Maksimirsky Park is a beautiful green area in the city, with an area of ​​18 hectares. This Park is recognized as the largest urban park, it is often referred to as a "living monument to Zagreb." In the park you can see numerous flower gardens, avenues, lakes and forest areas. Zagreb Zoo is also located in the park.

The founder of the park is Maksimirskogo Bishop Maximilian Vrhovac, the park got its name it after him. The date of foundation of the park is Maksimirskogo 1794. The project developed an English park landscape designer Brown.

In the park there are many monuments and historical sites of Zagreb, built in different styles. Examples are the pavilions of "Echo" and "Bellevue" built in 1843, Belvedere, and Swiss hut janitor house. Also in the park you can see many sculptures.

Zagreb Botanical Garden began as a platform for botanical research of one of the faculties of the University of Zagreb. He founded the Garden botanist by the name of Heinz. The total area of ​​the garden is about 50 thousand square meters. On the territory there are two ponds with lots of species of aquatic plants. In total, the botanical garden there are about 1,000 different species of plants from around the world and numerous trees. Architectural ornaments of the Botanical Garden is a graceful bridge.