Hotel Humboldt

This historical spa town in the most beautiful part of the Czech Republic lies in the wonderful Tepla valley at the confluence of the Ohre and Tepla rivers -The picturesque old city with its luxurious and pompous spa buildings in gold-white and delicate pastel shades lies close to the course of the river -The city owes its prosperity to the 14 thermal springs - the healing powers of which were already known in the Middle Ages -The soothing waters are still being bottled today and dispatched all over the world -If you have been here once you will return -A number of famous figures of the past discovered the wisdom of this maxim and left traces all over the town - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-Bach-Tsar Peter the Great-Friedrich Schiller-Karl Marx-Franz Liszt-Sigmund Freud-Theodor Fontane-Morgan Freeman-Madeleine Albright and Michael Douglas to mention only a few -Many had second homes in the town and the magnificent villas of famous people can still be admired today -Among others-Alexander von Humboldt built a sumptuous domicile here on a slope directly adjoining the softly bubbling Tepla-His spacious-Classicist villa dates from 1872 and was completely gutted renovated and turned into a luxurious 4-star hotel of the superior class - the Humboldt Park Hotel and Spa - while carefully preserving the historical charm of the building -Karlsbad is situated only a few kilometres from the German Czech border and is easy to reach by car -The airport offers direct flights from and to Prague and Moscow -On request the hotel will provide an airport shuttle with a luggage service and a garage -According to its historical model the decoration combines previous materials such as heavy drapery-noble wood and carpets for optimal comfort -Each room is decorated with paintings and sumptuous trompe-l oeil paintings -Some rooms have a balcony with a view of the Tepla River and the picturesque old city on the right Obviously all rooms have been equipped with the highest technical standards