What to do in Karlovy Vary

 Karlovy Vary, formerly known as Karlsbad (King's Bath), is a city with a population of 50 thousand. The city was founded in 1370 by the King of Bohemia IV. They discovered it when Karl's dog fell into hot water while hunting. The king, who discovered the hot water, started to build numerous hot springs in the city. From those days until today, the city is considered as a healing center.

The city, which is 2.5 hours away from Prague, is a very popular destination. Especially among us Turks. Why come together before it's so popular where is Karlovy Vary? Getting to Karlovy Vary? Let's talk about things like

Where is Karlovy Vary ? Transportation, How to Get to Karlovy Vary?

Karlovy Vary, formerly known as Karlsbad (King's Bath), is located in the West Bohemia region of the Czech Republic.

  There are no direct flights from Turkey to the city, which is about 130 km away from Prague. That's why you can get there by renting a car or by train or Flixbus from Prague Hlavni Nadrazi Train Station.

We went to Prague by car from Germany. The roads of the city we stopped by on the way home reminded us of the roads of our hometown Akyaka. You descend those roads, winding and winding, in greenery and plenty of fresh air.

Karlovy Vary Attractions

Karlovy Vary Hot Springs

There are many hotels in the city, which leads the health tourism of the Czech Republic. You can stay in these hotels and find healing from the thermal waters. So much so that our Ancestor Mustafa Kemal Atatürk came to Karlovy Vary in 1918 due to kidney disease and stayed in Carlsbad Plaza, one of the city's famous hotels. You will even see a sign in front of the hotel stating that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk stayed here. There are many famous names among those who have visited the city so far. Beethoven, Wagner, Tolstoy, Brahms, Franz Kafka are just a few of these names.

If you say that I want to take advantage of the healing waters, but I will not stay at the hotel, you are thinking of a day tour, there are many fountains in the city. The structures in which these fountains are located are called “Kolonad” (Kolonáda), which means “Building with Columns”. Three different waters come out of these places in terms of both mineral composition and temperature. You can drink and heal from the hot waters flowing from these fountains. You can even fill the bottles with you like us. (Although it is forbidden to fill 1 liter bottles with water from fountains, but we did not know, we saw it later 😊 )

The most famous Colonnades in the city; The Mill Colonnade, The Park Colonnade and The Market Colonnade.

The Park Colonnade was built in 1880 and has two fountains inside. Fountain 15 with the taste of warm soda with a temperature of 28 and fountain 12 with a temperature of 41 are located here. Unfortunately, what I disliked the most was the 28-degree water.