Cheb

This walkable Czech town on the Ohře River with a well-preserved historic centre protected as an urban monument reservation, Cheb sits in the Karlovy Vary Region near mountain terrain and within reach of UNESCO World Heritage sites in the wider region. Known historically as Eger, it was the heart of the German-speaking Egerland before 1945, giving the old town a distinctly Central European character that shows in its architecture and street layout.

• Population32,808
• Nearest water0.3 km
• Nearest mountain0.6 km
• UNESCO within 50 km5