About Karlovy Vary
Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad is the English translation) is one of the biggest spa towns in the world. It's a town with an over 600-years long tradition and was founded in 1350 by Roman Emperor Charles IV. Throughout history its name has been given to many "Carlsbads" around the world. It is situated near the country's western border with Germany, approximately 120 km from Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic.
Karlovy Vary is famous for its natural curative springs that are very important part of spa treatments here. In addition to spa treatments, there are many places of interest to see, such as historical buildings and monuments, parks and spa woods, viewing towers etc. Come and enjoy its special and unique spirit.
The biggest and best known spa town in the Czech Republic whose fame is based on the healing effects of warm springs in the valley of the Teplá river.
The most significant cultural event is the International Film Festival. Theater and music performances have been traditional, too (The Karlovy Vary symphony orchestra was established in 1835 as one of the oldest ones in Europe). In Karlovy Vary there is the Music Festival Dvořák´s Autumn held annually.
Among the top sports activities there are golf, horse races, tennis and others in lead. Karlovy Vary prides itself on many products connected with this very town, such as the Becherovka liqueur, the Moser glass and a hundred-year long tradition of porcelain manufacturing.
The famous visitors to Karlovy Vary include such personalities as Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, Empress Maria Teresa, Empress Marie Louisa of France, Emperor Franz Joseph I, Johann S. Bach, Johann W. Goethe, Giacomo Casanova, Friedrich Schiller, Ludwig van Beethoven, Karel Marx, Richard Strauss and many others.
The thermal springs of Karlovy Vary, unique thanks to their composition range among the most effective mineral water worldwide. The most plentiful of them, the Geyser of Karlovy Vary, jets out of the depth of 2,000 meters with the volume of 1,500 liters per minute.
It is characterized by an absolute ecological purity we can hardly find in the majority of surface waters at the present. Twelve springs of Karlovy Vary are primarily used for a drinking cure. Its significance has not changed in the period of great progress in medicine. The external use of mineral water in the wide range of spa procedures highlights the final effect of the treatment. The amount of water, the time and the spring selection are defined by the spa physician based on an examination.
Among the well proven water procedures there are for instance, the pearl/effervescent bath, the carbonated bath, the iodine bath, the herbal bath, the hydrotherapy (affusions – Scottish sprays), the whirlpool, the underwater massage and others.
