Karlovac
Karlovac is a city in central Croatia.
Karlovac is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located 56 kilometres southwest of Zagreb and 130 km (81 mi) northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the A1 highway and the M202 railway.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Karlovac
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Dubovac Castle
Dubovac Castle is a castle in Karlovac, Croatia. The Dubovac Castle overlooks the city of Karlovac in central Croatia.
2.2 km · castle near Karlovac, Croatia · Wikipedia - 02Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek
Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek is a football stadium in Karlovac, Croatia. It serves as home stadium for the NK Karlovac 1919 football club.
1.1 km · football stadium in Karlovac, Croatia · Wikipedia - 03Holy Father Nikolai Church
The Saint Nicholas Cathedral, is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Karlovac, Croatia. It is under jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac of the Serbian Orthodox Church and serves as its cathedral church.
1.2 km · church in Karlovac, Croatia · Wikipedia - 04National shrine of St. Josip
National Shrine of Saint Joseph is a Croatian Catholic national shrine and Minor basilica dedicated to Saint Joseph, located in the city of Karlovac, in Parish of Our Lady of the Snows. Saint Joseph is a patron saint of Karlovac, Karlovac County and Croatia.
2 km · Catholic church building and shrine in Karlovac, Croatia · Wikipedia - 05Karlovac Synagogue
Karlovac Synagogue was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located in Karlovac, Croatia. The congregation worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite.
1.1 km · karlovac Synagogue was a synagogue in Karlovac, Croatia · Wikipedia - 06Dobra Bridge
The Dobra Bridge is located between Karlovac and Novigrad interchanges of the A1 motorway in Croatia, spanning Dobra River. It is 546 metres long, and it comprises four traffic lanes and two emergency lanes.
7.4 km · bridge in Central Croatia · Wikipedia - 07Drežnik Viaduct
The Drežnik Viaduct is located in Karlovac, Croatia, immediately to the west of the Karlovac interchange on the A1 motorway. It is the longest viaduct in Croatia, spanning 2,485 metres.
3.6 km · bridge in Central Croatia · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
There are a few museums and a fortress on Dubovac hill with great views of the town.
- 01Dubovac Castle
- 02Karlovac City Museum
Closed due to renovation, check website for reopening..
- 03Vjekoslav Karas Gallery
Art gallery Rivers & beaches: Korana, Mrežnica, Kupa, Dobra.
- 04Museum of the Homeland War
- 05Nikola Tesla Experience Center
High tech museum devoted to the famous scientist & inventor who went to the school adjacent to the museum.
From Wikivoyage: Karlovac, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Mountain Biking. Mountain biking is recommended. Lots of preserved trails all around the city and enthusiastic bikers who'll gladly guide you. Swimming / Rafting / Kayaking. Great swimming in summer months in Karlovac rivers Korana and near by Mrežnica with rafting and kayaking. Karlovacki Dani Piva. end of August. Annual beer festival. The most crowded place at that time of summer, with various folks around.
From Wikivoyage: Karlovac, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Bistro king, Rakovac ul. 8 (next door to the Nikola Tesla experience). Restaurant with outside courtyard. Vegetarian options.
From Wikivoyage: Karlovac, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Karlovac
- Airports
- Zagreb Franjo Tuđman (ZAG), 50 km · Rijeka (RJK), 82 km · Ljubljana Jože Pučnik (LJU), 118 km
- Velika Gorica → Karlovac48 km · quickest by road, 51 min · €6–9
- Rijeka(Omišalj) → Karlovac82 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · €11–16
- Pula → Karlovac150 km · quickest by road, 3h · €22–31
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Karlovac
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Karlovac. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 01268 km
- 02308 km
- 03344 km
- 04485 km
- 05608 km
If you know how people move in Karlovac – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Karlovac
Karlovac is 50 km from Zagreb, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Turanj, Karlovaccity district in Karlovac, Croatia3.2 km