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The historic city of Karlovy Vary is situated in the region of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. The city is also known as Carlsbad, after the King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV.

The city is known for its hot springs since the nineteenth century and became the seaside resort of high class. People like Goethe, Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, and Liszt visited this city and were inspired by the twelve hot springs. The thermal water source number thirteen, Becherovka, is something apart and used in the production of a unique water and herbal liqueur, and water from this source are considered curative.

The city is situated in a valley surrounded by woods; with multiple cracks geological mineral water. Most of the streets and buildings are decorated in the pure and elegant nineteenth-century style. One of the most famous buildings and views of the city is the Grand Hotel Pupp. The hotel, built in 1701, is one of the best in the region and is held there each year the International Film Festival. The hotel was one that appeared in the movie Casino Royale.

Each of the hot springs offers a chance to relax in this small town while enjoying a spa treatment or going to a spa. In reaching this city, we recommend visiting one of the spas or fountains, among which the Mil Colonnade, a building originally designed as a two-story house became a room with 124 luxurious Corinthian columns of 132 meters long. If you do not want to just relax in the spa, take a stroll through the picturesque streets while sipping the sweet plum liquor or while shopping the best Bohemian crystal factory to visit the Moser Glass exclusive. To see the city, it is recommended that you visit the Observatory of Diana, where you can see the most important buildings, like the church of Santa Maria Magdalena, the Imperial or the many sources of Karlovy Vary spa town.

The capital of the Czech Republic has been in recent years one of the most popular tourist destinations and more affordable.

In 1992 the historical core of Prague became part of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO. The statement is just one more reason to visit the city, being one of the oldest cities in Europe that is noted only tread its soil. The city has an aura of mystery and melancholy that stops time, full of different architectural styles is logical that it is the cradle of dark legends and home to writers such as Kafka, the stroll through its streets is one of the best exercises inspiring may exist.

Among the buildings we mixtures Renaissance, Baroque, Art Nouveau, Gothic … it all feels like a place almost of enchantment that has been used as the setting for many movies and be there to understand why …

The city was born as a result of the construction of the Prague Castle (now the Presidential headquarters Castle) on the banks of the Vltava river, the foundations of the city dating from the Middle Ages, but was inhabited in the Paleolithic era and was the settlement of a Celtic tribe in the sixth century BC.
It is advisable to visit the city in autumn, and winters are quite hard and very hot summers, as well as best you can enjoy Prague is loitering, which is not nice if the weather is not accompanied by at least a little.

For lovers of literature this is a place of worship, because Prague is where Kafka stayed and where they came his best works. Some of the places where he lived as a tenant in a room are now small museums in particular is one that is in the old street of the alchemists to the king Rodolfo accommodate those who sought the philosopher’s stone, the place is easily recognizable because house is a small gray facade lined the cobblestone street is in the same spot as the astrological clock and the central square where the executions took place. It is one of the most crowded areas so that there will be no trouble finding it.

Among the attractions of the city we have the Charles Bridge, with thirty statues of saints and that is a place of pilgrimage for believers Czechs.

It is also well known Jewish Quarter: Josejov, one of the oldest in Europe and transmitting the last anguish during the war and is interspersed with the boom that has today. They are also well-known ancient Jewish cemeteries and synagogues, one of them the Klausen Synagogue where they are exposed many children’s drawings made during the Holocaust.

One feature of Prague is the beautiful and dramatic mix, effect that filters its people, as they are very reserved, a result that this area was always the center of many wars and conflicts, but no longer a magical travel to perform.

The castles were built as fortresses or houses of royalty and nobility. So many have stood the test of time in various states of preservation that allow us to enjoy today. Then we tell them what are the most beautiful castles in the world. This historical castle located on a rock at the entrance of the sea was a Benedictine monastery and one of the few strengths that survived intact Norman attacks. Today is one of the sites of World Heritage of UNESCO.

Neuschwanstein Castle
A nineteenth-century Bavarian castle in Germany. The design and the decoration of the castle are impressive and are very well preserved. It has very beautiful arches and towers.

Matsumoto Castle
It is one of four Japanese castles that are part of the national treasury. It was built in 1590 by Ishikawa Kazumasa and excellently preserved.

Castillo de Coca
This castle was built in the fifteenth century by Fonseca and was long considered it the finest castle in Spanish territory. The impression given by the fortress of power and admiration, is more like a palace, perhaps.

Potala Palace
This palace is located in the red hill in Lhasa, Tibet. This was the permanent residence of the Dalai Lama, until the fourteenth Dalai Lama escaped to India.

Hunyad Castle
Originally a fortress of the thirteenth century, this castle is believed Dracula stayed for seven years. The castle is located in Hunedoara, Romania.

Prague Castle
The castle is one of the main attractions of Prague. It was the largest complex in Europe during the medieval period and housed the rulers of the Czech Republic for years.

Bodiam Castle
Located in East Sussex, England, this castle is like a big bucket. Was built around the late fourteenth century as a fortress during the wars between King Edward III and France.