Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

CZECH REPUBLIC 269

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

126 km (78 miles) W of Prague.

* 51,500. £ main and local

stations. @ Varšavská.

n Mlýnské nábřeží 5, 355 321

161. _ International Film
     Festival (late Jun–Jul).
     http://www.karlovyvary.cz

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P Mill Spring Colonnade
Mlýnské nabřeží.
Built between 1871 and
1881 by architect Josef Zítek,
creator of the National Theatre
(see p259) in Prague, the Mill
Spring Colonnade (Mlýnská
kolonáda) is the largest of
the town’s colonnades, and
one of its most opulent.
The Neo-Renaissance gallery,
132-m (430-ft) long and
13-m (43-ft) wide, has a cof-
fered ceiling resting on 124
columns with Corinthian capi-
tals. Inside are five springs,
with water temperature
exceed ing 50º C (120º F).
Statues at each end represent
the 12 months of the year.

P Park Spring Colonnade
Dvořákovy sady.
Right at the centre of town,
stands Park Spring Colonnade
(Sadová kolonáda), a beauti-
ful painted wrought-iron
structure made of columns

R Church of Sts Peter

and Paul

Krále jiřiho. # 10am–5pm daily.

This church (Kostel sv Petra a

Pavela) was built between

1893 and 1897 by architect

G Wiedermann, and is among

the world’s largest Russian

Orthodox churches. It was

built for the Russian aristo c-

racy, who flocked to Karlovy

Vary in the 19th cen tury.

J Diana Viewpoint

Funicular. # Jun–Sep: 9:15am –

6:45pm; Nov, Dec, Feb, Mar:

9:15–4:45pm; Apr, May, Oct:

9:15–5:45pm.

Behind the Grand Hotel Pupp

(see p291), at the southern

end of Stará Louka, is the

lower station of the funicular,

which runs to the top of the

Hill of Friendship. Built in

1912, the funicular rises

167 m (550 ft). At the top

is the Diana Viewpoint

(rozhledna Diana), providing

a great view over the resort.

decorated with sculptures,

terminating in two pavilions.

The colonnade was designed

by Ferdinand Fellner and

Hermann Helmer between

1880 and 1881. It is located in

the Dvořákovy sady gardens.

KARLOVY VARY

TOWN CENTRE

Church of St Mary Magdalene 4

Church of Sts Peter and

Paul 8

Diana Viewpoint 9

Imperial Baths 1

Karlovy Vary Museum 2

Karlovy Vary Theatre 3

Market Colonnade 5

Mill Spring Colonnade 6

Park Spring Colonnade 7

Columns of the Mill Spring Colonnade

Gilded domes of the Church of

Sts Peter and Paul

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Main Railway Station
1 km (0.6 mile)
Bus Station and
Railway Station
600 m (650 yards)
Dvořákovy
sady
Church of
Sts Peter and
Paul
Market
Colonnade
Mill Spring
Colonnade
Park Spring
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Church of St Mary
Magdalene
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Viewpoint Imperial
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Karlovy Vary
Museum
Karlovy Vary
Theatre
Funicular