Karlovy Vary Sights

  1. Church of Mary Magdalene

    The Church of Mary Magdalene is across the river. Whatever your thoughts on the excesses of baroque architecture, it's hard not to fall for this confection by Kilian Ignatz Dientzenhofer.

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  2. Golden Key Museum

    Has a low-key display of old-time Karlovy Vary and paintings of the spa by Viennese artist Wilhelm Gause.

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  3. Jan Becher Museum

    Deals with all things Becherovka, the town's famed herbal liqueur.

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  4. Karlovy Vary Museum

    Has exhibits on Karlovy Vary's history and natural history, and Czech glasswork.

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  5. Moser Museum of Glass

    Offers a history of glass-making in the area, as well as visits to the Moser factory glassworks.

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  6. Municipal Art Gallery

    Features a modest collection of 20th-century Czech art.

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  7. Stag's Leap

    Stag's Leap, the promontory where Charles IV's dog made its famous discovery, is 500m northeast from an intermediate stop on the funicular. Another lookout tower is on vyhlídka Karla IV, south of Grandhotel Pupp.

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  8. The Colonnades

    The spa proper starts at Poštovní bridge, where rows of late-19th- and early-20th-century mansions face off against the blockish communist-era (1976) Hotel Thermal sanatorium across the river.

    The 13th spring is the most famous but there are 15 springs housed in or near five colonnades (kolonády) along the Teplá.

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  9. Viewing Tower

    For light relief, follow one of the steep trails from the Teplá into fragrant woods filled with statues and decaying pavilions. One of the most popular trails ascends 1.5km from the Grandhotel Pupp to a hilltop viewing tower. The woods on the way to the lookout are peppered with monuments, including one to that crusty old bourgeois, Karl Marx, who visited Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) three times between 1874 and 1876.

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