The museum of Jan Becher:
Many a connoisseur has tasted Carlsbad English Bitters, the production of which started in 1807. The original stomach drops are sold in characteristic green flat bottles, but for many years that was not the case. Watching a short informative movie, you will get acquainted with the history of production of the bitters and then walk through original cellars, where the liquor was ageing. You will also see historical items connected with the drink: labels, bottles, similarities, etc. A part of the museum is the shop with a bar, where you will be offered a small amount of the bitters, cooled down the best way, like “at home”, as people would say.
The Moser Glass Works Museum:
Accept our invitation to visit the unique, world-famous Glass Works of Moser, the pride of which has been the production of glass gems for more than 150 years also called „The glass of kings“. The works was founded by Ludwig Moser and its specialization has been glass of the blown, cut, polished and painted type. During the visit you will have a good chance to look under the cover of the proces of making one of the „Czech jewels“.
Wax Figure Museum:
A very attractive exhibition is offered by the private wax figure museum housed by the historic building of the Anglican Church on the Chateau Hill. A visit to the church after the long period when it was closed to the public is a unique experience. The exhibition of likenesses of famous world personalities is complemented with a short documentary and photographs showing the history of Karlovy Vary.
Imperial Spa:
On the site where the Carlsbad brewery originally stood, and which was destroyed during the last great flood in 1890, the foundation stone was laid for one of the most modern and lavish spas of its time. The Viennese architects Helmer and Fellner again showed their building skills here. The opening ceremony took place on 5 May 1895. The spa building offered more than one hundred bathrooms, but above all a unique system of processing and transporting the peat for the preparation of the baths. In one day the bath served nearly two thousand people.
After the reconstruction, the Imperial Spa became a cultural and social centre offering several types of tours.
Castle tower:
The castle tower on the rock above Tržiště is the last remnant of a small Gothic castle built by Emperor Charles IV, probably already around 1358. After a fire in 1766, the tower was supplemented with an arcaded gallery from which important guests of the spa town were welcomed with fanfare. In 1911, a massive elevator was added to the rock below the Castle Tower, designed by Friedrich Ohmann, the author of the Art Nouveau Castle Colonnade. Today, the Castle Tower houses exhibition spaces and the historical underground is open to the public.
Climb to the top, look around Karlovy Vary and visit the UNESCO Great Spa Towns of Europe - 11 famous spa towns of Europe from 7 countries, which were jointly inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in July 2021.
Museum of Karlovy Vary:
The first museum in Karlovy Vary was the Anton Pitroff Museum, founded in 1867. The museum became the direct predecessor of today's Museum of Karlovy Vary, and Pitroff's collection has been the basis of all subsequent museum presentations in the town up to the present day. A large part of his collection is now in the collection of the Karlovy Vary Museum.
On the first floor you can learn about the history of Karlovy Vary from its foundation to the history of the 20th century. Every visitor will appreciate the section devoted to the spa industry or the large model of Karlovy Vary. You can see for yourself the prize awarded at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival "Crystal Globe". Since 2000, it has taken the form of a girl lifting a crystal ball. The last bronze treasure found in the museum, a set of jewellery from the Early and Late Bronze Age, from the village of Mezirolí in 2016, is on display.
The second floor offers a natural history exhibition dedicated to the fauna and flora of Karlovy Vary. Children will appreciate the crawling burrow.
Becher Villa:
The Becher Villa, another major sight of Karlovy Vary, has opened its doors to the public to offer an interactive gallery for young artists and art lovers. Various short-term exhibitions are held here.
Art Gallery:
There is a modern building at the margins of the spa centre that has lent its spaces to artists for over 60 years. Short- and long-term exhibitions of modern art may be viewed here by every visitor during a pleasant walk through the city.
Underground of the Thermal Spring “Vřídlo”:
Every city has a heart. Ours, which has been beating for several thousand years, is the Spring. The Spring Colonnade is not just an indoor drinking area. The main thing is hidden in the basement of this building. There are various pipes distributing the Hot Spring to the individual bath houses, various pumps and exchangers. What is interesting for the visitor, however, are the production areas for the stoning of souvenirs.
During the excursion, you will learn about everything related to the phenomenon of "Vřídlo", you will see a collection of spring water, clogged pipes, but also rare algae and bacteria living in these thermal springs, you will learn about the history of the Vřídelní kolonáda and you will be able to look under the hood of the production of stone souvenirs, so typical for Karlovy Vary.
The museum "Queen of the table":
The museum "Queen of the table" in Karlovy Vary offers visitors a wonderful journey into the world of applied art, crafts and decorative arts. The museum's collection includes more than 2000 exhibits from 58 countries of the world, which showcase the diversity of cultural traditions and craft skills from around the world.
Orthodox Church of St. Peter and Paul:
At the turn of the 19th - 20th century, the West Bohemian spa experienced its most important construction period. The most beautiful buildings were created, whether they were medical buildings, hotels or religious buildings. The Orthodox Church in Karlovy Vary was also built thanks to the donations of Orthodox believers between 1893 and 1898. The model for the building was the Byzantine-Old Russian church in Ostankino near Moscow.
Every visitor will be impressed by the gilded domes that give the temple its distinctive character. We recommend a visit to the interior, which is decorated with rich paintings, icon decoration and a rich majolica wooden iconostasis with oil icons of saints by the painter Tyurin, originally made in Kuznetsov near Tver for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris.
