Bus from ZAGREB to SOKOBANJA
See timetable and Buy TicketAbout the station ZAGREB
Bus Station Zagreb is the largest, the busiest and the most urban terminal in Croatia and beyond, linking the capital city to the other parts of Croatia and most other European capitals. It is located along the Marin Držić Avenue, near central square and with a several parking lots. The station was founded in 1961, whereas the existing station building was built in 1987.
The area within the station abounds with various facilities necessary to make a trip as pleasant as possible. There are numerous places for rest, shopping and entertainment and also a large number of services available:
- Several small kiosks, souvenir shop and shops (Tobacco shop, Print Media, Kras, Konzum etc.),
- Bakery "Dubravica"
- On-call pharmacy "Farmacia"
- The Croatian Postal Bank and ATMs
- Croatian Post Office
- Croatian Lottery
- Clubs "Admiral" and "Automatic" (00-24h)
- Appliances with a variety of snacks, cold and hot drinks, as well as fruits
All the necessary information about the city and various promotional items are available within the Tourist Information Centre which is located on the first floor. The centre is opened from 09 a.m. to 21 p.m., while during the weekends and holidays from 10 a.m. to 17 p.m.
The Information Service of the Central Bus Station provides information on arrivals and departures of buses from Zagreb, other Croatian cities and Europe. Passengers can buy tickets within the station building, via Internet or by the telephone order for home – delivery. Reservation by the telephone order costs less than 12 kn / 2 euros.
Baggage lockers are located on the incoming platform no. 106 and it is opened 24 hours a day. Within the locker room there is a Cargo Service for receipt and dispatch of consignments. Storage of the luggage for the first four hours costs 5.00 kn/0,66 euros per piece and per hour, and £ 2.50/0,33 euros for each additional hour. For oversized and delicate luggage (travel bags weighing more than 40 kg, radio and TV sets, bicycles, etc.) it costs 10kn/1,31 euros per hour and per piece.
Five tram lines of daily transportation are available to passengers and those lines connect the station with the almost all parts of the city.
Also, the tram stop is located near the station, and thanks to that, the main railway station can be reached in five, while Ban Jelacic Square in ten minutes.
When it comes to the transport of the passengers from Zagreb airport and vice- versa there is Pleso Transport Company whose offices are on the ground floor of the bus station in Zagreb, and their platforms are located in the parking lot for cars.
Information and reservation for calls from Croatia: 060 313 333
Information and reservation for calls outside of Croatia: +385 1 6112 789
Email: promet@akz.hr
Address of the station:
ZAGREB HOLDING doo
ZAGREB BUS STATION
Marin Držić Avenue 4, 10000 Zagreb
Tel: +385 1 6008 600;
Fax: +385 1 6008 616
About the destination SOKOBANJA
Sokobanja is located in southeastern Serbia, at an altitude of 400 meters in the basin between the Rtanja Mountains (1560m) and Ozren (1174m).
Sokobanja (9000 inhabitants) is the economic, health, cultural and tourist center of the municipality that covers an area of 525 km2, in which 25 inhabited places live about 20,000 inhabitants.
The basic branch of the economy is tourism with agriculture and mining. Thanks to the good traffic connections in Sokobanja, it arrives asphalt, quickly and easily from every direction.
Since ancient times known as a tourist destination, Sokobanja has the basic elements for the formation of a diverse tourist offer: thermomineral waters, ideal altitude of 400m, favorable climate, unspoiled nature that surrounds, rich cultural heritage ....
Sokobanja to its visitors throughout the year and a variety of cultural and entertainment contents and events. The days spent in Sokobanja remain permanently in an unforgettable memory, so the tourists visit, revealing always new interesting details in it. Today Sokobanja is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Serbia.
Treatment in Sokobanja is carried out, based on the indicated indications, by bathing in warm, slightly radioactive water and inhalation, according to the instructions and under the supervision of a physician. Sokobanja air is itself a cure for asthma sufferers.
Thermal sources Sokobanja are among the most active in this part of Europe. In total, there are six major, whose water temperature ranges from 28-45 degrees Celsius. Since the outbreak of radioactive gases in the entire territory of Banja is large, each visitor is exposed to mild inhalation, which very usefully affects the respiratory organs and the whole organism.
The area of Sokobanja is rich in valuable cultural and historical monuments, churches and monasteries: the medieval town of Sokograd, the remains of Vrmdanski grad, the Turkish Amam (XV century), the restaurant "Milošev konak", the building of the administration of the Principality of Serbia (XIX century) Church of the Mother of God in the center of Sokobanja, the Church of the Birth of the Virgin on Lepterija, the monastery Jermenčić (XIV century) at Ozren, the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Jošanica (XI century), the church of the Fire of Mary in Gradašnica, the church of St. Eli in Istoces (XIX century ), the memorial fountains of Prince Miloš Obrenović, Hajduk Veljko Petrović and Ljube Didić.
Hunting grounds in the Sokobanja area are the right place for the most interesting adventure! In accordance with the prescribed law and according to the hunting calendar for game in the protection regime, that is, the pricelist brought by the Board of the Hunting Association of Serbia, you can try hunting in these terrains: rabbit, field partridge, wild boar, forest snail, pheasant, wild duck , fox, pigeon mug, quail, thistle, gututku, then roe deer and deer. No less attractive is hunting game outside the protection regime: wolf, wild cat, cancer and foxes.