“The setting feels like a dream Vienna once had. Or perhaps the dream belonged to Karlovy Vary once, imagining itself into the Habsburg court it served until the empire unraveled in 1918. Grand hotels and gingerbread apartments, painted in shades of spun sugar and antique postcards.”
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Escapes To: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
A tucked-away spa town of secrets, where hot springs and echoes of the Habsburg Empire offer travelers a measured sip of stillness.