Trips in the surrounding countryside

The granite rock town was created by the Ohře River forcing its way through the Karlovy Vary granite massif between Loket and Doubí, forming a deep canyon.

Extensive romantic ruins of a Gothic castle from the 14th century, situated on a massive rock promontory, are the main tourist attraction of the village. Since the end of the 1800s, the town with romantic castle ruins became a popular outing destination of Karlovy Vary spa guests.

The most visited historical monument in the town is Loket Romanesque castle from the early 13th century. In the days of the House of Luxembourg, the castle served as a temporary residence of members of the royal family. During the Thirty Year War it was conquered and plundered by Swedish troops.

The undoubted dominant feature of the town is Bečov nad Teplou Castle and Chateau. The biggest attraction of Bečov Chateau is the Reliquary of St. Maurus from the early 13th century. Its value is comparable with the crown jewels.

Teplá Abbey (Czech: Klášter Teplá; German: Stift Tepl) is a Premonstratensian abbey in the western part of Bohemia, included in the Archdiocese of Prague; it was founded in 1193 by the blessed Hroznata, a Bohemian nobleman (d. 1217).

Today, Mariánské Lázně is the second largest spa town in the country, and together with Karlovy Vary and Františkovy Lázně, forms one of the most attractive regions of the country, known as the West Bohemian Spa Triangle.

A walk through the SOOS nature reserve lying six kilometres northeast of Františkovy Lázně is a trip to the times three million years ago.

The vast area between Prameny and Mnichov ranks as one of the most interesting nature parts of the Slavkovský les Mountains.

One of the most interesting historical buildings in the town is the large Baroque chateau grounds with a park. In its time, the park was called the eighth wonder of the world.

The romantic valley of the Ohře River stretches from Karlovy Vary to Loket and is part of the Slavkov Forest Protected Landscape Area. Less than eight kilometres long, the deep canyon of the valley was created by the Ohře River forcing its way through the Karlovy Vary granite massif.

Granary towers are the oldest preserved structures of folk architecture in the region of Cheb. The timbered granaries with several floors, each of them being always wider by a beam, with  saddle roofs and half-timbered gables are already known from Albrecht Dürer´s engravings.

The most interesting historic building in Doubí undoubtedly is the local chateau. A marauding knight named Tannenberg used to live there. You can enjoy many attractions of the local rope centre.