Elegant, impressive, and unique, Grandhotel Pupp is a five-star luxury place of accommodation, probably the finest hotel in the Czech Republic. If you can afford a room here, you can certainly afford taking a flight to Karlovy Vary's airport from where a taxi brings you to the hotel in 30 minutes. However, if you arrive at the long distance bus station, walk east towards the local bus station on Varsavska from where Bus 2 runs to Grandhotel Pupp every 30 minutes.
Grandhotel Pupp and its twin sister Parkhotel Pupp occupy a vast area south of the town centre. Sheltered by forested hills from the back and constructed facing the sharp bend of the Tepla River along the south end of Stara Louka, Grandhotel Pupp is a masterpiece of Baroque architecture inside and out. Its symmetrical four-storey facade featuring a regular display of friezed windows and intricately carved doorways is a pleasure to admire. Built in 1701, it was always operated by the Pupp family with the exception of 45 years when it was managed by the Communist government.
Grandhotel Pupp offers 112 luxuriously furnished rooms, all elegantly decorated with stucco work and antique furniture reflecting the traditional style that predominates inside this grand hotel. Each room has all modern amenities, which include satellite television with movie channel, three-band radio, direct-dial telephone with automatic wake-up call, minibar, and luxury bathroom with automatic hot water temperature controls. Some rooms also have air-conditioning.
The hotel's public areas are also elegantly furnished. You can experience an unforgettable evening of dining and entertainment in one of two elegant restaurants which both offer an extensive menu of international and Czech cuisine. The gourmet Grandrestaurant has a splendid ceiling and walls decorated with fine stucco while the Mirror Hall is a stately and cozy restaurant of great beauty. The English-style Becher's Bar provides live jazz music and excellent dancing every evening while the more formal Becher's Bar Rendez-vous is equipped with Internet computers, free for hotel guests. The Cafe Pupp is much more than a coffee shop; its wide assortment of fresh cakes and croissants is unbelievable. Unique conference and banquet facilities for up to 650 people are provided within the exquisite Baroque Gala Hall and within another eight smaller conference rooms.
Grandhotel Pupp is the only hotel in the Czech Republic that has its own 18 hole golf course located just 10 minutes away. The splendid state-of-the-art Relax Centre which occupies a vast space on the ground floor provides all the facilities one can dream of ranging from sauna, steam bath and whirlpool to massage service, solarium and rehabilitation programmes. For more excitement, you can gamble all night in the Pupp Casino Club.
Nowhere have I experienced hospitality, service and traditional atmosphere better than in Grandhotel Pupp. Add to this the wonderful restaurants and the classical food prepared by Executive Chef Jiri Hrdy and you will understand why guests come to dine here over and over again.