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Karlovy Vary - Treasure Between European Spa Towns

By: Vojta Cechak

Carlsbad is the best notorious spa city located in West Bohemia. It was established nearly 1350 by the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, Charles IV. Its imposing roads and colonnades are surrounded by calm wooded hills crisscrossed with mountain climbing and cycling paths that are perfect for pleasurable walks all time round.
A full of activity cultural events calendar, various festivals and international conferences put up Carlsbad the major and liveliest spa town in the Czech Republic visited not only by the spa-goers but also celebs. Karlsbad achieved its fame also thanks to its known plant based liqueur known as Becherovka (nicknamed "The 13th Spring"), Mattoni mineral water, exclusive spa wafers, and Moser crystal work. The curing waters from the springs in the valley of the Tepla River have been used by people from time immemorial - both for consuming as well as bathing.
The past of Karlovy Vary.
Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) was established around 1350 by the Bohemian king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. Since the fifteenth century the town rapidly developed thanks to the attractiveness of local thermal springs. As such Karlovy Vary therapeutic spa has more than 600 years long traditions. Up & about to eighteenth century the majority of the healing procedures consisted of different kinds of bath but already in 1521, Dr. Vaclav Payer Loket advocate a drinking heal as well. More than two hundred years later Dr. David Becher applied 1 of the 1st chemical analyses of the local mineral water. Drinking treat rapidly proved helpful mostly in cases of stomach disorders as well as conditions of intestines and liver.
In 1718 the Emperor Charles VI granted the town a privilege allowing export of the mineral water, outside the city limits. Thanks to that the traffic as well as commerce promptly developed.
The first half of the 19th century was noticeable by wide-ranging building & growth of the spa place. The Empire Vridlo Arcade (1826), Mill Bath (1828), new Vridlo Bath (1831) & many other buildings served another half-century, until a huge arrival of spa-goers required further development.
In 1870s the launch of railway led to the "golden era" of spa town. At that point in time the modern Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) was established and its esprit is partly still preserved at present. The buildings since that period are works of the Viennese architects F. Fellner & H. Helmer.
Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad) could display about a number of colonnades - the most popular is the Vridlo Arcade with its several hot mineral springs. The Market Colonnade on the other hand is the site of today's market.
Natural Health-giving Sources in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad).
The 12 sources that be able to be found here are rich in sodium, bicarbonate and sulphates. The springs are quite comparable to each other with respect to their chemical makeup. However they come out of the earth at dissimilar temperatures & include various quantities of CO2. In the view of Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) there are roughly a hundred springs of various warmth & constitution. The mineral-rich mud from a nearby source is also used in healing procedures. The water & mud are used to heal patients with digestive & musculoskeletal problems, diabetes and obesity.
VIP Visitors of Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad).
The record of remarkable records that visited Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) is thanks to the fame of the city incredibly long. The spa city has been the most wanted summer season choice especially for many musicians, writers and poets but also known political figures. Amongst them was Johann W. Goethe as well as the Russian Tsar Peter the Great, German philosopher Johann Fichte Gottlieb, German bard Heinrich Heine, the mistress of Emperor Franz Joseph I, the actress Katharina Schratt, Rothschild Rockefeller, businessman Arthur Krupp, Izzet Pasha from Constantinople, Chinese Ambassador Chen Soen Ling. Each year the town is in addition visited by numerous recognized actors and film directors thanks to the annual Karlovy Vary International Film Fest.
Free time activities and events in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad or Karlsbad).
In the gorgeous picturesque valley where the city is located, customers could find an 18-hole golf course that is single of the oldest golf club sets in the country. There is in addition a golf hall equipped with simulators, indoor & out-of-doors tennis courts, up to date shooting range, swimming pools, snooker, bowling, soccer and squash courses, riding facilities, skateboarding, karate club. Vacationers be able to also choose for seeing the sights tours in the town with an qualified guide or enjoy the regular shows on the colonnades and in community churches as well as art auctions, local cinema, theatre, dance halls, casinos and nightclubs. The city also offers a number of museums focusing on natural history, health spas, porcelain and glass.
April - Appointment of European nobility
June - Mozart & Karlsbad (music event); International Film Fest; Fest of Old-fashioned Music
August - Beethoven Days; Fresh Filmfest (student films)
September - International folk festival; Karlsbad Dvorak Autumn
October - Karlovy vary Week (Tourfilm, Spa festival, Spa Convention), Jazz festival (Worldwide fest of Long-established and Recent Jazz).

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Author is a Czech Spa history and treatments expert. He is the head therapist of Spa-resorts.cz, leader in organizing spa resort retreats in famous Czech spa townKarlovy Vary and other SPA destinations such as Marienbad, Franzienbad and etc.

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