Czechia: A Summer Stroll

While Prague is monumental and can sometimes feel a bit somber, Karlovy Vary enchants with its playfulness and brightness. Those planning a vacation in Prague might consider a visit to this famous spa town in Western Bohemia. A direct bus from Prague Airport takes you there in about 1.5 hours.

The cover of a magazine featuring a woman with red hair, surrounded by green foliage. Text on the cover is in Estonian, mentioning travel, journalism, and an interview with Ingrid Margo.

You can read about our summer stroll in Czechia in the spring-summer 2025 issue of Traveller magazine.

Elegant dining room with chandeliers, framed artwork on cream-colored walls, large windows with pink drapes, and dark wood tables and chairs.
Two glass vases on display, one with a honeycomb pattern and the other with vertical ridges, with small signs indicating prices of 25,000 and 93,000.
Ornate building façade featuring a carved stone statue of a woman holding a book, surrounded by decorative floral and leaf motifs, with decorative metal railings on a balcony.
Colorful European-style buildings with ornate architectural details are built along a hillside and slope upward, with green trees and a hill with trees in the background.
Multiple floors of an apartment building with yellow and gray walls, white-framed windows, and balconies decorated with pink flowers.
A person with short hair, earrings, and wearing a black and purple striped sleeveless shirt balances a glass sphere on their head while holding two more glass spheres in their hand, standing outdoors against a stone building.
A covered walkway with intricate white wooden archways and black hanging lanterns, with a small child walking through.
A European cityscape with ornate white buildings, green trees, and a hillside in the background. There are street signs, a fountain, and people walking on the street.
Interior view of a grand hall with ornate ceiling, large gold and glass chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, wooden door panels, and elaborate architectural details.
A young boy wearing a hat and backpack walking in a grand hallway of a historic building with columns and arches.
Swans and ducks swimming by a stone waterfront with a cityscape of colorful buildings along a canal under cloudy sky.
A woman with dark hair, wearing a black blazer and a watch, playing a street harp outdoors near a decorative iron fence, with a cityscape and historic building in the background.