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Searching for Nikola Tesla

Searching for Nikola Tesla

Searching for Nikola Tesla

Around 120 years before our Yugos were introduced to the world, and more than 150 years before an entrepreneur from California named his revolutionary electric car, on a stormy night, full of thunder and lightning, in a tiny Croatian village called Smiljan, a boy named Nikola Tesla was born. This greatest mind of the 19th, […]

COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES UPDATE

COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES UPDATE

COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES UPDATE

Dear adventurers, Sunny days are here and with them, we entered the second challenging tourist season! Last year, our YUGOs learnt how to survive in the “new normal” and we’re proud to announce they became experienced professionals: Our company, AB TRAVEL, the owner of YUGOcar Adventure, received the Safe Travels in Croatia certificate issued […]

food blog, part 2: the sugar overdose

food blog, part 2: the sugar overdose

food blog, part 2: the sugar overdose

Even though we like to promote Croatia as a healthy and fit country with Mediterranean lifestyle and meals including olive oil and organic products, the truth is – Croatians have a sweet tooth. Our home cooked meals are not complete without a dessert, and that dessert has to be a real calorie bomb (that’s why […]

food blog, part 1: the cro-brunch

food blog, part 1: the cro-brunch

food blog, part 1: the cro-brunch

Every decent Zagreb travel blog has to have food related posts, answering two most important traveler’s questions: where to eat in Zagreb and what to eat in Zagreb. Being a local, we are amazed at how many excellent restaurants we have in our city with the gastro scene blooming for the last couple of years. […]

Waterfalls Vs. Minefields

Waterfalls Vs. Minefields

Waterfalls Vs. Minefields

If you ever got an email containing the list of “72 places to see before you die” or “43 hidden gems of the world”, you must have noticed (and wondered how to pronounce) Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia. After only a 2 hours drive from Zagreb, you can enter a magical place of turquoise […]

SPORT IN ZAGREB and what it has to do with Cristiano Ronaldo, Mozart and a blue squirrel

SPORT IN ZAGREB and what it has to do with Cristiano Ronaldo, Mozart and a blue squirrel

SPORT IN ZAGREB and what it has to do with Cristiano Ronaldo, Mozart and a blue squirrel

If you asked anyone from Croatia what is the most common topic we like to discuss while drinking our 3-hours-long coffee, the answer would be – politics. It seems that we always have some kind of elections coming up accompanied by countless café arguments whom to vote for and who should end up behind bars. […]

Three Cathedrals, Two Earthquakes and One Unconquered City

Three Cathedrals, Two Earthquakes and One Unconquered City

Three Cathedrals, Two Earthquakes and One Unconquered City

Imagine this movie plot: During the biggest virus pandemic in the last 100 years, in a small European country, the worst case scenario happened – all bars closed for the first time in history! People were shocked, wondering around empty streets finding only doors with hanging “CLOSED” signs. What to do? Where to go? WhatsApp […]

How did Zagreb cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and how can hospitals be fun, spooky and photogenic?

How did Zagreb cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and how can hospitals be fun, spooky and photogenic?

How did Zagreb cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and how can hospitals be fun, spooky and photogenic?

The first Covid-19 patient in Croatia was registered in the city of Zagreb on February 25th 2020. It was a young gentleman who, as a real Croat, enjoyed a good UEFA Champions League football match (yes, yes – we know, it’s soccer in some countries) between Atalanta and Valencia in Milan, and, as many others, […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

COVID-19 UPDATE

COVID-19 UPDATE

As you already know, tourism has been hit hard with the current pandemic. Luckily, virus can’t be transmitted to our YUGOs – they are safe and sound in the garage following #stayathome instructions! Regarding confirmed reservations; all tours booked in 2020 can receive a full refund or change dates for 2021 free of charge! In […]

Check out our new partner - BALKAN CAMPERS van rental !!!

Check out our new partner – BALKAN CAMPERS van rental !!!

Check out our new partner – BALKAN CAMPERS van rental !!!

Drive, explore, reconnect, experience Croatia and feel Slovenia in an old VW camper van after taking a joy ride in our Yugo! All of our Balkan Campers & Yugo enthusiasts will get a special back-to-the-80’s gift! https://balkancampers.com/ […]

Our new adventure - Tranfers

Our new adventure – Tranfers

Our new adventure – Tranfers

What would be a better way to start (or end) your Croatian trip than a special private transfer from (or to) the airport in a Yugo?! Suitcases on the back seat, music on the radio, wind in your hair and there you go! With style. Starting from 13 EUR per person for Zagreb airport transfers […]

Meet our new partner – mastercard

Meet our new partner – mastercard

Meet our new partner – mastercard

Drinking coffee with friends – 14 Kuna. Buying your favorite dress – 450 Kuna. Admiring night views of illuminated Zagreb landmarks while driving in a classic Yugo – PRICELESS! We are proud to introduce our new partner MasterCard and their program PRICELESS where from now on you can find our special night tour of Zagreb! […]

We launched our website

We launched our website

We launched our website

After months of hard work, from creating a logo to the photoshoot, our website is finally here! Big thanks to our web master Marko Moguljak, who thought of our „Zagreb meets Yugo“ logo and worked day and night creating new design solutions while developing our old school YUGOcar adventure website! We are officially open for […]

YUGOcar adventure on social media

YUGOcar adventure on social media

YUGOcar adventure on social media

Is it possible that Yugos are on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? Yes! The 80’s are keeping up with the 21 century! We opened Instagram and Twitter profiles and a Facebook page so you can follow us on social media! We’ll post interesting Yugo adventures, presenting new Yugos in our fleet, feedback of our Yugo fans […]

Our Yugo fleet photoshoot

Our Yugo fleet photoshoot

Our Yugo fleet photoshoot

Our Yugos became super models! Enthusiastic and talented photographer Maja Rasic conducted a photoshoot around Zagreb and surrounding areas with our three musketeers, giving them a soul that rarely four wheeled vehicles have. It was a fun day and we were amazed by the number of Croatians who stopped and asked questions about each […]