URBAN EXPLORATION, often shortened as urbex is the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins that were once important and in use, and today they stand as a reminder of some other times. A perfect example is the so-called „Spomeniks “ – memorial structures and monuments built in the period between the 1950 s and 1990s during Tito’s Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Their purpose was to honor people’s resistance and suffering during WWII. Today those monuments can be found scattered all around the countries of former Yugoslavia. As a local tourist agency and huge urbex lovers and specialists, allow us to take you on this truly alternative and unique tour to visit a few of those masterpieces.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 12.
Monument to the Revolution of the People of Moslavina
Jasenovac Stone Flower Monument and Museum of Jasenovac concentration camp
Monument of the Detachment in Brezovica forest
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Ex-Yugoslavian "Spomeniks" tour lasts about 5–6 hours. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $400 per person for this Zagreb experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, starting at 8:00 AM.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
Yes, pickup is offered. Pickup points include The Loop Hotel.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a private experience: only your party takes part. Up to 2 travellers can book together.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 11 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Swanky Travel.
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Booked two tours through Swanky - Spomeniks and a custom visit to Petrova Gora hill and the Karlovac Homeland War Museum. Iva and Ivica were an absolutely wonderful duo of tour guide and driver, and I learned so much! I really appreciate the care put into the tour experience and would HIGHLY recommend Swanky to anyone visiting Zagreb, especially tourists interested in seeing the Yugoslav monuments to the fallen defenders. Hvala vam!
First off this is NOT a tour, this is a very expensive driver who picks you up and drives you to see Spomeniks. The driver was on time and friendly, but communication prior to the tour was difficult and the confirmation of the tour wasn’t received until very late. I could have let the expensive $325 drive go and not take the time to write this review, but when we asked about driving to see a very important Spomenik (“Uprising Monument nation Banija and Kordun”, which in fairness was not included on the tour) we felt we were brushed off and even lied to. We were told that the road to the monument was damaged in an earthquake in 2020. Out of my own curiosity I searched for recent pictures and many came up. When I asked the driver about this he then said it would add 3 hrs of driving (which we offered to pay for). Do you know how I know the road to the Uprising Monument nation Banija and Kordun is intact and the monument open? Because after we got back from this expensive drive, we rented a car and drove there. Interestingly enough there were other people there too. If he would’ve told me there wasn’t time, fine, but don’t tell us that the monument and road are closed. I don’t enjoy writing average to poor reviews, but this “specialized tour guide” was not even close. He was a very expensive driver who showed up in what looked like pajamas to drive us around. Save your money and rent a car, the roads in Croatia are very nice and easy to navigate.
We did a private guided urbex tour with Iva as guide. It was one of the highlights of our vacation. We learned more about the locations and the history of the country while being on a family friendly urbex tour. We can only recommend Swanky Travel, and hope we will be able to return and explore more places.
I am staying at the hostel and with a bunch of guest we decide to make an urbex exploration and swanky offers us to plan it for us offering a guidence tour between 2 days It was awesome that two hours outside of Zagreb there's amazing monuments that tell us the history of the country And even more knowing that this 2 locations aren't touristic at all Željava underground airplane base Petrova hill abandoned monument Also the tour guide make us feel safe all the way and answer every doubt that we have about the place with fun facts as well.
Amazing one day trip ! We went to 3 different places and Iva, our tour guide, told us the history of those location. It was an interesting and awesome urban exploration ! I recommend if you would like to discover abandoned places !
It was a lovely trip, especially if you are into urban exploring and abandoned places, our tour guide Iva was great, she gave us a historical background on each location.
What a trip... I am stuck in Zagreb so I decided to explore a bit and ended up booking an urbex tour with Swanky Travel. I knew that we are going underground and locations are abandoned but honesty I was not sure what to expect. It was a blast - soooo awesome and out of this world. The locations and the history are amazing and the guide was great as she explained everything along the way. Guys - if you are up to something different I highly recommend this tour 😊
Iva was a very good guide. What we really liked was that she was attuned to our interests. I'm fine. Joachim
We had a great time exploring Zagreb with Iva. She had interesting stories to tell us and was very fun to be around. I would reccomend going 100%
We did an urban explorer day trip in mid may. The ride out was fun, lots of laughs with our group. We visited an abandoned WWII hospital tucked away in the woods and Iva gave us a lot of information about the site. The weather was really nice for an easy walk in the woods. After that we visited an abandoned monument and climbed to the top. It was an absolute cracker of a day and the 360 degree views at the top were incredible. That was the highlight of the day. You can get a gangsta goulash at the lodge there, if you stop for lunch I recommend it.
| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex-Yugoslavian "Spomeniks" tour | 5–6 hours | 4.8 (11) | $400 | |
 Communism & Croatian Homeland War Tour | 2 hours | 5.0 (1,550) | $45 | View |
 Zagreb Highlights: Old Town, WWII tunnels, Funicular & Tastings | 2 hours | 5.0 (1,217) | $23 | View |
 Zagreb: Plitvice Lakes & Rastoke Guided Day Trip with Ticket | 10 hours | 4.9 (1,056) | $86 | View |
 Plitvice Lakes with Ticket & Rastoke Guided Tour from Zagreb | 10 hours | 4.9 (1,037) | $86 | View |
 From Zagreb: Ljubljana and Lake Bled Guided Day Tour | 10h 30min | 4.8 (761) | $100 | View |
 Plitvice Lakes Guided Day Tour from Zagreb | 11 hours | 4.9 (526) | $45 | View |