Karlovy Vary is a spa town, which together with two other towns - Mariánské Lázně and Františkovy Lázně, constitutes the so called West Bohemian spa triangle. There are as many as 12 hot springs in Karlovy Vary, with water temperature reaching even 70°C. Curative qualities of hot water help in effective treatment of digestive and motor system diseases, diabetes or obesity. The town’s inhabitants say that if the therapy is unsuccessful after tasting water from twelve springs, one should try the thirteenth spring –so called Becherovka, i.e. herbal liquor, for which the town is famous.
