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Karlovy Vary Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
staying in the gulag
... to show fear to the locals. we do manage to find a frying pan and cook our first dinner this week, so not all bad. in karlovy vary we buy the teeniest tiniest cup and try some water from every fountain. some taste like blood and we wonder if we have ...
Karlovy Vary
Today I went to Karlovy Vary in an orginized tour, which was nice, though I went up the mountain and almost missed the train down and held up the whole group. Got back at night and went to the Bodies exhibition and then to an Irish pub, where I had ...
Thermal Springs, Liqueor, Beer and... Russians
... . But the city tour was to be done only tomorrow. Why? Well, because today was reserved for the renowned Karlovy Vari Resort. Besides the good Czech beer, here they have water. Hot water from thermal springs. It's especially good for treatments, and the ...
Excursión a la ciudad balneario de Karlovy Vary
... en la estación de autobuses de Florenc (Metro a "Florenc", líneas amarilla y roja), la vuelta es mejor comprarla en Karlovy Vary también en la terminal de autobuses. Que ver? La ciudad es bastante pequeña, por lo que en tres o cuatro ...
"When I'm 64"
This is the place where I'd like to come for a rest when I’m 64. It’s quite and beautiful, despite hordes of Russian and Vietnamese (sic!) tourists. You can drink mineral water from famous Karlsbad springs right on streets in beautiful ...
Karlovy Vary
Long drive from Prague, in a Tatra (later found out it was a rear-engined, air-cooled ...
Day Trip No 1
... basic to say the least..... and arrive in Prague OVER 3 HOURS LATER grrrrrr You may want to issue return tickets when visiting Karlovy Vary... Before leaving, do try those big round wafers. You may also buy special cups and try the thermal water, but it ...
Carlsbad
So Karlovy Vary is a small spa town in Western Czech named after its most prized accomplishment, Carlsbad beer. In a country where they take their beer seriously (and Czech beer is seriously good), this is a town that is quite boastful for ...
Trip Rules or How to Survive (each other)
A year has almost passed and RadeKatka are going back to the "Kingdom of Smiles". As we are no newbies and we've learnt our lessons (haven't we?), here are some essential rules we should follow to preserve even our smiles on and to make this trip an ...
Spa Day!
We started our day by driving from Munich to Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) in the Czech Republic. It was a nice drive through rolling hills spotted with small towns and a few castles. Steve B. did all of the driving (great job!). In Karlovy Vary, Steve C., Sue, ...
Day 10 - Karlovy Vary the old spa town
... tour... The tour guide could speak clearly in Czech, English and Spanish! It was pretty impressive. It was about a 2 hour journey to Karlovy Vary and along the way I again saw snow on the sides of the road! Along the way there was this gross young ...
Karlovy Vary
... I'm not sure about this one because I interpreted it mostly via hand gestures, a famous Alchemist practiced. But now I am in Karlovy Vary, the famous spa town. I had the unique experience of stumbling across a Georgian restaurant and I've also been ...
Vary-ing the Water
... more like being on an airplane than on a bus, only the seats were better than on an airplane. Once I arrived in Karlovy Vary I headed to the info centre by the station because Lonely Planet tells me that they have all sorts of great information. ...
Karlovy Vary - Russian Spa Town
... caught our next bus to Karlovy Vary from Prague. The bus took about 3 hours, and was very cheap, all buses in Czech were very cheap! We reached Karlovy vary at night and had a place in mind Hotel Kosmos. We booked in here for one night as it was a ...
Side trip to Karlovy Vary
... go to this cute little town?! About 2 hours by bus, Karlovy Vary, is a well known spa town in the western part of Czech Republic. One thing that can be said about the transit system in town is that its confusing! They have a pretty extensive bus system ...
Brody and Karlsbad
Favorite Jean Jacket Lost...We took a 2 hour bus ride to meet up with Dan and Jill at Jill´s dad´s farm in Brody. As we ...
Karlovy Vary
... splints. My last wipeout when I broke my hand convinced me that the best place for the Xootr was in storage. But in the Czech Republic we're in the heartland of scootering and feel I could be tempted to one of the Mibo range of pneumatic tyred ...
Pár zásad na úvod aneb Jak (se) přežít..
R&K se po roce vrací do "Království úsměvů"... starší a zkušenější. Takže si na úvod zopakujme pár zásad pro úspěch této cesty: Zaprvé, budík tentokrát nařídí K. a jediný ...
We Czech out of Prague
... Russian is the language of choice and the boardwalk is filled with Russian families. I keep forgetting that we are in the Czech Republic. I forgot one incident today that was another example of the lack of customer service, or perhaps it is either my ...
We take the Waters
... the meal was 4 battered shrimp with a mustard sauce. Another lovely evening, although it feels like a fall evening in Vermont and not a summer evening in June! Tomorrow we leave the strange contradictions of the Czech Republic and explore ...
Therapy; inside and out
... sauna experience might I suggest you take his advice to heart. And my own advice: just relax. Another famous attraction of Karlovy Vary, which doesn't require water, is the Grand Hotel Pupp (pronounced 'poop' hahaha). Those of you who've seen the ...
Karlovy Vary
Carlsbad is sort of for older people, but I've been here 4 or 5 times and very much enjoyed my short stays, walks, food, nature and Pupp (it's so posh and dogs can stay there too:) And Yes, there's a film festival in July as well! And a ...
On our own again - to Karlovy Vary!
... apple strudel! Funny singer - the only English songs he knew was Frank Sinatra and asked if we wanted it - NO!! thanks tho' - Czech music was super tho' but the police arrived near the end of our meal and told them to turn it down - guess it ...
Carlsbad-the town
... in Czech is the 'Extra Liga" which many former NHL'ers play in including Roman Chechmanek who was playing in net for the team Karlovy Vary played. The standimg room tickets were $4, a hot dog was $1 ad a 1/2 litre of beer was $1.56-CRAZY! The calibre of ...