Sanatoriums in Czech Republic: an overview, features, services and guest reviews

The most famous health resorts of the Czech Republic are in the western part of Bohemia in the resort towns of Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně and Frantiskovy Lazne. The resort towns are among the picturesque wooded mountains and hills, along the border with Germany. In the 19th century, they were considered the Cote d'Azur of the Habsburg Europe, where the color of European society loved to relax and heal in the balneological resorts.

Review of treatment in the sanatoriums of the Czech Republic

Currently, the resorts of the Czech Republic are equally popular. Here, guests are given the opportunity to receive individual therapy on the basis of thermal waters and mud treatment. The duration of treatment in the Czech Republic depends on the disease. Basically, just two weeks spent "on the water" to the body cleared of toxins. And to free the body of toxins - the main thing in any treatment.

In addition to the basic balneological procedures, in the sanatoriums of the Czech Republic they carry out a full-scale rehabilitation of the wellness program, the basis of which is a healthy lifestyle. This combination of proper nutrition, competent physical activity and the rejection of bad habits, which contributes to the overall improvement and strengthening of immunity.

Recreation and leisure time

Guests of resort cities receive effective treatment and rest. In the vicinity of the resorts are laid tourist paths and organized bicycle tracks. On open areas in the spring and autumn season, visitors and local artists work. There is an opportunity to visit working temples and monasteries, there are thematic excursions to different parts of the Czech Republic. And, of course, this is a comfortable accommodation in hotels with the option of additional services, restaurant meals with the sophistication of the kitchen, all kinds of spa treatments. Depending on the choice of comfort, the number of procedures taken, visits to specialized doctors and other services, prices in the Czech health resorts with treatment of one person for two weeks will vary from 700 € to 1200 €, that is, from about 50 € to 85 € per day.

Karlovy Vary

Popularity and fame of the city as one of the best in the world among thermal spas rightfully belongs to Karlovy Vary. Its history began in 1350 - the moment of its foundation by the Czech king and Roman emperor Charles IV. According to legend, the first healing spring with "living water" was discovered by the King of Bohemia during the hunt. He saw the water from a small lake restore the strength of a wounded deer. At this point, "the city was ordered to lay", so that the courtiers could be treated here. The name of the city was in honor of the Emperor Charles.

This cozy town is located in the West of the Czech Republic. Sanatoriums, hotels, boarding houses are built on stepped terraces. Thanks to this planning, the city literally drowns in the avenues and parks, which are in Karlovy Vary 26. The Victorian spirit is preserved in the architectural ensembles of the city and romantic streets with an abundance of street cafes. Here, Leest, Beethoven and Mozart rested and treated at the time. "Treatment on the waters" was conducted by Turgenev, Gogol and A. Tolstoy. Many well-known personalities reinforced their health. All can not be listed for seven centuries of the existence of the resort.

Thermal sources

Sixty sources discovered in Karlovy Vary are used for medicinal purposes. 13. The peculiarity of all sources is the same chemical composition. The temperature in the sources and the saturation with carbon dioxide are different. This is what plays a role in the appointment of a specific source of water treatment for a specific disease.

The tradition of preventive treatment developed over many centuries is based on the unique curative properties of water from thermal springs in the sanatoriums of Karlovy Vary Czech Republic. Prices for therapeutic tours are different. And tours are formed individually, based on the impact of balneological procedures on the body. The water of their miraculous sources helps to restore metabolic processes in the body, removes slags, turns kidney stones into sand and removes it from the body. The processes occur due to the intake of water from a thermal source of a certain temperature.

Nominations of doctors

The most famous source for number 1 is Virgilo, a true natural geyser that emits every minute of 2000 liters of hot (72 ° C) mineral water from a depth of 2.5 km. It is useful to be near the source and breathe the air, saturated with microelements. As in many Czech health resorts, people with diseases of the musculoskeletal system (sources No. 2, 3, 5), gastrointestinal tract (sources No. 6, 7, 8 10), diabetes mellitus and its complications are treated here (issue No. 9, 10), with parodontosis and caries (number 4). If we talk about the reviews of people who have been treated and just having a rest in Karlovy Vary, these will be large volumes of books of gratitude and a thin notebook of reviews of those who are dissatisfied with something. And there are always such people. Attendance of the resort speaks for itself.

Frantiskovy Lazne

The spa town of Františkovy Lázně as a balneological resort declared itself in 1827. Open mineral springs, and 23 of them, determined the specialization of sanatorium treatment. This is a multi- resort in the Czech Republic. Sanatoriums use complex treatment with sulfur-ferruginous mud and mineral waters in diseases such as infertility and gynecological pathologies. All kinds of balneology are used in the treatment of the musculoskeletal system and the cardiovascular system.

Many vacationers like the rather comfortable sanatorium "Pavlik". It combines a good level of amenities, excellent food and a strong medical base. Arriving for the treatment of gynecological problems, all procedures take place at the Cisarske Lazne treatment center. In the whole of the Czech Republic, prices in sanatoriums are approximately the same. The cost of living for one person for 7 days in Pavlik, three meals a day, 18 procedures, 2 doctor's admissions, a drinking course and laboratory tests will cost 300 euros, this is about 43 € per day. In addition to balneological procedures, guests of the city have the opportunity to actively relax in the water park. Green fields are waiting for fans of mini-golf. The doors of fitness centers and tennis courts are open. Fans of spa salons and solarium will find time to visit them. Even there is an opportunity for lovers of fishing to catch a fish in specially designated places. You can just walk around the city, which almost drown in parks, an area of 250 hectares.

Mariánské Lázně

The spa town of Mariánské Lázně, known as the "Czech Health Factory", is located on a hilly terrain surrounded by pine forests. In a relatively small area, natural healing springs were discovered. The number of them today is about 140. The influence of the healing waters in 1528 on themselves was tested by monks from the monastery of Tepla. Many sources were surrounded by forests and marshes, so they were not accessed for a long time. Of those that were available, local doctors used water for medicinal purposes. Only in 1818 Mariánské Lázně was declared a public resort.

A mild climate allows you to come for rest or treatment at any time of the year and enjoy literally every minute spent at the resort. Guests of the city can stay in hotels or, after taking a medical tour, in the sanatoriums of Marienbad in the Czech Republic. The prices of tours can be pre-arranged in travel agencies, where the tours are scheduled, depending on the type of illness and the number of days of stay in the sanatorium. They do not differ much from those in Karlovy Vary.

Mineral water from 7 sources

The chemical composition of the water in the sources is different. Everything depends on the breed through which the water passes, being saturated with minerals and salts. It is a simple acidic water, saturated with Glauber's salts, alkaline-saline and carbonaceous glandular. Each of them is used to treat a particular disease or a concomitant disease. Water from some sources is directly connected to the sanatoriums. Water is used by 7 known sources: Rudolph, Carolina, Ambroz, Forest, Cross, Ferdinand and Mary.

Water from the source of Rudolph is most used. Its diuretic properties are used in the treatment of urinary tract, recommended for people with osteoporosis.

Health Resorts in Podebrady

The Czech Republic is rich in resorts. Poděbrady belongs to one of the ancient cities with the use of mineral water in sanatorium and spa treatment. The city is located on the banks of the Elbe. In Poděbrady, a large number of mineral springs, whose waters have a unique property to ensure the blood-filling of the body naturally. That is why the resort is popular with people with diseases of the cardiovascular system. There are 13 sources in the city. Water contains a large amount of trace elements, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide.

Especially popular are such sanatoriums as "Libenski" and "Zamechek". The sanatorium package usually includes staying in a sanatorium or a resort hotel, full board meals and a curative program, depending on the disease. In the sanatoriums there is a 55+ Spa Comfort tour, the meaning of which is relaxation and rest. The duration is small, only 6 days.

Teplice in Czech Republic

It is a resort town, the thermal springs in which were discovered and started to be used in the 12th century. Since that time, a little-known city is turning into a spa center not only of the Czech Republic, but also of Europe. It is called "little Paris", which loved to visit the famous composers Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin. There was "on the waters" and the Russian Tsar Peter I.

The pride of Teplice and the Czech Republic is the Beethoven Sanatorium. Here, rare thermal waters are used for treatment. Greenhouses with a temperature of 39-44 ° C containing radon, fluorine and a large number of microelements. All this enhances the effect of treatment. Currently, the resort is considered to be the most saturated with modern equipment, which uses the latest technologies for the treatment of diseases such as the breakdown of the nervous system in all its manifestations.

Well, those who are not susceptible to the aforementioned ailments, will get a wonderful relaxation holiday in the programs of the day off.