Places of Interest
Karlovy Vary - City of Stories

Karlovy Vary is worth visiting even if you are not planning to come for a spa stay. You will find many architectural monuments, religious structures, and lookout towers.

1. The Mill Colonnade

Massive columns surround several hot springs.  Grab your spa cup and imagine you are a spa patient from the end of the 19th century.

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2. Market Colonnade

The richly carved wooden colonnade was built by Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer between the years 1882 and 1883.

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3. The Castle Colonnade

The Castle Colonnade is located at a historically exceptional site.  It was here that the hunting castle of Charles IV stood.

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4. Hot Spring Colonnade

The heart of Karlovy Vary beats here. Welcome to this unique natural spring - an extremely hot one!  Welcome to the Hot Spring Colonnade.

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5. Park Colonnade

The cast-iron Park Colonnade, is the last remnant of the former concert and restaurant hall known as Blanenský Pavilion.

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6. Karlovy Vary Municipal Theatre

The Theatre stages the best pieces from the production of the Czech theatre scene and presents successful Czech and international authors.

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7. The Diana Lookout Tower

The ever-popular Diana Observation Tower, which is accessible by a funicular located behind the Grandhotel Pupp.

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8. The Imperial Spa

The Imperial Spa was considered to be a prestigious spa institution with the most state-of-the-art balneological facilities.

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9. Castle Tower

Castle Tower is the last standing remnant of the original small Gothic castle, that was built probably around 1358.

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10. National House

The National House served for entertainment.  The impressive Art Nouveau society building and hotel was built in 1899-1901.

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11. Municipal Savings Bank

The Art Nouveau building is situated directly in the spa centre of Karlovy Vary.  The construction took place between 1904 and 1906.

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12. Grandhotel Pupp

This iconic hotel in the heart of Karlovy Vary has enchanted exceptional guests for more than three centuries.

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13. Spa III

A monumental three-storey building built in the Early Historicism style.

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14. Deer Jump Lookout

The wooden arbour on a rock bill near the Deer Jump above the spa centre is probably the oldest lookout structure in Karlovy Vary.

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15. Goethe’s Lookout

A Pseudo-Gothic restaurant with a lookout tower providing stunning views. Located on the romantically-named Height of Eternal Life, there are different paths leading to it from the town. 

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