Oølser og svineknoke, grillmat i Karlovy Vary (tysk: Karlsbad), en by i regionen Karlovy Vary vest i Tsjekkia. Ca. 110 km vest for Praha, der sideelva Teplá renner ut i hovedelva Ohře.
Karlovy Vary er Tsjekkias nest mest besøkte turistby etter Praha, og er kjent for sine «helbredende» kilder. En rekke vannårer med varierende innhold av mineraler gir grunnlag for flere offentlige bad, og flere springvann og kraner der det naturlige mineralvannet kan drikkes, i overbevisning om at vannet kan forebygge eller til og med helbrede lidelser. En åpen søylehall, kolonnadaen, en sentral plass i byen, har vann fra flere enn ti forskjellige vannårer.
Et kjent bygg i byen er luksushotellet Grandhotel Pupp.
I byen avholdes også filmfestivalen Karlovy Vary filmfestival. Karlovy Vary, German: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled Carlsbad in English), a spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 48,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately 130 km west of Prague. It is named after Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Bohemia, who founded the city.
Karlovy Vary is the site of numerous hot springs (13 main springs, about 300 smaller springs, and the warm-water Teplá River), and is the most visited spa town in the Czech Republic.] The historic city centre with the spa cultural landscape is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. It is the largest spa complex in Europe. In 2021, the city became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe" because of its spas and architecture from the 18th through 20th centuries. An ancient late Bronze Age fortified settlement was found in Drahovice. A Slavic settlement on the site of Karlovy Vary is documented by findings in Tašovice and Sedlec. People lived in close proximity to the site as far back as the 13th century and they must have been aware of the curative effects o