Danubius Hotel Villa Butterfly****

The four-star hotel is located in Mariánské Lázne, (Marienbad) only 40 km from the German border and only 2 hours drive from Prague. The beautiful spa, culture and sport town in the heart of Western Bohemia is inseparable from people like King Edward VII, Goethe, Mark Twain, Edison, Chopin, and Sigmund Freud. Forty-two from the 100 thermal springs in the town and its vicinity are in use.

Hotel Villa Butterfly is situated within a stone´s throw of the town centre, overlooking the park, on the main street, close to the Thermes. The hotel unites the traditional style of Mariánské Lázne with the comfort of an international hotel. It has 94 bedrooms, including 8 suites, each with colour satellite television, minibar, radio, alarm clock, direct dial telephone and hairdryer.

The hotel offers several places for dining and entertainment. The popular Café de Paris with a fascinating view of the park and the town centre, the restaurant La Fontaine offering French and international cuisine, the lobby bar with a friendly atmosphere for afternoon tea or cocktail and finally the King Edward´s Club, an exclusive club for the guests and the members in British style. The town also welcomes its visitors to a pleasant night out including a Casino nearby.

The Villa Butterfly provides its guests room service, concierge service, safe, rent a car, e-mail and Internet access, covered parking lot for 33 cars. The hotel can provide a full service organization of activities, seminars and meetings with equipment, sound system, microphones and screen TV-video. A limited therapy section is to be established in the course of the second half of 2000. Sauna, fitness and massage are in the hotel. There is a tennis court, golf course, horse riding, swimming pool, lit skiing slope and an ice stadium in the neighbourhood.

The spa therapy is based on Marienbad´s rich mineral springs and favourable climate. There is a legendary spa centre near the hotel where among others following diseases are treated: metabolic disorders, kidney and urinary tracts ailments, diseases of the nervous system. The above mentioned treatments and cures are also available to the hotel guests.