History of hotel Esplenade in Marianske Lazne

The Esplanade Hotel, built in 1911 by the outstanding architect, Arnold Heymann, has always been the most luxurious hotel in Marianske Lazne. This Titanic among hotels fortunately has never wrecked and lived through a number of successful seasons serving princes and bankers, Indian princesses and maharajas.

How to find us
Praha - Ruzyne International Airport is about one hour and thirty minutes from the hotel by car. From Prague you take D5 highway towards Plzen, which takes about 40 minutes. When passing Plzen, you stay on D5 highway and follow the signs towards Rozvadov. You take the exit 128 and follow signs towards Bor. It takes only 28 km from the highway to get to Marianské Lázne, just follow the signs. When you get to the city, carry on the main road, as well as follow the signs to the hotel. Esplanade hotel is situated at the end on the road, on the top of the hill, overlooking the city Marianske Lazne. Karlovy Vary airport is about forty minutes from the hotel by car. From Karlovy Vary you carry on E49 road for about 15 minutes, when reached Becov nad Teplou. In Becov nad Teplou you make a right and follow the signs towards Marianske Lazne. After about 25 minutes you make a right, there is a big sign appointing Marianske Lazne and the Esplanade hotel. In just a few minutes you will see the hotel signs, and the Hotel its self is situated on the right hand side.

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History of Marianske Lazne

The oldest record concerning local mineral springs is the letter which the king Ferdinand sent to the abbot of the monastery in Teplá ( 1528 ). He asked the abbot to send samples of water from the present Ferdinand Spring to Prague because he believed salt might be found in it. It means that people knew about the existence of the mineral springs here, but they did not make use of them. The first people settled in the neighborhood of the Cross Spring, only after the reservation had been bought by the abbot Trautmannsdorf ( 1786 ). In 1779 the abbot charged the doctor of the monastery, John Joseph Nehr, to carry out the analysis of local mineral springs. In 1808 he built the first spa house for his own money. He called it “The Golden Ball” and in 1808he opened the first spa season. The place became very popular during a few years and it was the beginning of the growth of Mariánské Lázně. Town houses had been built here even before Mariánské Lázně was raised to town in 1866.