10 Sights in Karlovy Vary, Czechia (with Map and Images)

The Hot Spring is the official name for the largest thermal water spring in Karlovy Vary, which is also the warmest thermal spring in the Czech Republic with a temperature of 73 °C. The Hot Spring in the form of the Hot Spring Fountain is located in the centre of the spa area of Karlovy Vary in the Hot Spring Colonnade, where it reaches a height of up to 12 m thanks to the pressure and content of gaseous carbon dioxide. Since May 2016, the Hot Spring Fountain has been provisionally located at the southwest entrance to the colonnade, and in 2022 the fountain was moved back to its original location in the colonnade hall. In the area of the Hot Spring Colonnade, there are three drinking stands with hot spring water not only at the original temperature, but also cooled to temperatures of 57 and 41 °C.

Wikipedia: Vřídlo (Karlovy Vary) (CS)

The Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Karlovy Vary is a Roman Catholic parish church, built in the Baroque style in the years 1732-1736 in the historical part of the town. The church, designed by architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, is the architectural landmark of the Karlovy Vary spa colonnade. It is protected as a national cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Kostel svaté Máří Magdaleny (Karlovy Vary) (CS)

The Hot Spring Colonnade is one of the five main colonnades in Karlovy Vary. It is located in the centre of the spa area below the Church of St. Mary Magdalene on the right bank of the Teplá River. It partially forms a pedestrian bridge over this river. It covers the most famous and popular Karlovy Vary mineral spring, the Hot Spring. In addition to the Hot Spring geyser, there are five drinking stands with hot spring water at temperatures of 72, 57 and 41 °C in the area of the colonnade. In the past, the Hot Spring was covered by many buildings, a gazebo, an Empire colonnade, a cast-iron or temporary wooden colonnade.

Wikipedia: Vřídelní kolonáda (CS)

The Imperial Spa, now also called Spa I, is a Neo-Renaissance representative spa building located at 306/2 Mariánské Lázně Street on the southern edge of Karlovy Vary. At the time of its greatest glory, the Imperial Spa was the centre of spa care in the city. Since 2010, the building has been protected as a national cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Císařské lázně (Karlovy Vary) (CS)

The statue of Chamois, called the Deer Jump, stands on a rocky cliff in the spa forests and is an inseparable part of Karlovy Vary. It was created in 1851 in the studio of the Berlin sculptor August Kiss. This zinc statue was destroyed in 1984. The bronze copy was made in 1986 by the Karlovy Vary sculptor Jan Kotek.

Wikipedia: Jelení skok (Karlovy Vary) (CS)

The statue of Hygia, also known as the statue of Hygieia, in Karlovy Vary represents the goddess of health, cleanliness and the moon, Hygieia. It is located in the Hot Spring Colonnade, it dates back to 1878, the author of the work was Vincenz Pilz.

Wikipedia: Socha Hygie (Karlovy Vary, Vřídelní kolonáda) (CS)

The Market Colonnade is a colonnade in Karlovy Vary on the left bank of the Teplá River. It is a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. The colonnade covers the Charles IV Spring, the Lower Castle Spring and the Market Spring. The building is a richly carved, open structure built in the Swiss style. The Market Colonnade is enclosed on three sides by wooden walls, its façade consists of a columned arcade. The building was built on the site of the oldest spa in Karlovy Vary. According to legend, the emperor himself treated his diseased limbs at the Charles IV spring. Originally, the springs were covered by a simple gazebo with a promenade hall.

Wikipedia: Tržní kolonáda (CS)

The Labitzky Footbridge connects Mariánskolázeňská Street with Mírové Square in Karlovy Vary, where it spans the Teplá River at river kilometre 43.9. The footbridge dates back to 1874 and was repaired in 1990. In 1991 it was declared a cultural monument by the Ministry of Culture. It has been preserved as the only one of the set of footbridges in the spa centre.

Wikipedia: Labitzkého lávka (CS)

Andělská Hora, originally called Engelsburg, is a castle above the village of Andělská Hora, about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southeast of Karlovy Vary, in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.

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The pear tree in Drahovice is a memorial tree, an ancient wild pear tree. At the time of its declaration as a memorable tree, it was the second largest tree of its kind in the Czech Republic. It grows in sloping terrain under prefabricated houses in Karlovy Vary in the Drahovice district, to the left of the pedestrian sidewalk, which is connected to the local road leading along the allotment garden. The circumference of the furrowed trunk measures 366 cm, the crown of the tree, after a health cut in 2009, reaches a height of 9 m.

Wikipedia: Hrušeň v Drahovicích (CS)