Active tourism Brod na Kupi
Active tourism is a temporary travel and stay, which is the main motive for recreation, outside his residence. Because of the need to participate in physical activities, visits and desires for watching various sporting events or any active or passive involvement in sporting activities on a personal level or the organized tourist destination for tourists prepare a variety of sports and recreational offerings. Thus, the capacity of accommodations are sports fields, gyms, fitness gym and other sports and recreational facilities are increasingly under the control of professional trainers. For lovers of active tourism prepared various adventure specialties such as rafting, kayaking, scuba diving, paragliding, climbing the cliffs of mountains, diving the depths of the sea, the wild nature cycling, caving, air tourism and other ordinary and unusual sports. The nature of man's movement, and accelerated pace of life, stress and more sitting and not moving during the work, on vacation people make up sport.
On the board with Slovenia, situated in a fertile picturesque valley of the Kupa river beside its upper coast on the slopes of the mountains its Brod na Kupi.
A castle Zrinski dominates the centre of the town. A three-flour castle square shaped dates from the 1651., and was surrounded with walls which are ruined today. It's supposed that the castle was built above the ruins of the first one built in 1577.
Nearby is situated the church of Saint Mary Magdalene built in the baroque stile 1670. The recognisable baroque stile has lost his main proprieties because of the burning and damage suffered in the World War II.
In the historic annals Brod na Kupi is mentioned as a fish town because the river rich of many freshwater fishes. Till today the city is known as fishing, hunting and generally known tourist centre. Except for fishing the Kupa river is ideal for kayak, kanu and rafting. Apart the activities bounded at the same river Kupa is a great start point for hiking trips, bike tours, horse riding and various...