West Bohemian Spa Triangle Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About West Bohemian Spa Triangle
The three towns that form the "triangle" owe their world renown to over 200 mineral springs that dot the landscape and whose waters have been ascribed healing powers for centuries. During the eighteenth and especially the nineteenth century when railroads made access a lot easier crowned heads, scientists, business people, artists and poets from all over Europe stayed in these spas to cure various ailments or simply to relax. Much of the gorgeous Belle Epoque architecture built when this area was part ofAustria Hungaryhas survived or been reconstructed in the old style. Tourism took a hit during World War I and hadn't recovered when World War II delivered an even more devastating blow. The ethnic German population was mostly forced out after the war and the "iron curtain" severed many ties
West Bohemian Spa Triangle Travel Guide Sections
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