Things to do
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Church of St Wenceslas
A Baroque parish church stands at the top of the square, just below the castle gate, in the form it took in the eighteenth century. The interior holds painted altars under a vaulted nave. Opening outside service times is irregular, so a look through the grille at the door is often the whole visit.
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Loket Castle
Romanesque and Gothic walls rise from a rock above the Ohře, with a square tower that looks over the river loop and the town roofs. Inside, the rooms show local porcelain, a torture chamber and a display on a meteorite found nearby. It is open all year with shorter winter hours, and last entry is half an hour before closing.
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Svatošské skály
Granite towers stand on the left bank of the Ohře between Loket and Karlovy Vary, shaped by erosion into pillars that local legend reads as a wedding party turned to stone. A marked riverside path from Loket reaches them in about 6 km of easy, shaded walking. Canoes on the river pass right below them in summer.
