The English layout
Curving paths, two lakes and a bridge, not straight ranks.
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Start at King Tomislav Square in front of the railway station, then Strossmayer Square, then Zrinjevac with its plane trees and bandstand, up to the main square. Then come back west through Maruliฤ Square, the botanical garden and Mimara Square to close the horseshoe. The whole route is about ninety minutes of flat walking and passes four museums and a number of cafes โ the best possible first day in Zagreb.
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Zagreb's botanical garden dates from 1889 and is one link in the Green Horseshoe โ the chain of squares and gardens ringing the lower town โ a few minutes' walk from the railway station. Its layout is deliberately English: curving paths, two small lakes, a bridge and gentle artificial mounds, unlike other botanical gardens of the period that preferred straight ranks. The intention was that it should be a place to stroll as much as a scientific institution of the university. The collection holds thousands of species, including a section devoted to wild Croatian plants and another to karst flora โ the limestone environment that covers most of the Croatian coast. Entry is normally free, but the garden closes entirely in winter, being seasonal, so it is a destination from spring to autumn only.
Curving paths, two lakes and a bridge, not straight ranks.
A section on the limestone country of the coast.
Marulicev trg 9a, 10000 Zagreb