Samoborske Kremsnite and other Zagreb, Croatia Off The Beaten Path Tips

A very charming old town of Samobor is famous for its cakes called KREMSNITE.
Must try!
Made fresh from egg custard and pastry, lovery with a little cream on the side and a cup of coffee...I reccomend the little backery just behind the fountain on the main square. The have a great selection of other cakes as well. I think its called Samoborka....

Here is more on this town
http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/samobor/enindex.html

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On the Sljeme Puntijarka meadow, on the southern slope just by the Sljeme road, in 1948 year they started building a health and recooperation home. In 1949 they gave up bcs the city council decided to proclaim Medvednica mountain where Sljeme park belongs to become a protected park and thus was not suitable for hospital type accomodation. Thus the Gernment gave for free the land to the mountaineering society and the PLANINARSKI DOM IVAN PACKOVSKI was finally finished in 1951. Today it is the largest and best equipped Hut on Medvednica with electricity., sewage, heating, tel, 3 dining rooms, terrace and picnic area that seats 300 people. It also has 35 beds in 14 rooms, open all year round and well stocked. It is at 957m above sea level.

Check out the photos and some details in the travellogue.

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From the final tram stop we first proceed through the Tunnel and then, immediately below the bottom station of the Sljeme cable car run, we take a right turn to the access road, following it downwards to the parking lot at the start of the Sljeme road. At the edge of the parking lot a path leads off to the right, climbing towards Puntijarka, one of the most popular spots in the whole of Medvednica. Taking that path, after 20 minutes we come to a resting place sited by a well, and a further 20 minutes take us across Bistranjsko sedlo (Bistra Saddle), while 7 further minutes bring us to a shelter, at Njivice. From here, we continue uphill left of the shelter and immediately come upon a crossroad. The path leading straight ahead is the shortest, but is also rather steep. After 30 minutes of fairly steep climbing we come to the WW2 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and shortly afterwards to the small house known as Vila Samoze (Villa Solitude), and then to Puntijarka, from below. There is another option: a pleasant approach via Gornji Mrzljak - if we turn right at the above mentioned crossroad. Gornji Mrzljak (Upper Frosty) is a powerful spring at an altitude of 752 m., next to which a comfortable shelter has been built. Beyond it stretches a somewhat more serious ascent which, after 2 minutes, brings us to an intersection: to the right lies the route to Hunjka, to the left a steep uphill climb to Puntijarka. The path then continues on, passing the overgrown ''South Downhill'', coming out onto the direct route at Villa Solitude.

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