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Karlovy Vary is the biggest spa town in the Czech Republic. More than 60 hot springs can be found here and twelve of them are used in the spa treatment. Their temperature is different: from 34 °C to 73 °C. Mineral springs are used in the drinks cure, for baths and a number of special treatments. Especially diseases of the digestive system and metabolic disorders are treated here. The town is situated on the confluence of the River Teplá with the Rover Ohre, 400 m above the sea level. It is surrounded by the three mountain ranges – the Ore Mountains, the Slavkovský Wood and the Supovské Mountains. 36% of the territory of the town is covered with woods – they surround the town on all sides. There are about 130 km promenade paths in the wood. The Emperor and King of Bohemia Charles IV founded the town in the middle of the 14th century - in 1350. The foundation and its development were always connected with the curative powers of the town’s mineral water. Apart from its spa tradition it has been famous for its cultural tradition. The town was hit by natural disasters several times – by fires in 1604 and 1759 and by floods in 1582, 1821 and 1890. Every time it recovered and regained its former beauty. The present appearance of the Karlovy Vary is influenced especially by the architecture from the end of the 19th century, i.e. by the historicism and Art Nouveau. These architectural styles are typical of Karlovy Vary – e.g. town theatre, the Spa I., the Saving Bank, the Main Post Office and numerous hotels and spa houses.

The fame of Marianske Lazne was founded primarily by its mineral waters. In an inconsiderable area of the town, 40 springs well forth, and there are more than another 100 in the surroundings. All the waters are cool and naturally acidulous with a high content of carbon dioxide, and almost all of them are rich with iron. The most well-known and the most used are - the Cross spring, the Ferdinand spring, the Rudolph spring, the Forrest spring, the Caroline spring, the Marie spring and the Ambrose springs. The mineral waters are for drinking cures and for dioxide baths; the up-welling carbon dioxide is used for gas baths and gas injections. Complex spa cure includes: peat wrapping and mud baths, water treatment, electric treatment, light treatment, gymnastics, massages, inhalations, flushing, diet, hygiene education and all forms of exercise. The most frequent indications are kidney and urinary-tract diseases, diseases of the upper breathing tract - chronic bronchitis, asthma and other allergies, rehabilitation of nerve diseases and post-injury

Ceský Krumlov was the first UNESCO listed town in the Czech Republic. The oldest written notes date back in 1253. Wide range of architectonical styles from Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque to Classicism combine in a fascinating town complex belonging to one of the most preserved medieval towns in Europe. Main historical sights - the Castle (second largest in the Czech Republic, with its splendid interiors) and the Church of St. Vitus. Cultural sights – Egon Schiele Art Centrum, House of Czech Photography and Gallery in the Wenceslas´s Cellars (in the Castle complex). Music festivals.

Largest town in the region of South Bohemia founded in 1265 by the Czech King Premysl Otakar II. is full of history and remarkable monuments. Evidence has been found of human presence back to the primeval ages, the town itself has been built and developed for generations by Czech, Germans, Italians and Jews. Historical center of the Èeské Budejovice town is considered as a Historical Urban Reservation. In the middle of the town there is a unique Premysl Otakar II. Square with Baroque Samson Fountain, Baroque town hall with chime and historical houses with arcades. The Renaissance restaurant with an empire gable, Masne kramy, neo-Renaissance South-Bohemia Museum and empire South-Bohemia Theater are definitely worth visiting. Nowadays the town is world-famous for beer brewing at the Budvar brewery (Budweiser beer) and pencil production at the Koh-i-noor pencil plant. The city has large Exhibition Grounds housing several national exhibitions year-round (e.g. Zeme Živitelka – the Earth that Feeds Us).

The North Bohemian district town of Liberec, is located in the valley between the Ješted Ridge and the Jizera Mountains. Liberec offers many interesting sites. In downtown there are many buildings, which are the pride of the town - for example, the town hall built in neo-renaissance style and finished in 1893, a symbol of wealth and the economical as well as cultural development of the town. Behind the town hall, there is the Theatre of František Xaver Šalda dating back to 1893. The museum, chamber of commerce and a building society originating from 1901-02, form the jewels in the crown of the historical part of the town. Liberec is sometimes called "the town under Ješted," whose peak, rising to 1012m, is crowned by a modern tower, which has become a dominant feature of the town.

Played always a very important role in the development of business and industry. The city becomes famous by virtue of the manufacturing the world-known beer Pilsner Urquell. The city center has still the same ground plan of rectangular streets placed around a large square with an expressive dominant of the St. Bartholomew's Cathedral dated back to the first half of the 14th century. The original Gothic houses of the historical core were later arranged in Renaissance and Baroque styles. Ostentatious civic houses completed the variety of building styles in the 19th century.

The second largest city of Czech Republic represents the center of the Moravia province, one of the historic lands of the Czech Crown. It is a crossroad of ancient trade routes, which have joined the North and South European civilizations for centuries, situated in a picturesque countryside, surrounded on three sides by wooded hills. The first written accounts of it date back to 1091. In 1243 Brno was proclaimed a Royal City. Historical sites as Spilberk Castle, Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Jacob Church, Augustinian monastery and Zelný Trh (Green Market) with its Baroque fountain “Parnas” are worth to see. There are 6 universities in Brno, numerous galleries and museums, Brno State Philharmonic and professional theatres e.g. Janáèek Theatre and Mahen Theatre. Brno’s Exhibitions Center is the largest and most famous in the Czech Republic.