The history of Kastav is turbulent. Archeological discoveries confirm the presence of an Illyrian tribe of Japodi in 11th century B.C. on the site of today"s town. After them the town was governed by the Romans, Ostrogoths, Greeks, Lombards and in the 7th century the Croatians moved to the place and stayed here till today.
Kastav offers to its visitors different types of recreation. From Kastav up to the North there is a woods Loza and Lužina, an ecological paradise, traversed by the European pedestrian way E-6, and it follows the trases of an ancient Amber way, connecting the coasts of the Baltic (town Flensburg) and the Adriatic Sea.