The 20 best companies: Cultural monuments and sites in Karlovy Vary Region

A few kilometres from the village of Krásno, in the middle of the Slavkov Forest, stands one of the most remarkable lookout towers in the country. The unique shape of the twenty-five-metre tower, whose spiral staircase winds unusually around its outer perimeter, may remind you of a Babylonian ziggurat.

The visitor centre offers an insight into the history of the glassworks with guided tours. Tours are offered with a choice of tours including the glassworks museum, glassworks and company shop.

We operate a tin mine (Kryštof sightseeing adit). The adit is accessible by a staircase which takes visitors down to a depth of 13 metres below the surface. The route is 400 metres long and has 11 stops. The main attraction of the entire route is the huge underground chamber at the end of the tunnel.

The lookout tower on the top of the Eternal Life Hill was opened in 1889. The neo-Gothic building houses a café and a lookout tower with a view of the Ore Mountains, the Slavkov Forest and the Doupov Hills.

Visitors are presented with a gradually formed whole of peasant interior furnishings, domestic, artisanal or agricultural tools and implements as well as small agricultural mechanization in the time frame from the second half of the 19th century to the present.

Come discover the fascinating world of elephants in a unique museum that is home to one of the largest collections of elephants in the world, a Czech record holder, and Record Holders Republic (United States) as the largest collection of elephant figurines. The collection numbers thousands of exhibits from different materials and parts of the world.

Operation of a historical building with permanent museum exhibitions, organizing exhibitions.

We operate the Royal Mint Museum. The permanent exhibition is dedicated to the history of Jáchymov, examples of the mineral wealth of the Ore Mountains, silver mining with a moving model of mining activity.

We offer guided or printed tours of the castle. We organise weddings, hire rooms for private functions. We organise period cultural events and concerts.

Operation of the museum of ironing and washing, a unique exhibition of banknotes and coins from around the world and an exhibition of moneyboxes, the size of which has entered the Czech Book of Records and Curiosities. Sale of souvenirs.

Geophysical museum with a focus on seismology introduces visitors to the study of earthquakes. Measuring instruments are shown, from the oldest to the most modern, currently used by the West Bohemian seismic network WEBNET.

The Diana tower has been standing on Friendship Peak since 1914. The Diana tower has been listed as a cultural monument since December 1981. 150 steps lead up to the observation gallery of the 40 m high tower. If you don't have the strength to climb that many steps, there is also an elevator available.

The Municipal Office houses a glove-making exhibition with around 300 exhibits, including machines. The museum commemorates the art of the Abertamian glove makers, who became famous for their glove production in this country and worldwide. The exposition mainly maps the history of this industry in the Ore Mountains.

We operate a museum dedicated to the display of vintage motorcycles, bicycles and several vintage automobiles. There is a four-cylinder Ariel or belt-driven Wanderer from 1913, a Gőrner Klatovy motorcycle from 1921, a belt-driven Tyler from 1919, a wooden bicycle of Baron von Dreis and others.

We operate a museum of numismatics. We offer lectures, seminars, valuation of coins or collections and buying and selling of coins.

National cultural monument in Karlovy Vary. A cultural centre offering guided tours, concerts and other unique cultural experiences.

The Home of Becherovka Visitor Centre is located in a building dating back to 1867 in the heart of Karlovy Vary, which formerly served as a Becherovka factory. Guided tour- Unique items- Historical bottles- Interactive exhibition with virtual reality- Giftshop - Each tour ends with a tasting.

Exposition of stones and minerals from the Erzgebirge region.

We operate a museum focusing on post-war design with overlaps to other disciplines (architecture, music) and lifestyle.