Zaprešić
About this place
Zaprešić sits on the western edge of the Zagreb urban area, but its visitor identity centres on the Novi Dvori estate of Ban Josip Jelačić. First recorded in the late 16th century as Curia nova, the property now brings together a manor house, agricultural buildings, a Romantic landscape park, St Joseph’s Chapel and the Jelačić family’s neo-Gothic mausoleum. The former granary houses the Matija Skurjeni Museum and visitor information centre, while the restored threshing barn and corn crib preserve the appearance of a working aristocratic estate. An avenue of horse chestnuts, planted around 1890, forms the main approach to the manor. The mausoleum was commissioned in 1884 by Đuro Jelačić in accordance with his brother Josip’s wishes and designed by Hermann Bollé. Zaprešić remains closely connected to Zagreb: ZET bus 172 runs from Črnomerec, and the railway station belongs to the capital’s suburban network. This makes the town particularly suitable for a day trip combining the Novi Dvori heritage walk, the museum, the golf grounds and lunch in the estate’s former gardener’s cottage.
Zaprešić is not organised around a conventional old-town core; its defining landscape is the aristocratic estate of Novi Dvori. The complex combines a manor house, working farm buildings, woodland park, chapel, family tomb and museum spaces. Its final private owners belonged to the family of Ban Josip Jelačić, turning the estate into the city’s principal historical emblem. At the same time, Zaprešić stands on the western rail and road approaches to Zagreb and functions as a well-connected suburban centre. That combination of a preserved Jelačić estate and everyday metropolitan links distinguishes it from the more isolated castles of the surrounding Zagorje region.
Things to see
Novi Dvori includes an early-17th-century manor house, a threshing barn, granary, corn crib and other buildings from the working estate. The granary now contains the Matija Skurjeni Museum, devoted to the Zaprešić-born painter and his distinctive imaginative world. Ban Jelačić commissioned St Joseph’s Chapel in 1855. The neo-Gothic family mausoleum, designed by Hermann Bollé and completed in 1884, incorporates white stone salvaged from Zagreb Cathedral after the 1880 earthquake. The approach to the manor is lined with horse chestnuts planted around 1890, while the surrounding grounds retain the form of a 19th-century landscape park.
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Things to do
Enter Novi Dvori along the horse-chestnut avenue and begin with the threshing barn, corn crib and former granary, now home to the Matija Skurjeni Museum. Continue toward the manor house, then follow the park’s winding paths to St Joseph’s Chapel, built in 1855, and the Jelačić family mausoleum designed by Hermann Bollé. For a longer visit, circle the pond and woodland or continue to the Ban Jelačić Golf Club grounds. Lunch is available beside the course in the estate’s former gardener’s cottage. This order follows the estate’s original progression from its working agricultural entrance to its ceremonial centre.
Food and drink
The restaurant beside Ban Jelačić Golf Club occupies the restored gardener’s cottage at Novi Dvori, allowing lunch to follow directly after an estate walk. The tourist board’s examples of “Ban-style cuisine” include a cold Ban’s platter, medallions prepared in the house style, grilled “Ban’s sabre” and countess’s ice cream. The official city restaurant list also includes Batak Grill Novi Dvori at 164 Ulica bana Josipa Jelačića and Pizzeria Bimbo at 48 Ulica kardinala Alojzija Stepinca. The golf restaurant remains the most convenient choice when Novi Dvori is the main purpose of the visit.
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Practical information
Practical information
The visitor information centre operates within the Matija Skurjeni Museum at Novi Dvori, while the Zaprešić Tourist Board office is at 22 Ulica kardinala Alojzija Stepinca. Current museum programmes and guided visits can be checked with the tourist board on +385 1 3310 309. Novi Dvori provides free parking, and its park paths are intended to be explored on foot. Because the estate hosts concerts and public events, major programmes can bring temporary access controls and specially designated parking areas.
Parking
The tourist board lists free parking at Novi Dvori and Ban Jelačić Golf Club. Arrangements change for major events: during concerts at Novi Dvori in June 2025, designated options included the Trgocentar area, a temporary grass lot opposite the entrance near the mausoleum, and the lot in front of Roca Zaprešić. Those temporary areas should not be treated as the everyday parking scheme; event visitors need to follow the organiser’s current notice. For a normal estate visit, the simplest option is the marked on-site parking followed by exploration on foot.
Frequently asked questions
Is parking at Novi Dvori free?
The tourist board lists free parking at the complex, although major events can introduce temporary locations and traffic controls.
When was the Jelačić mausoleum built?
Đuro Jelačić commissioned the mausoleum in 1884 in accordance with his brother Josip’s wishes; Hermann Bollé designed it.
Where is the Matija Skurjeni Museum?
The museum occupies the former granary on the Novi Dvori estate.
Is there a bus from Zagreb to Zaprešić?
Yes. ZET route 172 links Zagreb’s Črnomerec terminal with Zaprešić.
What is the Vršilnica at Novi Dvori?
The Vršilnica is the estate’s restored threshing barn and one of the first historic buildings encountered near the entrance.
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