There are thousands of places in the world that are divine in their unique beauty. One of them can be called a small town and resort Karlovy Vary. Sanatorium "Imperial" is his best he alth resort, the complex of which includes a medical department, cafes, restaurants, sports facilities, a park and a pompous hotel. Its building can be called an architectural monument. It was built in 1912, and almost immediately many celebrities of that era chose it as their place of rest. For more than a hundred years, the hotel has been reconstructed more than once, but never violated the special flavor that makes each guest feel like an aristocrat from high society here. You can simply stay at the Imperial Hotel, having come on an excursion to Karlovy Vary, or you can perfectly improve your he alth by purchasing a full-fledged spa voucher or one of the wellness programs offered here.
Location likeget there
The sanatorium and its hotel "Imperial" in Karlovy Vary is located on a quiet shady street Libusina, on a small hill. There is a free funicular for the guests of the Imperial from the springs. It works every day until 9 pm, but on weekdays the traffic starts at 5-45 am, on Saturdays at 7 am, and on Sundays at 8 am. The interval of movement is approximately 15 minutes. The place where the sanatorium was built has a great advantage - it offers a panoramic view of the entire town, and the territory is surrounded by a forest, which lovers of hiking will certainly appreciate. But even those who do not like or cannot move much will enjoy the purest air, in which the aromas of flowers, herbs, coniferous and deciduous trees are mixed.
A big plus for tourists is that it is very easy to get to the "Imperial". Although Karlovy Vary is a small town, there is an international airport just 4.5 km from it. Transfers are organized by prior arrangement. The service costs EUR 8 per person.
For those who arrived in Prague, getting to the he alth resort is also easy. Karlovy Vary is located 130 km from the capital. There are many bus routes to the resort. Travel time is just over 2 hours. A bus ticket can be purchased for 160 CZK. If you take a taxi from the airport, the journey will take about an hour and a half, and you will have to pay at least 2000 crowns. Transfer to Prague airport costs 29 euros per person.
General Description
The hotel invariably attracts the eyes of admiring tourists"Imperial" in Karlovy Vary. The photo captured its frontal view. The six-storey building was built in the Neo-Renaissance style. It was designed by a French architect. Outside, it impresses with slender and at the same time majestic forms. Inside, everything, starting with the spacious hall, is immersed in luxury. Antique Czech glass candelabra, carpets on the floor in the hall and corridors, tapestries on the walls, numerous arches and sculptures, marble columns look especially impressive. The hotel reception is open 24/7. Employees speak not only Czech and English, but also Russian. At the reception, they not only give out the keys to the room, but also make an appointment for procedures, and also resolve all current issues.
The territory of the Imperial Hotel in Karlovy Vary is an amazingly beautiful old English park with neatly trimmed lawns, flowerbeds, trees, decorated in the style of a topiary. Comfortable benches are set among the greenery on shady alleys, and tennis courts and mini golf courses are built to the side.
There are he alth path routes in the park and in the forest, where everyone can improve their he alth and enjoy the healing air. In Karlovy Vary, it is a mixture of aromas of herbs, flowers, pine needles and healing vapors emanating from hot springs. Their waters fall into the Tepla River, which flows through the city center. A light curtain of vapors saturated with useful microelements constantly hangs over it, and thermal fountains beat along the course of the channel.
Treatment Profile
Sanatorium "Imperial" in KarlovyVarakh, like other local he alth resorts, specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Also, the main indications for treatment here are metabolic disorders in patients and the presence of diabetes mellitus.
Additionally provide physiotherapy treatment to people suffering from diseases:
-gynecological organs;
-heart and vessels;
-organs of the apparatus of movement;
-skin diseases (psoriasis, acne, eczema and others that are not contagious);
-patients undergoing surgery;
- recovering from chemotherapy for oncology.
For a full-fledged treatment, you need to buy a ticket for 21 days. But you can take a ticket for a week or two to undergo treatment under one of the proposed programs:
-"Diabetic" - 14 days.
-"Reduced" - 14 days.
-"Geriatric" - 7 days.
-Beauty - 7 days.
-"Romance at the resort" - 4 days.
-"Relaxation Weekend" - 3 days.
Diagnostic and treatment facilities
For more than a hundred years of work, the sanatorium "Imperial" in Karlovy Vary has helped many people improve their he alth. Reviews about the medical staff and medical procedures that are carried out here are mostly favorable. In the diagnostic center of the he alth resort, you can perform tests:
-blood (general);
-urine (general);
-cala (coprogram);
-blood (biochemical);
-ultrasound;
-ECG.
Two free visits to the doctor are included in the cost of the tour. In addition, for an additional fee, you can get a consultation with a cardiologist,gynecologist, pulmonologist, surgeon, orthopedist, ENT doctor, pediatrician, urologist, dentist, gastroenterologist, nutritionist.
In the he alth resort "Imperial" in Karlovy Vary, treatment is carried out using procedures of various categories. The following are considered easy:
-hydrotherapy;
-hydromassage;
-visiting the sauna;
-traction;
-climatotherapy;
-gymnastics in the pool;
-inhalation;
-paraffin applications;
-electrotherapy.
The main procedures included in the cost of the tour include:
-two types of baths (pearl or carbon dioxide);
-peat treatment;
-massage (one area of the body);
-parafango;
-colon lavage;
-individual gymnastics;
-underwater massage.
For an additional fee and on the recommendation of a doctor, procedures can be obtained:
-treatment laser;
-magnetotherapy;
-gas shot;
-pneumatic acupuncture;
-any kind of massage;
-diathermy;
-mud compresses;
-intestinal lavage;
-myostimulation;
-irrigation of the vagina;
-any type of oral treatment.
Every vacationer at the Imperial Hotel has the right to use the healing thermal water free of charge, the pump room of which is located on the ground floor in the hall.
Accommodation
The Imperial Hotel offers 219 rooms for touristsin Karlovy Vary. Reviews about them are only enthusiastic. Categories:
"Standard" for one or two people. These rooms are not located in the hotel, but in the adjacent three-story (no elevator) villa "Hoffman". The area of single rooms is 19 m2, the area of double rooms is from 29 m2 to 44 m2. Layout - a living room, an entrance hall, a bath combined with a toilet, a balcony (available in 50% of the rooms). Equipment - bed, wardrobe, table, chairs, TV (2 Russian channels), safe, hairdryer, refrigerator. Bathrobes and slippers are provided in the hygiene room.
Views from the windows of the city or the park and forest.
The rooms of the Imperial Hotel in Karlovy Vary look very solemn and at the same time extraordinarily cozy. The photos presented in the brochures correspond to what is in reality.
Categories:
"Deluxe" for one or two people. The area of a single room is from 18m2. Its equipment includes a bedroom set, a soft sofa, a refrigerator with a mini-bar, a safe (in a wardrobe), a hair dryer, and a TV. The bathroom has a bath or shower, washbasin, bidet, toilet, bathrobes and slippers.
Not all rooms have a balcony.
"Apartments" from 47m2. Layout: bedroom, living room, hallway, hygiene room, two balconies. Equipment - bedroom set, upholstered furniture, safe, modern flat-screen TV, hair dryer, telephone, refrigerator. Bathrobes and slippers are provided for all residents of the room, and a set of shower products is provided in the hygiene room.
All Imperial rooms have carpet floorcoating, beautiful curtains on the windows that block sunlight, spectacular lamps.
Food
The Imperial Sanatorium in Karlovy Vary has two restaurants. The first is called "Prague", where those who stayed in the rooms of the "Standard" and "Deluxe" categories eat. This restaurant is decorated in the best traditions of the Czech Republic. Guests are provided with European breakfasts, plentiful lunches, exclusive dinners, during which pleasant music sounds. Type of food buffet. The menu includes delicious dishes of Czech cuisine made from cottage cheese, meat, vegetables, original desserts and sweets. On the recommendation of a nutritionist, you can choose diet meals.
The second restaurant is called "Paris". It is intended for tourists living in the "Apartments". This restaurant is decorated in the best traditions of France. Fresh juices, tea, mineral water are always available here, and the menu offers dishes of international cuisine. In addition, visitors can order the best Czech wines.
Guests of the hotel and the sanatorium are cordially invited by a cafe called "Vienna". It is designed in retro style. Here you seem to be transported to the era of the first years of the twentieth century. The cafe offers coffee, juice, tea and cakes.
In the lobby of the hotel there is a lobby bar where everyone can order spirits, cocktails, Pepsi, juice.
In the evening, the hotel's Club Imperial bar serves dozens of drinks and light snacks. The bar is always fun, music is playing, there is a disco.
Leisure
In the infrastructure of the sanatorium "Imperial" in Karlovy Vary there is a spacious indoor pool. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., people undergo procedures here, and in the evening from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., everyone can swim.
For vacationers, a fitness center is available for a fee, and there are tennis courts on site.
In the evenings, concerts are held in the he alth resort, and films are shown in the cinema hall. The park has a pavilion where artists perform.
In the hotel restaurants there is an opportunity to celebrate a solemn event - a wedding, an anniversary.
In addition to festive events, the infrastructure has several halls of various sizes for business events - meetings, business meetings, negotiations.
Resort Entertainment
It's hard to find a person who does not admire the Czech Republic, Karlovy Vary. The Imperial Hotel is not located in the city itself, but a little higher, but you can always go down to the center for free by funicular. In Karlovy Vary, the main attractions are the colonnades with mineral thermal springs. There are four of them here. There are two springs in Sadovaya, five in the longest Mill, two in the most modern Geyser, in the most beautiful colonnade, called the Market, there are also two springs. The water temperature in the springs is from 43 to 65 degrees. It is recommended to drink it after consulting a doctor.
In Karlovy Vary, you can walk not only along the colonnades. The city has a wonderful park "Garden of Flowers" or "Flower Garden". There is a unique flowerbed here, where workers make up the current date from fresh flowers every night.
It is also interesting to look into the Dvorakov gardens, where hundreds of roses are fragrant. And for vacationers, benches and gazebos are installed.
It is very interesting, walking along the fabulously beautiful streets of Karlovy Vary, to look into the local church of Mary Magdalene. You can't miss the building of the city theater, which is also a local landmark.
When relaxing in Karlovy Vary, you should definitely visit the Becher Museum, because Becherovka tincture is jokingly called "the thirteenth healing spring". The museum not only demonstrates an interesting exposition, but also allows you to taste the tincture. They also sell unusually designed gift sets. They will be a pleasure to give to your friends.
Additional information
The Imperial Hotel in Karlovy Vary accepts tourists all year round for treatment or just for an excursion. A tour of just a couple of days can be booked without treatment. The program will include accommodation, meals, swimming in the pool, sauna, one type of bath, one type of massage, oxygen therapy.
Children from 6 years old are accepted for treatment in this sanatorium.
Cribs are not available in rooms.
This hotel is pet friendly. The cost is 20 euros per day.
Room rates are:
-from 98 euros per day for "Standard";
-from 119 euros per night for "Deluxe";
-from 168 euros per day for the "Apartment".
You also need to pay a consular fee of 35 euros.
You can pay for services with bank cards or cashmeans.
Sanatorium "Imperial" (Czech Republic, Karlovy Vary), reviews
This he alth resort is considered the best in the Czech Republic. Tourists from Russia note such advantages:
-location in a fabulously beautiful place;
-beautiful rooms, everything is new and functioning in them;
-quality cleaning;
-delicious meals in the restaurant;
-friendly staff;
-availability of a swimming pool;
- a wide range of treatments.
Noted deficiencies:
-organization strictly on time not only of procedures, but also of food (for this reason, it can be difficult to be in time for treatment or for lunch);
- refusal of staff to carry out procedures when they are late for them (even for 5-10 minutes);
-there is no elevator at Hoffman Villa, which is inconvenient for people with sore feet;
-Food is delicious but too s alty;
-high prices.
