Green Zelina
Near a wine cottage and Sveti Ivan Zelina's museum
About this hotel
Green Zelina sits six minutes by taxi from the Sveti Ivan Zelina museum and nine minutes from Klet Europa, a local wine cottage, giving it a rural, wine-country character within reach of continental Croatia's konoba culture. A kitchen is included for self-catering, alongside free Wi-Fi and parking and air conditioning, with breakfast available for a charge rather than included outright, a small distinction from most of Vrbovec's other pet-friendly stays. At roughly 46 minutes by taxi to Zagreb's Franjo Tuđman airport, and nearly five hours by public transport, this is among the more remote addresses in the whole combo set, best suited to travellers building a longer countryside stay around it rather than a quick overnight.
- Near Klet Europa
- Kitchen included
- Pet-friendly
Our take
Green Zelina is a pet-friendly rural stay near Sveti Ivan Zelina, six minutes by taxi from the town's museum and nine minutes from Klet Europa, a local wine cottage. Free Wi-Fi, free parking and a kitchen are included, and breakfast is available for a charge. Its 9.6 score from 29 reviews is a good sign for a small countryside address. I would book it with a car and a dog, cooking most meals and keeping one evening for the wine cottage.
- ✓Bring a car, the nearly five-hour public transport run to Zagreb airport makes this impractical without one.
- ✓Visit Klet Europa for a proper konoba meal, it's nine minutes by taxi and the area's clearest local draw.
- ✓Budget for breakfast separately, unlike most nearby pet-friendly stays it's offered for a charge rather than included.
Why we love it
- Nine minutes from Klet Europa wine cottage
- Kitchen included for self-catering
- Six minutes from Sveti Ivan Zelina museum
- Pet-friendly throughout
Why guests love itWe stayed at Green Zelina mainly to be near Klet Europa, and the nine-minute taxi ride there for dinner was worth it, a proper wine cottage rather than a themed restaurant. Cooking breakfast ourselves in the included kitchen saved paying the on-site charge most mornings. The distance to the airport, nearly five hours by public transport, meant we relied entirely on our rental car, worth planning for before booking rather than after.