Even so, welcoming ceremonies for visiting foreign dignitaries, state functions commemorating national holidays, and consultations with leaders of parliamentary parties during post-election government formation processes, among others, are all usually held at the palace.

Furthermore, it has become somewhat customary for the outgoing president and the president-elect to hold a bilateral meeting and a joint press conference in the palace on the former's last day in office, before his or her final departure from the palace grounds and the beginning of the latter's term of office at midnight.

[2] The forest and park surrounding the palace are inhabited by numerous types of animals, ranging from species native to parts of Croatia (fallow deer, red deer, foxes, various bats, squirrels, peregrine falcons, stock doves, European tree frogs, European pond turtles) to those originating from more distant parts of the world (bighorn sheep, peacocks).

[4] In early 2018 President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović announced plans to hand over a majority of the forest, currently a restricted area, to the Government of Croatia so that it may be turned into a forest park which would be freely accessible to the public.

[5] The then-Vila Zagorje was featured in the 1991 British comedy film The Pope Must Die, as the residence of fictional mafia boss Vittorio Corelli.