The Ksaverova staza is a 4-kilometre hiking route from Zaboky Selo to Picelj. Its starting point is at the Kapelica Majke Božje in Pavlovec Zabočki.
Planning a trip to Pavlovec Zabočki may also include renting a holiday apartment.
Trails and Landscape
As an educational trail, the Ksaverova staza leads over the hills above Gredice, following paths once used by the writer Ksaver Šandor Gjalski. The route runs through the hills around Balaškov brijeg and Picelj. Historically, the landscape was characterised by orchards, vineyards and arable land.
The nearby Poučni park Picelj showcases native tree and shrub species of Hrvatsko Zagorje.
Culture
In Pavlovec, the Kapelica Majke Božje stands on the main road beside the Sitnica stream. Older residents date its construction to around 1890 and name Petar Tomek as its founder. The chapel was extensively restored in 1997 and is considered to require restoration again.
The parish’s Good Friday Way of the Cross includes the chapel in Pavlovec as the thirteenth station.
Nearby is Gredice Castle, located between Gubaševo and Pavlovec-Zabočki. It was built around 1772 on the site of a 16th-century manor house, reconstructed in the 1990s, and now houses Hotel Dvorac Gjalski.
Gjalski Castle is located in Gredice Zabočke and houses the Gjalski Castle Hotel and Restaurant; it is considered the home of the writer Ksaver Šandor Gjalski.
Food and Event Venues
The nearby Dvorac Gjalski restaurant offers home-style cooking associated with the flavours of Hrvatsko Zagorje. Zaboky Selo consists of three cottages with terraces enclosing a large courtyard. It is intended for weddings and themed bachelorette parties.
Zaboky Selo is associated with event catering that uses local ingredients from family farms and dishes prepared according to traditional local recipes.
The nearby Gjalski Castle Hotel has a wine shop, seminar rooms and a large summer terrace with a children’s park in the castle grounds.
Orientation
The ŽC2195 runs through Pavlovec Zabočki along the Zabok–Gubaševo–Veliko Trgovišće corridor. Zaboky Selo provides a direct reservation and booking form.
Further Impressions
Two wallaby kangaroos were housed at OPG Milana Deaka in Pavlovec-Zabočki. In 2025, they became a small attraction visited by people daily.
Further local navigation: Zabok.
