West Bohemia Culture and Sights

In the Imperial Palace Eger blows to the spirit of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick I. The massive black tower of the Imperial Palace and the famous double-Romanesque chapel are the symbol of the Hoh...

The New Synagogue (1892) in the Moorish-Romanesque style after its renovation shines in new splendor. As the third largest synagogue in the world and second largest in Europe attracts numerous visitor...

1866 by Emil Ritter von Škoda Maschinenfabrik was founded until today the largest employer in the town. Guided tours by appointment from 10 people, tel: 378 13 27 87, 57 Tylova

In the world-famous Pilsner brewery, you can take a guided tour. Ten minutes' walk from the Old Town is the famous Prazdroj brewery (Pilsner Urquell) with its monumental gate. During the tour, a beer ta...

In Mariánské Lázně: plays every evening a colorful Wassermusik. Behind the colonnade of white cast iron coated fascinated every night an explosion colored water to revive the patients. A colorful water ...

The house where the alleged high treason Wallenstein on behalf of Emperor Ferdinand gemeuchelt was 1634, is now the town museum: History and Folklore of Egerland, Naturkunde, Wallenstein's death room ...

The marketplace is widened north to the ensemble of Stöckel houses - crooked half-timbered houses of the 13th Jhs., Formerly inhabited by Jewish Krämer were. At the middle east side stands the Old Tow...

The Benedictine Abbey Kladrau is visible from far away with their large, in the 18th Century in Baroque Bohemian Gothic monastery built church. May to September. Tue-Sun 9-16 clock, April, Oct Sat, Su...