Must-see attractions in Karlovy Vary

  • Hot Spring Colonnade

    Karlovy Vary

    The Hot Spring Colonnade is in an incongruous concrete-and-glass functionalist structure built in 1975 and once dedicated to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin…

  • Mill Colonnade

    Karlovy Vary

    The most impressive piece of architecture in Karlovy Vary is the neo-Renaissance Mill Colonnade (built 1871–81), with five different springs, rooftop…

  • Church of Mary Magdalene

    Karlovy Vary

    Karlovy Vary's most important Catholic church and one of its grandest baroque buildings, this imposing, twin-steepled structure in the heart of the spa…

  • Park Colonnade

    Karlovy Vary

    Also known as the Garden Colonnade, this elegant wrought-iron structure dates from 1880 and is the first of the main colonnades that you reach as you…

  • Market Colonnade

    Karlovy Vary

    The only one of the town's colonnades to be crafted from wood, this beautiful neoclassical structure dates from the 1880s and was the work of the fabled…

  • Moser Glass Museum

    Karlovy Vary

    The Moser Glass Museum on the western edge of town has more than 2000 items on display. Tours in English of the adjacent glassworks are also available…

  • Jan Becher Museum

    Karlovy Vary

    This museum deals with all things Becherovka, the town's famed herbal liqueur. Entry is by guided tour only, which must be booked in advance at the museum…

  • Diana Funicular Railway

    Karlovy Vary

    Just beside (to the north of) the Grandhotel Pupp, a narrow alley leads to the bottom station of the Diana Funicular Railway, which climbs 166m to great…

  • Church of Sts Peter & Paul

    Karlovy Vary

    This impressive Orthodox Church, with five polished onion domes and art-nouveau exterior murals, was apparently modelled after a similar church near…

  • Diana Lookout Tower

    Karlovy Vary

    This hilltop lookout tower affords fine views across Karlovy Vary and the surrounding forested hills, and is the starting point for waymarked hikes…

  • Karlovy Vary Museum

    Karlovy Vary

    The Karlovy Vary Museum has extensive exhibits on the town's development as a spa resort, Czech glasswork and the region's natural history.

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