Thursday 17th October 2024.
Day 34
Karlovy Vary is the most famous Czech Spa, claimed to be one of the world’s most beautiful spas. It’s numerous thermal springs have made it a popular resort since the 19th century.
It’s impossible to get away from the fact you are in a spa town, water flows in many places and you can sample it free, it’s warm and I didn’t find it too sulphurous which I have in other spas.
Of course should you find yourself without a suitable drinking vessel there are numerous stalls selling them most of which appear to have a straw system in the handle.
For some reason plastic ducks seem popular!
The town manufactures an alcoholic drink, our friend Peter bought a bottle but didn’t enjoy the taste, as I have recently bought a few bottles of alcohol that taste as though they may be paint stripper, I resisted the temptation to purchase a bottle even though they made different flavoured versions.
The town displays its wealth in the buildings and the size and glamour of some of its hotels, maybe if I win the lottery.
The high end cars parked all around this area were a display of wealth of the visitors.
After a while we felt the need for refreshments , there were a lot of Italian/pizza restaurants a few only fast food outlets but we wanted something a little more traditional. Eventually we found a small restaurant where Layla was welcomed and they had a set menu of 3 courses for 200 Czech Koruna each ( about £6.50) which we opted for and with drinks and service charge the total was £16.
I took lots more photos but there are only so many you can add to the blog.
To get into Karlovy Vary we took the number 1 bus from outside the stellplatz, you paid by debit card as you got on and you could choose a variety of languages to help you. I couldn’t quite get my head around the system as it didn’t seem to ask how many people you were paying for, but the journey there cost 3pence for the two of us and the return journey 4 pence, I don’t know why the difference😵💫🤔 the journey was about 30 minutes each way.
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