Few sports fans visiting Zagreb might realise that it has a golf resort within the city borders –and one close to the Arena Center mall and events hall. Across the Sava from Lake Jarun, Riverside Golf is an 18-hole championship course dotted with 11 lakes and completely surrounded by water. Alongside, the nine-hole Executive Course gives golfers the challenge of sand and grass bunkers, and natural water hazards.
While the championship course has been designed to match strict PGA standards, beginners are welcome to try their hand at the Golf Academy, where individuals or groups can practise their swings and putting at 40 bays and a chipping green. Twelve bays are also illuminated for evening activity.
A barbecue restaurant, the Batak Grill, operates by the course every day of the week.