Karlovy Vary, which are 14 km distant from Lužec, has been the most popular Czech spa for 600 years and it has been visited by people from the whole world since times immemorial. People had been ascribing healing powers to Karlovy Vary’s thermal springs long before the town’s establishment. The town achieved real fame at the end of the 14th century when King Charles IV treated his hurting limbs with the thermal water from one of the local springs to the astonishment of the court doctors. The rumours of a “powerful place” spread all around Europe then, and the Karlovy Vary doctors started to figure out and improve all kinds of water treatments in the coming centuries.
At the same time, the history of Lužec Chateau started to be written. It was built on the basis of a royal decree of the Czech King Charles IV in the 14th century as a place where he could spend the night and take shelter from the weather during the royal hunts. Later the chateau was used for strategic placement of Jan Žižka’s army fighting the Crusaders, and it was also used as a laboratory of the Czech King Rudolph II who was attempting to invent the elixir of life in its halls.
The history of the spa of Karlovy Vary and Lužec Chateau are closely intertwined and they had experienced both decline and boom. These places have become best known in the times of disasters and wars. The most turbulent development of Karlovy Vary came about when sanatoria and convalescent homes started to be built in large numbers there. The period after World War I is the period of boom at Lužec Chateau when the local rich benefactor, Paul Albrecht Weinkauf, enthralled with the old tales and surrounding nature, charged the well-known Munich architect Brendel in 1919 to rebuild the old hunting lodge into a new chateau. Later, after the death of this magnate, the chateau was transferred into the ownership of a health insurance company which established a sanatorium in the town.
The spa of Karlovy Vary history is inseparably tied with World War II and the Fascist occupation as well. Luckily though, the town met with special favour of the German generals, and meritorious Luftwaffe pilots as well as Herman Goering himself were treated in the Lužec Chateau sanatorium in Karlovy Vary during the war. After the war and during 1945 the Czech and Slovak political elites enjoyed their recreation here. Afterwards, the spa was made accessible to the wide public of Czechoslovakia.
The current history of Lužec Chateau started in 2010 when a wide-scale reconstruction transformed this place into an elegant **** hotel styled into the ambience of a hunting lodge of Charles IV. The vicinity of the chateau has changed as well. Gazebos and lookouts have been built, as well as a park and a parking lot with 100 parking places. The clean nature and spring water, peace and amazing landscape owned for centuries by prominent nobles and kings remain untouched, though.
Accommodation
STANDARD ROOMS
The rooms of this category in SPA Hotel Lužec Chateau**** have a high level of appointment with the possibility of adequate rest. You can rest comfortably in these rooms after treatments, watch TV, read a book or spend a romantic evening as a couple.
STANDARD SINGLE ROOM 16 - 21 M2
Room equipment:
Internet connection (Wi-Fi)
Satellite TV
Direct dial phone
Desk
Cosmetic table or mirror
Safe
The bathroom is equipped with wash basin, toilet, bidet, shower, mirror cabinet for toiletries, towels and bathrobe
STANDARD TWIN / KING BED DOUBLE ROOM 20 - 30 M2
Room equipment:
Internet connection (Wi-Fi)
Satellite TV
Direct dial phone
Desk
Cosmetic table or mirror
Safe
The bathroom is equipped with wash basin, toilet, bidet, shower, mirror cabinet for toiletries, towels and bathrobe
DELUXE ROOM
The Double de Luxe rooms are for those who can appreciate comfort and style. The double-bed rooms are furnished with massive wood furniture.
DE LUXE TWIN / KING BED DOUBLE ROOM 32 - 43 M2
Room equipment:
Internet connection (Wi-Fi)
Satellite TV
Direct dial phone
Desk
Cosmetic table or mirror
Some rooms have an electric fireplace or a canopy
Safe
The bathroom is equipped with wash basin, toilet, bidet, shower, mirror cabinet for toiletries, towels and bathrobe
DE LUXE TWIN / KING BED TRIPLE ROOM 30 - 36 M2
Room equipment:
Internet connection (Wi-Fi)
Satellite TV
Direct dial phone
Desk
Cosmetic table or mirror
Safe
The bathroom is equipped with wash basin, toilet, bidet, shower, mirror cabinet for toiletries, towels and bathrobe
ROYAL RESTAURANT
The professional team of our cooks prepares Czech and international dishes for our Royal Restaurant, using specific gastronomic recipes as well as new technologies. Eating in the beautiful environment of the Royal Restaurant will bring both gastronomic and aesthetic pleasure to the guests, and significantly participate in the success of wellness stay aimed at helping renew physical and mental balance.
Meals for the hotel guests are served simultaneously in the form of buffet tables and counters keeping the dishes prepared from first-class raw materials always fresh. Our cooks prepare great meals from fresh raw materials without using semi-processed products and substitutes every day.
Dance floor literally invite the guests to a dance. Capacity of the Royal Restaurant: 100 seats
SWIMMING POOL
Indoor pool with counterflow - 11x7m - swimming pool access is free of charge for hotel guests
SPRING WATER IS LIFE
WATER IS LIFE
Lužec naturally structured (drinking) spring water.
The water has a balanced chemical composition and unique taste.
The water source is located near the famous spa town of Karlovy Vary in a clean corner of the Ore Mountains and has long been known for its healing properties. When renovating and rebuilding Lužec castle in 1919 the spring was modified and an aqueduct stretching 600m was built to the castle.
The water was used for healing, drinking and preparing food in a sanatorium, which was located in the castle.
Today the water flows unaided, without the use of pumps, to the Spa hotel. The properties of Lužec water help normalize metabolic processes, clean the body, increase vigor, add beneficial minerals and energy to the organism, and of course quench thirst.
Thanks to the beneficial properties of "living" water it is possible to extend youth, preserve beauty and improve health.
With water man "drinks away 80 % of illnesses"
Properties of Lužec "living" spring water:
has bacteriological stability
does not foam when boiling
does not require additional cleaning
cleanses the body by removing pollutants and toxic substances
supplies the organism with mineral elements and energy
stabilizes digestion
helps reduce appetite when dieting
improves the process of absorption of proteins into the body, which allows one to overcome great physical strain
reduces weight without loss of micro and macro elements
reduce the symptoms of anxiety and tension, normalizes sleep.
Lužec "living" spring water is optimally beneficial in terms of its content, micro- elements , it is possible for both adults and children to use it without the necessity of boiling.
Drink to health!