Marianske Lazne Elizabeth Spa

Marianske Lazne, in the western Bohemia spa triangle of the Czech Republic, is one of Europe's most beautiful and historically significant nineteenth-century spa towns, whose elegant Belle Epoque architecture, colonnade promenades, and more than forty mineral springs drew Goethe, Chopin, King Edward VII, Mark Twain, and Franz Kafka to the forested valley setting of this extraordinarily accomplished Central European spa resort. Marianske Lazne Elizabeth Spa draws on bicarbonate, iron, and sodium-rich naturally effervescent mineral spring waters from the geological resources of the Bohemian carboniferous basement, offering restorative hydrotherapy and drinking-cure experiences in the tradition of the great Central European Kurbad (spa town) whose thermal heritage spans three centuries of European bathing culture. The colonnaded Main Spring Promenade where visitors drink the mineral waters from porcelain spa cups while listening to the playing fountain, the Chopin Memorial Museum, and the surrounding forested spa landscape of spruce and beech create one of the most architecturally complete and culturally refined thermal spa destinations in continental Europe.