In any of the resort hotels you can get the whole complex of mineral water treatment prescribed by your doctor: dosed drinking, bathing, mud treatment, relaxing and toning spa treatments. Karlovy Vary is a small ancient and cozy town in the Czech Republic founded as a resort by the king of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV in the middle of the 14th century.
The town is located in a picturesque valley at the confluence of the Ohrzhe and Tepla rivers. It extends on both sides of the Tepla River and is surrounded on all sides by forests and mountains. This place is truly unique. The Heat River feeds from hot springs and therefore even in winter the water in the river is warm, hence its name. In the beginning, a hunting lodge was built for the King here, then, when the rumor about the healing properties of this hot spring spread throughout Europe, these places began to be mastered by treatment.
Over time, the river valley turned into a real resort town. Since the patients of these places were famous and wealthy people, the town was thoroughly upset. High-rise buildings erected by famous architects, lined with granite embankments, original bridges and modern conditions for a course of treatment turned Karlovy Vary into one of the most famous resorts in Europe.
There are about seventy hot springs in the vicinity of Karlovy Vary and twenty of them are used for spa treatment. Already at the end of the 16th century, there were about 200 sanatoriums in Karlovy Vary. The most famous people such as Goethe, Beethoven, Schiller, Bach, Chopin, as well as almost all the royal persons of European states visited this resort. Among them, Russian tsars were treated here, starting with Peter I. There were also famous Russian artists: Turgenev, Gogol, Tchaikovsky and many others in Karlovy Vary. In Soviet times, the party elite and leaders of socialist countries were treated here.
Karlovy Vary, like any other European city, has repeatedly experienced natural disasters. There were fires and floods. However, in spite of all the troubles, the resort has been revived again and again solely due to its huge therapeutic potential. Modernist trends in the architecture of the late XIX century, a fundamental way influenced the arrangement of the city. Monumental buildings in the modernist style, neo-classicism, baroque, in a compartment with luxurious pavilions for treatment, consolidated the glory of one of the most respectable resorts in the world outside the city. Now this modern city is combined in its appearance with a synthesis of the past, the modern and the greeting of the future.
In any of the resort hotels, you can get the full range of mineral water treatment prescribed by your doctor: dosed drinking, bathing, mud treatment, relaxing and toning spa treatments.
But besides treatment, you can relax perfectly and actively. There are tennis courts and the famous Karlovy Vary Golf Club, a sauna, a massage room, a billiards room, and a chess room. In summer you can swim in the outdoor pool and sunbathe.
For lovers of winter holidays there are also all conditions. Not far from Karlovy Vary there is the ski resort of Bozhiy Dar, where there are trails of all kinds of difficulty, both for beginning adults and for children, and for professionals.
Here, it seems that time slows down its run, it flows more solemn and worthy. There is always a sense of celebration. A charming architecture, a mixture of foreign languages, the rhythmic pulse of the Geyser, the murmur of the sources and the sweet smell of Karlovarov waffles. And how beautiful is the city in the evening? Undercut by shop windows of endless shops offering Czech garnet, Bohemian porcelain, and crystal. You can safely sit in a small cafe on the street in the shade of the trees.
The streets of Karlovy Vary resort are almost fabulous. Tiny cafes, fabulous restaurants, shops and comfortable hotels seem to merge with the surrounding hills, immersed in bright greenery. This is a resort for people who seek peace and tranquility, for those who appreciate all the beautiful and attractive force of nature. The picturesque gardens and parks are equipped with bicycle paths and numerous hiking trails, which both attract to a leisurely walk or watch birds quietly swimming in small ponds framed by greenery.
For lovers of educational holidays in Karlovy Vary, a lot of excursions in the cities of the Czech Republic, as well as in neighboring states: you can go on an excursion to Switzerland, Austria, Germany. The city almost always hosts various festivals. Contests of jazz and classical music, as well as opera for connoisseurs of the beautiful. The treatment combined with rest in Karlovy Vary has not left anyone indifferent.
