Spa Karlovy Vary, Colonnades of Karlovy Vary

360 01 Karlovy Vary

Phone: +420 353 232 862
Email: infocentrum@karlovyvary.cz
Web: www.karlovyvary.cz

At the birth of the well-known Czech spa was in 1358 Emperor Charles IVth. Thanks to the warm medicinal springs their fame spread to the whole world and by right they were called the salon and sanatorium of Europe. The springs cure, first of all, disorders of metabolism, but they are also used for inhalations and baths. From approximately one hundred of springs twelve are used for drinking therapies.

The spa colonnades are the places of calm walks and social life, accompanied by the inevitable drinking of thermal water. One of the most beautiful buildings of the town is the neo-Renaissance Mlýnská colonnade decorated by the sculptures of the twelve months. The Tržní colonnade is a modern copy of the original building of 1883, worth attention is also the restored Secession Zámecká colonnade located in the atrium of which is the stone relief of the Spirit of Springs; the legend says that he will fulfil the longed-for wish to the one who touches his nose. In the very centre of the town then there is the Vřídelní colonnade in the glassed pavilion of which the main spring of Karlovy Vary, Vřídlo, shoots up to the height of 12 m.