Karlovy Vary was founded around the year 1350 by the Czech king and the Roman Emperor Charles IV. The clients from more than 80 countries of the world visit the town every year. The hot curative springs with the temperature from 42 degree Celsius till 72 degree Celsius are used for the drinking cure, for the baths and the irritations. Further natural curative resources (natural gas, mud, peat, etc.) are used in the combination with the latest medical methods. The spa physicians treat every client individually. Carlsbad hot mineral water contains almost all-important minerals for our body, it treats the inflammations and improves the function of digestive organs, it improves the immunity, and it helps the human body to clear off the harmful substances and improves the production of energy in the body.
Tradition in treatment of following diagnosis: digestive diseases, metabolic disorders (diabetes mellitus, obesity, gout), lipid disorders, parodontosis, diseases of the muscular-skeletal system.
The spa guests can combine your stay with the gastronomic experiences, with the music or sport, there is the possibility of the trips to the over 2200 ha of spa woods on foot or by the funicular. There is a beautiful horseracing course since 1899, a golf course with 18 holes, several tennis courts, several billiards, squash and other sport facilities.
The present appearance of Carlsbad, especially the spa centre, was influenced by the architecture from the end of the 19th century, i.e. by the historicism and Art Nouveau style. The spa guests visit many concerts of classical and popular music. Every year in the beginning of July in Karlovy Vary there is the International Film Festival-taking place. In Carlsbad museum there are long lists of famous visitors. Among the guests were famous composers, artists, scientists, and aristocracy of the whole world, bankers, sportsmen and important personalities of political and social life.