Enjoyable visit to a lovely area - I went with Martin Tours in a small bus with 24 other tourists (and that was large enough) to Karlovy Vary. It took around 2hrs and 15 min to arrive with a stopover at the Moser glass factory. A quick look around the shop and then a tour through the actual working factory where we could see the teams of glass blowers at work. This was fascinating. A quick drive and we arrived in Karlovy Vary itself and had a very tasty 3 course lunch in the restaurant of a hotel where we had a room set aside and served promptly. A half hour guided walk around main part of Karlovy and then we were allowed to wander around ourselves for an hour and a half, which was enough as it is not very big and the shops are all the same. Lots of jewellery shops selling garnet and you could sample or buy the spa wafers famous in the area. Don’t forget to purchase a bottle of Becherov liquor which is made in the area. A very nice apperitif. Also lots of places selling the quaint porcelain cups used to drink the mineral waters from. Anyway, it was an enjoyable day. We arrived back into Prague just before 7pm. Enough time to see things and the guide was more amiable than the other tour I had been on 2 days prior. Unfortunately you had to sit through 3 interpretations but that was ok. Very informative. Perhaps the English could have been slightly better as sometimes I didn’t understand. Otherwise I recommend seeing this beautiful part of Czechia.

Everything was perfect. Lunch was... - <p>Everything was perfect. Lunch was nice as well.<br/> The bus and restaurant were PACKED if that's okay With you.<br/> The glass factory was interesting.</p>

It was a long drive, about 2 hrs... - <p>It was a long drive, about 2 hrs each way. The Moser factory was really interesting for adults and also our 3 kids, ages 7,11,14. The tour guide was lovely and amazing to speak 3 languages. It was run by Martin Tours in Prague, they had a nice small van, the tour was our family and 5 others. The information going through Prague out to the freeway was great to hear. We've been to Karlovy Vary 18 years ago and was still so pretty and quiet. The natural springs might be good for you, but it takes like drinking Bi Card Soda</p>

Karlovy Vary is a must place to visit - Overall is a great tour, beautiful city. Cons: company may re-think lunch options-food was horrible, tasteless and overcooked and a restaurant wasn’t good. I’d rather pay more for food, but had it at a place with a view and experience beauty of the city. As far as guide, I wish it was more historical or may be funny/interesting things about the city, rather then “this Hollywood star ate here and this one ate here”… I wish company tells ahead of time that you will be drinking water, so bring your bottle or prepare buy a special cup, or the fact that there is a pool open to public and if you are good on time you might be able to dip in a pool. Overall, if you have seen a lot in Prague, absolutely visit Karlovy Vary.

Fun day trip out of Prague but did not like multiple languages on the tour - We booked a tour as we thought it would be too difficult to navigate seeing the crystal factory with a trip through the town all in one day without staying overnight. Sarah was a very good guide and did a great job with the nine of us on the tour. She explained what we were seeing and was very conscientious to make sure we were all included. The lunch was good - we both had the trout. What we did not enjoy was having to hear everything twice (English plus Spanish). Would not book another multi-language tour in the future.

Lovely trip. i wish i had known that... - <p>Lovely trip. i wish i had known that there was a public pool for swimming so that i could have brought a suit and towel.</p>

I am so glad I did this trip. The... - <p>I am so glad I did this trip. The Moser factory was very interesting and the town of Karlovy Vary is extremely beautiful. The reason for the low rating was with the tour company and driver and guide itself. The driver scared us by driving like a maniac. He was driving at over a 100 miles an hour often in his quest to pass every vehicle we came across.. The guide was ok, I felt sorry for him. We were a group of 3 couples all speaking a different language which was a bummer. The 2 hour drive there the guide rarely had a chance to breath explaining everything three times. When we were in the town Karlovy Vary it took much more time to get through all the explanations he needed to do in three languages taking up more of our free time in the city. Driving into the city you drive up some hills that had beautiful views of the city and it would have been nice to have a stop to take some pictures of the town. Lastly our racecar driver dropped our guide off about 10 minutes before we were back to our pickup location. Thought this was odd and also did not give us a chance to tip the guide. All in All, I would highly recommend you both the moser glass factory tour and visiting Karlovy Vary.... maybe not with Martin Tours though.</p>

Avoid it, especially guide Ivan - The guide was boring, he didn’t talk to us apart from a few minutes in the bus route. He left us alone to walk around in Karlovy Vary and didn’t show us the town. Waste of money!!

Short Changed by 1 hour - The 1 day tour was stated as 9 hours but our group was short changed by an hour. Tour began at 10 am and ended just before 6pm in old town square. Lady guide was not able to communicate well with our small group of 13 people and lost 5 people was during walking tour at Kalovy Vary. She looks serious & stern and her description of the place was too brief. We were given less than 3 hours to walk around the place including lunch - not included in the tour. Not enough time to see the whole place as it was too short and quite rushed to take lunch and take nice photos. No time to visit any shop there.

Tour guide had the flu ,coughing and... - <p>Tour guide had the flu ,coughing and snizing, germs spread. Very bad accent that made hard to understand. The programme tailor made to his needs :stop for shopping at Mozer glass factory, upon arrival at Karlov Vary lunch at 13:00!! First to be served the guide !! Then a good walk to digest with very few stops for historic details and description. 1 and a half hour only for our main destination. Don't recommend.</p>