Konstantinovy Lazne Spa
Konstantinovy Lazne is among the smallest spa resorts in the Czech Republic. The village named Konstantinovy Lazne has a population of less than 1,000. It is located in Tachov District, which is part of Plzen Region. It is 40 km to the north-west from Plzen (Pilsen) or about 100 km to the west from Prague.
It is not far from the better known spa towns of Western Bohemia (like Marianske Lazne or Karlovy Vary – Carlsbad), but compared to them Konstantinovy Lazne feels very quiet and almost family-like.
Spa and Mineral Springs
The spa is specialized on problems of the cardiovascular system. Local mineral springs have the highest concentration of free carbon dioxide of all mineral waters in the Czech Republic. Prusikuv Pramen spring is available in the large Spa Park.
Konstantinovy Lazne literally means Konstantin’s Spa, named after Konstantin of Löwenstein, who owned the spa in the 19th century.
Getting to Konstantinovy Lazne
By car
From Nürnberg and Bavaria – take Autobahn A6, which then becomes Czech highway D5. Exit the D5 to Stribro (exit 107). Konstantinovy Lazne is about 20 km from the highway; take local road number 230 and then 202.
From Prague – the best is to take the D5 highway to Plzen. From Plzen take road I/20 (E49, direction to Karlovy Vary), exit that road near Stipoklasy and take local road number 201 to Nova Ves and Konstantinovy Lazne.
From Karlovy Vary – take road number I/20 (E49, direction to Plzen). Exit the road between Trhomne and Stipoklasy and take road number 201 to Nova Ves and Konstantinovy Lazne.
By train or bus
There is a train stop and a bus stop in Konstantinovy Lazne. The bus and train connections are quite frequent, but Konstantinovy Lazne is outside main long distance lines and you will have to change bus or train in one of the nearby towns (for trains: Plzen or Marianske Lazne and then Pnovany; for buses: Plzen, Stribro, or Plana u Marianskych Lazni).