| Page Views: 203 Last Visit to Karlovy Vary: April, 2005 | Czechs Spa town by Eugenetheduck - last update: Apr 29, 2006 |
Nice Day Trip from Prague | Colonades at Karlovy Vary - Mill |
140 km West of Prague is Karlovy Vary. The history like that of Jed Clampett started "one day" when Charles IV "was huntin' for some food(chamois).....when up through the ground came ...... hot mineral water". The town is famous for its health spas and its springs housed in colonnades along the Tepla River. It is fashionable to drink from the springs using the souvenir cups you can buy at one of the numerous tiny shops along the way. Each spring has a plark with the name and temperature of the water nearby - I tried Mlynska (The Mill) which I think was around 50deg - it had a taste reminiscent of .... best described as.. well ... you know when you've just been dumped by a wave and some of it's goes up your nose .... like that ... sea water warmed in your nostrils. I don't think I could expect any health benefits from the quantity I consumed! |
|  | On the way from Prague stop at the ruins at Andel Well worth a look if you are travelling by car. |
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