Cultural tourism Tuhelj Thermal Spa

Cultural tourism is defined as travel persons outside the residence with a view to the search for new experiences and experiences that meet their cultural needs. Cultural tourism also includes visits to cultural and historical sites in the distant and recent history of the tourist destinations, museums and galleries, churches, musical and theatrical events and performances, music and, more recently and visits to concerts of pop culture. That is considered to be cultural tourism motivated learning about cultural heritage, art and culture of life and work in the nation visited tourist area. Characteristics of demand for this type of culture is characterized by the fact that it is a broad spectrum of tourists covering different age groups and education, but with an indication that interest in culture increases with age. Cultural tourism is a younger branch of tourism that emerges from the needs of all educated tourists and their needs work on myself, learning and entertainment needs through introducing the history and tradition, and is motivated by the creative cultural activities related to the activities that have been preserved from the past such as learning traditional skills through cultural tourism product with religion, gastronomy and tourism literature or contemporary art production.

About 40 km at the north-west part of Zagreb, in a valley surrounded with green hills and beautiful sightseeing are situated the Tuhelj thermal spas one of the pearls of the Croatian continental tourism. These thermal spas have a historical reputation, which gets back till the ancient Romans when they were known as the "smelly spas" because of their strong sulphur-hydrogen smell.

The position of the thermal spas on the very source of the mineral water and the healing mud it's very propitious and offers the possibility to practice many sports and relaxing and revitalising programs.

Of the sports that can be practice there are tennis fields, basketball field, soccer field, table tennis and the mini-golf course. A large offer in the aspect of active holidays represents a Water park, which is composed by 3 indoor pools: for children, swimming pool and wellness pool with Jacuzzi massages, waterfalls and geysers.

Six pools compose the outdoor pool. The one for the children it's the most coloured one and it has a castle on the water, two water cannons, a pool with...