What to do · Karlovy Vary
Colonnades and thermal springs: the cup walk
Information
- Duration
- 2 h
- Season
- All year
- Who it's for
- All ages; a flat walk beside the River Teplá
- With a dog
- On a lead in the streets and on the promenade; not allowed in the covered colonnades
The spa town is walked along the River Teplá, from colonnade to colonnade. In the Mill Colonnade, the largest, of stone with Corinthian columns, and in the wood and iron ones that follow it, numbered thermal springs bubble up, each at its own temperature. The tradition is to drink them in sips from the spa cup, of porcelain with a spout to drink from, sold at every stall. At the end, in the Hot Spring Colonnade, the Vřídlo, the hottest spring, shoots several metres into the air inside a glass pavilion.
The water is mineral and tastes of iron and salt: try a little. Finish on the bank of the grand hotels, opposite the Grandhotel Pupp.
With young childrenAs a familyWith teenagersWith a dog
