carlsbad - karlsbad, unesco heritage spa, CZ

what a wonderful stopover in carlsbad (karlsbad, karlovy vary) on our way to lodz (PL). if i remenber that correctly, in 2021 were 11 european spa cities declared as unesco heritage. three of them are located in the former german settled areas in the north-western czech republic, CZ. we have visited franzensbad (frantiskovy lazne) last winter as i've managed to work online abroad for a week there ... and marienbad (marianske lazne) in 2015. but karlsbad is even more special. there are not only single nice buildings, but (almost?) ALL BUILDINGS in city center are beautiful, you know? 😀

interestingly, there have been many russian guests. my guess? they were mostly russians living in nearby germany. or not? well, at least two of my russian friends from munich visit karlsbad regularly. btw, why do the russians love karlsbad that much? maybe because the russian czar also visited karlsbad some 100+ years ago? yes, there also was a beautiful russian orthodox church out there ... and there were many ukrainians as service personnel in restaurants + hotels ...  if you asked me, both, the russians and ukrainians don't seem to have any special problems with each other ... is their ugly war just 'politics'?

karlsbad is beautiful and really deserves its unesco heritage status,

if you asked me. view from our hotel savoy westend at breakfast 😃

the main house of our our hotel savoy westend

'our' house carlton in 'our' hotel savoy westend complex

my 1st beer aka 1st alcohol after more than a month?

pilsner urquel, the original pils from pilsen, one of the very very

few alkaline beers and thus REALLY HEALTHY 😉🍀🍻

savoy western hotel

wax figures museum in a church

olympic palace

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is this the #1 place in karlsbad? casino + grandhotel pupp

there are sooo many bridges over the eger river (ohre)

becher's bar aka the original becherovka liqueur in the grandhotel pupp.

there was a huge green becherovka bottle somewhere in the city many

 years ago. maybe in front of the factory? i couldn't find that place today

emperor's spa (kaiserbad, cisarske lazne) + a small becherovka bottle

the theatre

quisisana, whatever that means 😄

one of the many healing springs, where  you can directly drink

or fill up your own bottles with special waters

old spa area

there is an elevator to the castle hill (aufzug zum schlossberg)

the castle's tower

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menuet, whatever it is

carlsbad - karlsbad - karlovy vary, view from our hotel

back to 'our' hotel savoy westend

unfortunately, the bar was already closed when i came back home at 10:30 p.m.

~ i've ordered a beer at the reception + checked some stuff on my phone

good-bye, hotel savoy westend

the beautiful russian orthodox church in carlsbad / karlsbad

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jachymov (joachimsthal), CZ, famous for its middle age joachimstaler coin

called taler + for its middle age metal mines. later also for its uranium mines 

CZ - DE border cross in the erzgebirge hills a little bit above 1.000m

highway pee house in saxony, DE

nice colors somewhere on the road in saxony, DE

few more pictures here.