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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Korlovy Vary (Day 3)

We scheduled our 3rd day in advanced on line.  We researched things to see and do and decided to incorporate this tour into our days in Prague.  Before we started our day with a bus tour to Korlovy Vary and the Moser Glass Factory we discovered an open air market just outside our hotel. We walked through the market and snapped some photos then headed to the pick up site.
Medovina Elisa; a mead beer at the market

Czech pottery at the market
 
Korlovy Vary is a spa city situated in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic.  The tour consisted of the bus ride to the town, a glass factory tour, lunch and an afternoon of swimming in the spring fed pool.

The bus ride was over 2 hours and when we arrived at the factory, we were told it was a factory holiday and they were not blowing glass. We were very disappointed and learned later that the whole month of July is a holiday. This consisted of a quick tour of the museum (which was boring because I wanted to see glass being blown) and into an overpriced showroom. Moser Glass is called the glass of Kings and now we know why; because commoners cannot afford it!
The CLOSED glass factory
We had lunch at the Hotel Thermal followed by a guided walking tour of all the thermal springs locations and buildings.  Afterward we swam in the thermal fed pool and finished some last minute shopping walking away with a set of six glass cocktail drink glasses for 55 US dollars; authentic Czech crystal.
The Hotel Thermal


Starter soup at lunch; authentic Czech onion soup
Colorful buildings in Korlovy Vary

Hotel Lazensky dum Manes

Municipal Theatre
The spring fed pool we swam in.  Mattoni is a brand of spring water.
We returned to the the bus for another 2 hour ride and were back to the hotel by 7:30. Again we had drinks and snacks in the Executive Lounge of the Hilton tomorrow we're off by train in the morning to Vienna.
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