THE TOPLICE ROUTE

The second most important cycling route in the Krapina-Zagorje County is the state connecting route that traverses the county west to east, from the Slovenian border near Kumrovec via Krapinske Toplice, Začretje and Bedekovčina, all the way to Marija Bistrica, continuing towards Komin in the Zagreb county and further down towards Križevci and Bjelovar. Since the route starts near the Slovenian thermal spa resort Podčetrtek and continues via Tuheljske Toplice and Krapinske Toplice, it got the name the ‘Toplice’ Route (“toplice” meaning “thermal spas”). The main Slovenian state cycling route No. 6 is just one kilometre away from the border, trailing the border with Croatia from Brod na Kupi all the way to the Lupinjak border crossing, near the source of the river Sutla.