Karlovy Vary is the most significant and an internationally known spa city of the "spa triangle", situated in a deep wooded valley of the river Teplá. Fifteen mineral springs with temperatures ranging from 42° to 72°C (degrees Celsius) well up here.
Many visitors do not only come here for their health but also to experience the atmosphere of this place, to relax and enjoy the peace and to pursue sports activities. Others seek to explore the lives of great people of the past, for personalities as significant as Goethe, Beethoven, Dvořák or Wagner have spent time here.