offers a selection of pasta, meat, poultry and fish dishes washed down with a decent house wine though the cellar is reasonably stocked with others. NB Croatian in my experience tend to serve red wine 'chilled' rather than at more civilised room temperatue! For desert they have a good selection of ice creams though my favourite is their Tiramisu.
Not all the waiters speak English (German is usually the second language in Cakovec) but you will get by.
Favorite Dish: They are all pretty good, but if you are really hungry, start with garlic pizza type bread, followed by a pizza (my favourite is Hawaiian pizza) and finish with tiramisu and coffee
Updated Jan 31, 2010
Address: About 500 yards from the main bus station
To Cakovec with Lars Gabriel Svensson
diocletianvs Says: Cakovec is only 100 km away from Zagreb, on the major route that leads to Balaton and Budapest. We went there by Lars Gabriel Svensson (that's my car, in case you didn't know) by taking the A4 motorway (Zagreb - Gorican). Lars loves to drive on empty motorways so we were in...
diocletianvs Says: There are several direct trains daily from Zagreb to Cakovec. Depending on their range and route the trip lasts between 2 and 3.30 hours. In general, trains that go via Koprivnica are faster than those going via Zabok. There are also buses going from Zagreb, but since they...
croisbeauty Says: The fortified town of Cakovec was first mentioned in documents in 1333. The town have been founded on the site on which Count Dimitrije Cak, the ruler of Medjimurje, built a wooden fortress at the end of the 13th century.In the course of the 14th and the 15th centuries, the...
croisbeauty Says: Following the earthquake of 1738, the Czech Counts of Althan, who were then the lords of Medjimurje, restored the palace and the fortress according the design of the court architect Anton Erhard Martinelli. The palace was rebuilt in the baroque style and the Renaissance...
croisbeauty Says: When in 1546 the Zrinski Counts acqiured possession of Medjimurje, Governor Nikola Zrinski rebuilt the Cakovec Castrum into a strong Renaissance fortress.The fortress surrounded by water ditches was linked to the land by a long wooden bridge.
diocletianvs Says: Cakovec was quite empty and we didn't like the idea of eating pizza so we went off to see some of the surroundings. We knew Sveti Martin na Muri is a popular spa place so Lars went there. It was by chance that we saw a sign to rural tourism "Potrti Kotac" (Broken Wheel) and...
diocletianvs Says: Cakovec is very close to Varazdin, but as soon as you cross Drava river that divides them you do not want to be heard talking about Zagorje region or Varazdin region. Medjimurje is northernmost county of Croatia, situated in a triangle where Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia...
I lot of people like FISHING and HUNTING in CAKOVEC and MEDIMURIJE REGION , they have 2 rivers the MURA RIVER goes from the top of CROATIA , and flows into the DRAVA RIVER, which separates the MEDIMURIJE and VARAZDINSKA COUNTIES ,
Equipment: Fishing rod ,bait,hat ,radio for music ,beer,a boat if you have one ,and just relax
Written Jun 3, 2008
Address: MURA AND DRAVA RIVERS CROATIAS TOPEND
Website: www.kotoriba.hr
croisbeauty Says: As most of the other Croatian towns, Cakovec had its own stormy history, subjected to frequent change of owners. The most important period englobes the 16th and 17th centuries during which the Croatian Vice-Roys and warlords of the Zrinskis family had their seat in Cakovec....
diocletianvs Says: The tourist office is located on Kralja Tomislava street, but it was closed when I visited. If this happens to you do not despair - just look around, and you will soon see that the most important buildings have plaques with descriptions in Croatian, German and English. (Why...
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