📜 An award-winning lookout tower and symbol of Žatec, offering panoramic views.
💡 Discover its unique 3D animation in the elevator and impressive illumination at night.
🔭 Panoramic views of Žatec, the surrounding hop region, Hazmburk castle, and the Ore Mountains from 36m high.
✨ Utilize telescopes on the viewing platform for enhanced sightseeing.
⬆️ Choose between an elevator with a 3D animation or a spiral staircase for your ascent.
🏆 Designed by Huml & Vaníček, this structure received the Grand Prix of Architects award in 2011.
🗓️ Opened on September 4, 2010.
💡 Witness its impressive illumination at night, with a beam visible up to 30 km away during special events.
📜 Discover exhibits related to the hop trade within the complex.
🏛️ Explore the wider Temple of Hops and Beer complex, featuring the Homolupul Museum, a hop labyrinth, an alchemist's workshop, a coat-of-arms hall, a Renaissance malthouse, and the world's largest hop museum.
🍽️ Enjoy an unconventional restaurant with a mini-brewery in an original hop warehouse.
ℹ️ Visit the Tourist Information Center located within the complex.
💰 Standard entry is 60 Kč.
🏷️ A discounted price of 50 Kč is available.
♿ Fully wheelchair accessible.
👨👩👧👦 Welcoming for both children and adults.
🐾 Dogs are permitted to enter.
⏱️ Allow approximately 10 minutes for the lighthouse itself. The entire Temple of Hops and Beer complex can take 1 to 4 hours to explore.
🌍 Žatec and its hop landscape were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023.
🎥 Discover Žatec as a popular filming location for movies like Jojo Rabbit, The Zookeeper's Wife, and the Zahradnictví trilogy, with a dedicated exhibition in the Sladovna Gallery.
🏭 Learn about Žatec's nickname as a "hundred-chimney city" due to numerous remaining chimneys from former hop drying rooms.
🍺 Explore the history of the ancient Homolupuls and their beer culture.