This city in the west of the Czech Republic has long been known to fans of "water treatment". Here, twelve healing mineral springs come to the surface, the water in which is similar in composition and is capable of healing dozens of various ailments. For those who are attentive to their health, love European comfort and some seclusion from the hectic capital life and prefer hiking in the mountains to night vigils at discos, tours to Karlovy Vary are the most suitable way to spend a long weekend or a short vacation.
History with geography
In 1711, the sovereign Emperor Peter I himself rested here on the waters, who decided to immortalize his name with the construction of an Orthodox church. However, the Peter and Paul Church was founded only in 1900, and today Orthodox services are regularly held in the church.
Tours to Karlovy Vary were popular among Russian writers as well. Here N. V. rested and was treated. Gogol, and Prince Pyotr Vyazemsky lived in a Czech health resort for several years, devoting to the city both poems and entries in his personal diary.
The most favorable period for visiting the resort is spring and early autumn. The air temperature in April-May and September-October is around +20, while precipitation is quite rare. In winter, there is no severe frost here, the snow does not always lie, but the number of tourists is decreasing, and at this time you can easily choose a hotel and book inexpensive tours to Karlovy Vary.
Briefly about the important
- The main natural healing factor in the resort is its thermal waters. They are mineralized with various chemical elements and are mainly used for drinking cures. The content of bromine and iron, lithium and potassium, magnesium and calcium in the mineral water of the springs makes it possible to heal or transfer to the stage of remission a huge number of diseases.
- The resort uses balneotherapy treatments. So in the tour program to Karlovy Vary, you can include treatment with oxygen, radon or carbon dioxide baths. They use the water of the Vrzhidlo spring. Its capacity is 2 thousand liters per minute, and the pressure can create a 12-meter high geyser.
- Above the source of Charles IV, there is a bas-relief telling about the opening of the spa. It was the water of this source that prompted the king to build a health resort on the local waters.
- You can get to the resort by plane or train. There is a bus station in the city, from where buses leave every hour to the capital of the Czech Republic.
