Spring, Geyser sights in Karlovy Vary
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The Colonnades
The spa proper starts at Poštovní bridge, where rows of late-19th- and early-20th-century mansions face off against the blockish communist-era (1976) Hotel Thermal sanatorium across the river.
The 13th spring is the most famous but there are 15 springs housed in or near five colonnades (kolonády) along the Teplá.
The first is the whitewashed and wrought-iron Park spring colonnade.
Further on is the biggest and most popular, the neo-Renaissance Mill colonnade, with five different springs, rooftop statues depicting the months of the year and a small bandstand. Petra Restaurant, opposite, is the spot (but not the original building) where Peter the Great allegedly stayed in…
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