If you want to get closely acquainted with our beautiful Turoplje, where one can see so much beauty on such a small area, we advise you to take our trips "Wandering around Turopolje" .

1. Let’s be healthy, our noble county!

In a beautiful Turopolje plain one stands breathless looking at St. Barbara’s Chapel in Velika Mlaka, which was made by local craftsmen. After three centuries it is still there like a lighthouse surrounded by many new developments. After a visit to the chapel, the path will lead you further to the remains of Roman city Andautonia. Who knows what else is hidden under the ground on localities of Gradiš?e and Kutelo in Š?itarjevo, a village eight kilometers apart from Velika Gorica. Then, when you return to Velika Gorica, your glance will go above the roofs and it will fall onto the tower of the Parish Church of the Annunciation of Blessed Virgin Mary. Centuries are passing by, and there it stands upright, keeping history in its walls, and watching closely with its protective glance at the Turopolje plain.

And finally, you can’t overlook the Museum of Velika Gorica if you want to learn more about the history of these regions.

1. "Lepi Juro kres nalaže" – Folk custom in Turopolje connected to the festivities of St. George (Jurjevski običaji)

Folk customs start with a holy mass in the church of St. George in Odra, and continue with popular big parties. The central event takes place in front of the castle in Lukavec where singing, dancing and a large bonfiregather tens of thousands of visitors. After the ceremony of St. George’s bonfire, you could continue towards Donja Lomnica, where there is a timber-framed country-house standing proudly under a huge lime-tree on a slight elevation. It stands there like a bride from Turopolje with all her traditional ornaments. Today it is in possession of the descendants ofModić and Bedeković families.

2. Je li natepeno? (Is it ready for harvest) - žirovina (acorn harvest)- Saint Barholomew's day – a visit to the forest "Turopoljski lug"

This trip will start with a holy mass in the parish church of Orle. After that you will continue into the forest "Turopoljski lug" where you could see a unique memorial of the human labor, “the timber gate”, Vratovo. After that you will visit a bridge "Selečki most". 

In the forest called Turopoljski lug used to live indigenous breed of Turopolje pigs. This old Croatian breed was permantly on the acorn crops or in pigsties. Fifteen years ago the Noble Commune of Turopolje restocked the indigenous herd and put it in the forest Turopoljski lug, as you will also see. At the end of the trip you can assist to “St. Bartholomew’s Assembly POT” in the forester’s cottage.

3. Dobro jutro tomu stanu, toga stana gospodaru (Good morning to this home, and to his lord)– a tour around villages of Turopolje: Mraclin, Buševec, Vukovina and Staro čiće 

"Spin quickly, spin quietly" - a visit to a weaver

After visiting a weaver, you could see horses de Turopolje as well as wooden architecture, sacral and popular. 

The path leads you to Vukovina, where till the 17th century there was a small wooden chapel at the same place as today’s parish church. Its bell-tower was consecrated to Virgin Mary, but as early as 1630 it was mentioned as a chapel for a parish fair. Today it’s a beautiful late baroque – classicist church, which you could see on your trip through Turopolje. At the end, you will visit a parish house and the monument of J. Habdelić in Staro čiće. 

4. Pri hrastu naših frajlica (Near the oak-tree of our young girls)– Vukomeričke gorice

The trip will lead you to Donja Lomnica and Modić-Bedeković country-house. Then you go back to an old town Lukavec where the history of these parts was being written and defended. In Kostanjevec you could join a grape harvest in vineyard and you could pay a visit to an old oak-treefrom the time of Turkish conquerors. At the end of the trip, you can enjoy a beautiful panoramic view of Turopolje which will leave you breathless.

6. Turopolskih spominki na Žeridovki (Chatting at Žeridovka)- Vukomeričke gorice 

On this trip you are supposed to meet some literary creators of Turopolje at the utmost top of Vukomeričke gorice, at the spot where the last “tur” lived. Then you will visit the parish church of The Saint Mary of Snow in Dubranec.

For trip organization you can contact our Tourist Board in Velika Gorica by phone or e-mail.