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Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary is mainly known as prominent spa resort town, place full of beautiful historical and natural monuments and for hosting prestigious film festival. If you are planning a trip to Karlovy Vary, plan it for a whole day. You will definitely not get bored.

Karlovy Vary can be proud of several republic’s higlights!

The biggest, the most significant and the most visited Czech spa town
The largest spa facilities in the Czech republic reside here

And what are the Karlovy Vary highlights?

The highest (12 m) and hotest (72°C) mineral spring called Vřídlo is gushing here
The longest and most visited colonnade is Mlýnska colonnade
The most beautiful view of Karlovy Vary is from the highest Diana watchtower
The most significant religious monument is saint Magdalene church with underground chapel
The most important event is International Film Festival
The most valued souvenirs coming from Karlovy Vary are those from Becherovka, Moser glassworks and Thun porcelain

Spa

People are coming to Karlovy Vary mostly to get a unique spa treatment based on mineral springs rising all around the town. These are used for baths but also for drinking and for patients needs they are run out to colonnades that serve not only as useful shelter but also as interesting architectural pieces.

Mlýnská colonnade
Sadová colonnade
Vřídelní colonnade and Vřídlo
Zámecká colonnade
Tržní colonnade

There were built many spa buildings during the 650 years of town existence for spa treatment purposes. Worth a visit are:

Elisabeth’s spa (Spa V)
Emperor’s spa (Spa I)
Spa III
Military spa facility
Hotel Imperial
Grand hotel Pupp

Apart from saint Magdalene church you will find here many other significant religious buildings for people of different religion.

Orthodox church of saint Peter and Paul
Cemetery church of saint Andrew
Evangelic church of saint Peter and Paul
Anglican church of saint Lucas

When you get bored by town walks, head out to spa forest trails. By bike or foot you can go for more than 130km of trails with different intensity. You may even come across some of the follies, cabins, lookouts or watchtowers.

Diana watchtower (547 m a.s.l.)
Goethe’s lookout (638 m a.s.l.)
Charles IV. lookout (514 m a.s.l.)
Saint Linhart + Doubská hora mountain (609 m a.s.l.)
Jelení skok (Deer jump)
Tři kříže (Three crosses)

When craving knowledge visit local museums or gallery.

Moser visitors centre

Visit the glassworks, learn about glassworks history and check the collection of historical and present products. You will be able to see more than 2000 exhibits here.

See table on http://www.karlovy-vary.cz/cz/muzea-galerie

Jan Becher museum

Jan Becher museum is inviting you to see the exhibition about history of this unique herbal liquor inside the building of Becherovka Karlovy Vary. Excursion includes showing a short film about Becherovka and its tasting.

See table on http://www.karlovy-vary.cz/cz/muzea-galerie

Art Gallery

Important artworks of Czech sculptors and painters are available to see in Art Gallery. Apart from the permanent exposition there are also short term exhibitions of artworks to see.

See table on http://www.karlovy-vary.cz/cz/muzea-galerie

Regional museum of Karlovy Vary district, Karlovy Vary museum

Karlovy Vary museum exposition is divided between several buildings. Zlaty klic house offers permanent exposition of Wiena´s painter Wilhelm Gause and other short term exhibitions.

See 1. line of the table http://www.karlovy-vary.cz/cz/muzea-galerie

In former district headquarters building on Nová louka there is permanent museum’s exposition aimed on regional history and spa history and development and also natural richies of the region. There are several precious books coming from Jachymov´s Latin School Library as a part of the exposition.

See 2. line of the table http://www.karlovy-vary.cz/cz/muzea-galerie

But Karlovy Vary is not only about monuments and spas. You will find here also prestigious sport parks: