drinking gallery
Jachymov
Jachymov is a balneotherapy (radon) resort in the north-east of the Czech Republic, located 17 km from Karlovy Vary and 130 km from Prague, at an altitude of 650 m above sea level on the southern slope of the Ore Mountains, near the border with Germany. The population is 3 194 people (2010).
The main healing wealth of the Jáchymov resort is bicarbonate-sodium-thermal mineral waters with natural radioactivity. In addition to the high content of radon, local mineral water also boasts the presence of rare elements – molybdenum, titanium and beryllium.
The area in which the resort of Jáchymov is located is unique in the number of mineral deposits. At the beginning of the 16th century, the richest deposits of silver ore were discovered here. After the development of silver deposits, uranium ore was mined here to produce then popular uranium paints. In 1898, the Curie couple discovered completely new elements in the waste rock – radium and polonium. This discovery brought them the 1903 Nobel Prize. Continue reading
Darkov
Darkov is a resort complex in the city of Karvina in the northeast of the Czech Republic, near the border with Poland (5 km).
The exceptional natural wealth of iodine-bromine water, modern treatment methods and the professionalism of doctors are the three components of the high efficiency of treatment at Darkov Spa. The amazing successes of the Darkov Spa in the treatment of the musculoskeletal system made it one of the most popular resorts in the Czech Republic.
Darkov consists of two complexes located on the territory of one city and remote from each other at a distance of 4 km: “Darkov hospitals” and “Rehabilitation Center”.
CHARITY OF DARK Continue reading
Marianske Lazne
Unlike other resorts, Marianske Lazne offers treatment for a wide range of diseases. This is primarily due to the fact that the chemical composition of the sources are very different from each other. The following diseases are treated here:
Diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract: cystolithiasis, urolithiasis, postoperative conditions of the kidneys, ureters and prostate, non-specific chronic inflammation of the kidneys and ureters, pyelonephritis, chronic prostatitis, urethritis, prostovesiculitis, artificial kidney, single kidney, conditions after kidney transplantation.
Respiratory diseases: asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract, including chronic pharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, rhinitis, allergic respiratory diseases, including allergic rhinitis, postoperative treatment of the upper and lower respiratory tract and lungs in the stage of compensation, conditions after repeated pneumonia of a non-tuberculous nature, the effects of damage to the respiratory tract with corrosive irritating substances. Continue reading
