The hall in the Imperial Spa won an award in the Interior of the Year competition

At the time, the Imperial Spas were among the most modern facilities of their kind in the world. For the first time, a unique system of transporting prepared tubs of peat by means of lifts and internal pavilions to the baths themselves was used. It was even reported in the period press that the baths "miraculously emerge from the floor and after the bath are again just as miraculously [...]

With the arrival of the school year, the Imperial Baths have launched new educational programmes for kindergartens and schools. These programmes use experiential pedagogy and introduce children to the history of the spa industry and the importance of the spa. The youngest children (3-7 years old) in the "Spa with all the Senses" program learn about the spa through smell, taste and hearing while discovering the beauty of the historic building. They experience how the baths smell, [...]

The Imperial Baths have won a number of prestigious awards for their unique reconstruction. 🏆 Building of the Year 2024 The Imperial Baths and the Concert Hall in Karlovy Vary were awarded the title of Building of the Year at the 32nd annual Building of the Year 2024 competition. The award was given for the exceptional and original construction of the concert hall. The jury appreciated the inventive spatial bravura that the architectural [...]

Let not thirst be thy sorrow, for our cellars are full of barrels! This is how one can loosely translate the German rhyme from the wine list of the hotel "At Archduke Charles", which used to stand in today's Moravská Street just a short walk from Vřídlo. We found the wine menu of the local "Old German cellar" in the collection of Stanislav Burachovich and we want to share this charming archival relic. [...]

The year 2024 was an extremely dynamic period for the Imperial Baths, full of changes, development and challenges. We are proud to present the results of our activities as a contributory organization of the Karlovy Vary Region, which in the past year was not only the administrator of this unique national cultural monument, but also an active creator of cultural, social and educational life in the region. What has been achieved? 🔧 Technical adaptations and [...]

Perfmormance - a movement performance by students of the Department of Nonverbal Theatre at HAMU depicting the distinctive atmosphere of the place and the relaxing unique atmosphere of spa life. It would be a shame if you missed this great performance, so we share with you a recording of it... 📹 ESSENCE OF PLACE - CISSARY SPA: KRISTÝNA BŘESKÁ AND ANNA ŠEFRNOVÁ