Karlovy Vary, home to about 49,000 people, is the most famous spa town in the Czech Republic, known for its rich mineral springs. Every year, tens of thousands of tourists visit the town for its healing properties. Many visitors to the resort, located in the western part of the country in Bohemia, opt for hotels in Karlovy Vary with swimming pools.
There are 16 used springs in the city. The water that comes to the surface of the earth is heated to +11.9 – +72.0°C. There are three types of springs in Karlovy Vary: hot, warm, and cold. The water that fills the pools has healing properties and helps to treat stomach, intestinal, and liver diseases.
- Grandhotel Pupp 5*
- Spa Hotel Imperial 5*
- Carlsbad Plaza Medical Spa & Wellness Hotel 5*
- Retro Riverside Wellness Resort 5*
- Hotel Thermal 4*
- Dvorak Spa & Wellness 4*
- Promenáda Romantic Hotel 4*
- Spa Hotel Iris 4*
- Spa Resort Sanssouci 4*
- Bristol Palace 4*
- Parkhotel Richmond 4*
- Spa Hotel Villa Ritter 4*
- Spa Hotel Villa Smetana 4*
- Astoria Hotel & Medical Spa 4*
- Boutique Hotel Corso 4*
Grandhotel Pupp 5*
It is located on the banks of the Tepla, a small river in the south of the city. It consists of two ancient palace-like buildings. One of them is built in the Baroque style. There are 221 luxurious rooms available for booking.
Guests can choose from three types of meals: “breakfast only”, “half board”, and “full board”. There are five dining options:
- Malá Dvorana is a small bar-restaurant hall where buffet breakfasts are served
- à la carte restaurants (menu selection): Grand Restaurant (Czech cuisine), Meat & Bone (meat dishes)
- Becher’s Bar is a night bar with a wide selection of local and foreign wine brands
- Café Pupp is a cafe-pastry shop with a wide selection of pastries and cakes made using proprietary recipes.
All dishes are prepared using local ingredients. A variety of services are available:
- mineral water baths: mud baths, carbonic baths, and pearl baths
- several types of massage, including reflex massage (which affects specific points on the human body) and classic massage
- Esthé is an aesthetic medicine and plastic surgery clinic
- indoor pool with hydromassage, sauna
- rooms equipped with devices for oxygen therapy, inhalation, and many other procedures
The casino is open. The spacious ballroom is a venue for concerts, dance or ballet evenings, and entertainment events. In the recent past, the complex has been visited by celebrities during international film festivals, including Uma Thurman, Frank Nero, Ossie Mutti, Gina Lollobrigida, Sharon Stone, and hundreds of other media personalities from the entertainment industry.
Spa Hotel Imperial 5*
Located on the banks of the Tepla River. The majestic building has 219 rooms. The territory is a well-maintained city park with lawns, benches, trimmed shrubs, and trees.
Modern wellness facilities are available:
- spa treatments
- sauna
- massages, including Indian, aromatherapy, and classic massages
- mud wraps
- aqua aerobics, therapeutic gymnastics, and yoga
- herbal baths with mineral water
- indoor pool with hydro massage
There are three types of meals: “breakfast only”, “half board”, and “full board”. There are three gastronomic establishments:
- Prague is a restaurant that serves a buffet
- Vienna is a cafe with a wide selection of teas, desserts, and coffee
- Paris is an a-la-carte restaurant with a traditional French menu
There is a cinema, a concert hall, and a music lounge. If you wish, you can go Nordic walking to explore the nearby surroundings, or simply wander through the streets, squares, and alleys of the resort.
Carlsbad Plaza Medical Spa & Wellness Hotel 5*
151 rooms of the following categories are available for booking: Junior Suite, Executive Suite, Standard Room (for one or two guests), Comfort Room, and Suite Rooms, including Superior, Presidential, Signature, Premium, and Exclusive Rooms.
250 spa treatments are offered, including physiotherapy, thermal and water complexes, electrotherapy. There are 5 indoor pools with artificial waterfalls and hydromassage. You can visit 7 saunas, areas for relaxed recreation, a fitness room.
Meals are provided, including international, Spanish, Argentinian, French and Czech cuisine. There are four gastronomic establishments:
- ID is a fashionable evening restaurant with an a la carte service system
- Soir Café is a cafe with a wide selection of coffee, sandwiches, tea, and desserts
- Sorrendo Grand is a restaurant that serves a buffet throughout the day
- An elegant bar serving dozens of local and imported wine brands, cognac, and whiskey
The area is a well-maintained green urban park with paved paths and benches.
Retro Riverside Wellness Resort 5*
The medieval-style adults-only complex is located on a low bank surrounded by dense forests. The distance to the center by car is 8.7 km. 19 individually designed suites are available for booking.
Guests can dine in three gastronomic establishments: two bars, one in the lobby and the other on the summer terrace, and a restaurant serving à la carte dishes. A staircase leads from the entrance to the riverbank.
The wellness center offers Thai massage, a sauna, a gym, Ayurvedic treatments, and an indoor pool surrounded by wide sun loungers. The advantage is its location near the Slavkovsky Forest, which is part of a protected area.
Hotel Thermal 4*
Located to the southeast of the historic city center, near the Dvorak Gardens. It includes a main building, a large open-air panoramic pool, and a congress hall. Guests can choose from 273 rooms in the following categories: Superior Suite, Standard Double, Family Suite, and Superior.
The panoramic pool, filled with thermal water, has two areas: an adult area with five lanes and a children’s area. There are also underwater sun loungers and water jets.
Spa and wellness complex services:
- indoor swimming pool
- steam bath
- infrared sauna
- group classes with an instructor
- gym sessions
- salt cave
- finnish sauna
- nordic walking
- beauty treatments
- relaxing, aromatherapy, anti-cellulite, classic, and other massages
The restaurant offers healthy food served in a buffet-style setting. In the summer, a spacious terrace is open from noon to late in the evening. The Film Café, a lobby bar decorated like a movie cafe with star portraits on the walls, offers baguettes, several types of tea or coffee, burgers, and desserts.
The auditorium is often the venue for festivals, entertainment programs, and film premieres. There is also a parking lot nearby.
Dvorak Spa & Wellness 4*
Located on the riverbank. A beautiful six-storey building with a high gable roof is equipped with 126 homely rooms. The spa and wellness center offers a range of 18 treatments, including anti-cellulite, anti-stress, rejuvenating, general wellness, detoxification, and more. Herbal, wine, aromatic, and beer baths are available. Guests can enjoy a steam bath, indoor pool, Thai massage, gym, and sauna.
The main restaurant is a place where international or Czech cuisine is served throughout the day. The type of service depends on the specific day — à la carte or buffet. Opera is a cafe and bar where guests can choose drinks, desserts, and cocktails.
For young guests, there is a children’s corner with a wide selection of games. The tour desk offers a variety of tours to explore local historical, cultural, and natural sites. The staff can also assist in finding interesting entertainment activities in the city.Dvorak Spa & WellnessIndoor pool, sauna, and steam bath
Promenáda Romantic Hotel 4*
A model of a successful family business in the hospitality industry. Two ancient buildings from the 16th and 17th centuries, recently renovated, offer cozy rooms in the following categories: Comfort, Apartment, Superior, and Duplex Suite.
The complex is positioned as a place for a romantic vacation. Veles-center offers a wide range of services for the health and well-being of tourists:
- indoor swimming pool
- massage parlors
- sauna
- gym
- rooms for herbal baths, as well as relaxing, peat, and other wellness treatments
The restaurant’s menu includes French fish or meat dishes (foie gras, rabbit fillet, oysters, veal, and others), several imported wine brands, and a wide range of salads. The dining experience is a buffet-style setting.
There is a compact parking lot. Nearby are historical sites: the Castle Tower, mineral water colonnades (Geysernaya, Rynochnaya, Zamkovaya), the Church of St. Mary Magdalene.
Spa Hotel Iris 4*
The four-storey building with elegant balconies features 30 modern, comfortable, and functional rooms of two categories: standard rooms and luxury rooms.
The specialists of the wellness complex have developed four basic packages of procedures, designed for 2 – 4 weeks or a period of time, taking into account individual wishes. Services are available:
- artificial salt cave
- baths: pearl, wine, herbal, beer, and thermal baths with mineral water
- indoor hydro massage pool
- massages
- fitness room
- indoor saltwater pool
- sauna
The restaurant offers healthy meals throughout the day. The food is served in a cold buffet style. The bar located in the lobby offers a variety of refreshing drinks, as well as several types of tea and coffee.
Fans of outdoor activities can visit nearby facilities such as tennis courts at Rolava, Lokomotiva, and Gejzir, golf clubs at City Golf, Carlsbad, and Haje, or watch horse races.
Spa Resort Sanssouci 4*
Located on the southeastern edge of the resort area. Consists of two buildings: Blue and Green. 337 spacious rooms of categories: deluxe, standard, suite are available for booking. Modern buildings are surrounded by deciduous forest and green hills.
There are five gastronomic establishments:
- Charleston is a modern restaurant where dishes are served as a buffet or à la carte.
- Blues is a cozy cafe with a bar and a summer terrace; it hosts dance evenings and Czech musicians on Saturdays; guests can enjoy a wide range of signature cocktails, cold or hot drinks
- a lobby bar that attracts customers with its peaceful atmosphere
- Melody is a restaurant that only opens in the morning and serves buffet-style meals
- Opera — restaurant serving local and international cuisine
The wellness center offers a variety of spa treatments. The most popular programs include detoxification, anti-stress, immune system restoration, and metabolic normalization.
There is a sauna, a billiard room, an indoor swimming pool with a relaxation area equipped with comfortable sun loungers, a jacuzzi, a table tennis room, a fitness room, and massage rooms. There is also a playroom for children. The relaxation area includes low slides.
Bristol Palace 4*
It is a 19th-century building with two tall towers. It is located south of the Dvořák Gardens. It has 57 rooms of the following categories: standard rooms (for two or one guest) and apartments (royal, family, or presidential).
In the wellness complex, visitors can enjoy an indoor pool decorated with four massive columns and two bridges, as well as a hydro massage section. There is also a fitness room, sauna, and massage or treatment rooms available. The wellness center offers 12 therapeutic and relaxing treatments. Some of the most popular treatments include a pearl bath, a classic massage, and oxygen therapy.
The medical center’s specialists offer over 10 different treatments and procedures, including mud applications, dry carbon dioxide baths, mineral water inhalation, reflex massage, ECG, and more. Guests can enjoy two gastronomic establishments: a stylish bar offering a variety of teas, cocktails, and coffees, and the Palace, an elegantly decorated restaurant open throughout the day. Dishes are served à la carte or in the morning as a buffet.
If you’re interested in outdoor activities, you can contact the staff to join horseback riding, mountain biking, or a group of Nordic walking enthusiasts.
Parkhotel Richmond 4*
The territory is a small well-groomed city garden with ornamental shrubs and tall trees. There are 124 designer rooms of the following categories: Junior Suite, Standard, Superior, and Suite.
The restaurant serves buffet or à la carte, as requested by customers. A wide range of refreshing drinks, gourmet dishes, juices, coffee, beer, tea, wine is offered.
There are three indoor pools for visitors to the wellness complex. Specialists have developed 13 programs for people of different ages. The service is included in the room rate. Each course lasts 3-8 days.
Also available sauna, steam bath, gym, hammam. A variety of procedures are offered: for weight loss, a course of drinking mineral water, anti-stress, several types of massage.
Spa Hotel Villa Ritter 4*
On the southern outskirts of the resort town, a beautiful four-storey building with turrets, lattice balconies, and window shutters is hidden among the forests. Nearby stands the Peter and Paul Church, a 16th-century Russian Orthodox church.
There are 14 luxuriously furnished rooms available: family attic rooms, royal rooms, deluxe rooms, and standard rooms. Many of these rooms feature furnished balconies that offer scenic views of the surrounding natural landscapes.
The spa center offers 25 different treatments. The modern treatment department offers programs that help to eliminate diseases of the digestive system, nervous system, endocrine system, and many others.
The spa complex includes:
- sauna
- cedar barrel
- indoor swimming pool
- fitness room
- massage or spa rooms
Guests of the restaurant with Czech, Georgian, and European cuisine can enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast. Dinners and lunches are served à la carte. There is also a bar with a wide selection of drinks. In the evenings, cellists, saxophonists, pianists, and vocalists perform in the garden, which features a seating area.
Spa Hotel Villa Smetana 4*
A beautiful four-storey building with an attic and a bay window tower immediately catches the eye of passers-by. The wellness center offers programs that include up to 15 wellness treatments:
- paraffin wraps that warm the joints
- inhalations that reduce breathing problems
- relaxing baths
- neck or back massage to relieve pain
- thermotherapy
- mineral drinking course and others
Each program is designed for 3-7 days. Guests can also use the beauty salon, sauna, indoor pool (constant water temperature: +30°C), hot tub (+33°C), infrared sauna, and parking.
Meals are served according to two systems: full board or half board. From morning to evening, the restaurant is open, serving a rich buffet of local and European dishes for breakfast. Guests can also dine or have lunch here.
The hall bar offers traditional cocktails, as well as delicious homemade cakes, several types of coffee, tea, and soft drinks. The elegant interior design creates a relaxed atmosphere for socializing.
Astoria Hotel & Medical Spa 4*
It is both a medical complex and a spa center. The nearby Mill Colonnade, well-known to tourists, stretches out. There are 103 rooms available in three categories: Economy, Superior, and Comfort.
The spa center features an indoor pool, a salt room, a relaxation room, and three saunas. The medical complex offers packages of services that include manual or Thai massages, hydro- and physiotherapy, inhalations, cosmetic treatments, and more.
During the day, guests can enjoy a buffet-style meal. The lounge area offers a selection of aromatic teas. For children, there is a small playroom with slides, ladders, and swings.
There is a summer recreation area in the courtyard, with tables and comfortable chairs. Renting a walking bicycle is available. Tourists can go on a cycling trip to explore the local historical, cultural, or natural sites.
Boutique Hotel Corso 4*
It is located near the Geyser Colonnade. Guests can choose from any of the 22 cozy rooms. The wellness center offers a range of treatments developed by Japanese, Balinese, and French specialists:
- face care
- massages include foot, body, aromatic, pearl, general, reflex, and other types of massages
- the Japanese Ko-Bo-Do ritual, which provides a noticeable rejuvenating effect on the skin
- body and face treatments
- inhalations
- ozone or hydrotherapy
There is a traditional hammam, a small sauna, and an indoor pool with a compact area for relaxing. The buffet breakfast, which is rich in healthy dishes, is served at the nearby Grandhotel Pupp.

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