{"id":88112,"date":"2012-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/spas-wafers-and-films-in-karlovy-vary-czech-republic\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:50:50","slug":"spas-wafers-and-films-in-karlovy-vary-czech-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/spas-wafers-and-films-in-karlovy-vary-czech-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Spas, wafers and films in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25618\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/DSCF2282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Film critic,\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Crous often visits the beautiful town of Karlovy Vary for its annual film festival. The picturesque town\u00a0\u00a0is a 90-minute drive northwest from Prague in Czech Republic. Don&#8217;t take the train, though, because that would\u00a0 be closer to a four-hour journey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here I asked him to give us some insider info:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The town is known for\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its spas, and the most visible Russian population in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A must-see?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The many famous 5-star hotels that dot the downtown area and the hills around the city centre. Also, the Colonnade, a promenade next to the canal with giant columns, Ancient Greece-style, where you can have a taste of the spa water for free, from fountains that are always spouting mineral goodness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The best part was\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The yearly film festival is the #1 reason to visit Karlovy Vary. It runs for 10 days around the beginning of July every year and can be attended by anyone willing to cough up a mere R80 per day. Big film stars come here every time and though the temperatures can be scorching, late afternoon always brings a quick thunder storm to get temperatures back to normal while you watch a movie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25624\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/wafers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>People should try this local delicacy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Karlovarsk\u00e9 oplatky, or thin wafers made with spa water. They cost very little &#8211; between R2 and R3 each &#8211; and are as big as a plate. They are heated up and are available in many different varieties, including almond, vanilla and chocolate. Delicious for a quite bite in between spa sessions!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Photo by Andre Crous and Adrigu from Flickr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be sure to visit this Czech treasure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":88113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_destination_ratings":[],"_destination_review_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[464,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-correspondents-travel","category-travel","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spas, wafers and films in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic - Travelstart Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/spas-wafers-and-films-in-karlovy-vary-czech-republic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spas, wafers and films in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic - 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