Hotel Alisa (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic)

About Hotel Alisa

The modern hotel Alisa is located in the centre of the world-famous spa town of Karlovy Vary, opposite the renowned “Grandhotel Pupp”. The original design of the spa hotel building developed by Emanuel Grimm was modified by the famous Czech architect Alfred Bayer in 1893. It was Alfred Bayer who commanded the construction of the spa hotel by Josef Waldert Company for the subsequent two years. The new building was completed in March 1895. It was built for Mrs. Katherine Urban and was called “Stadt Mailand” (“City of Milan”). The facade and the interior of the hotel are richly decorated with stucco work which was characteristic of Alfred Bayer, who was employed by the famous Fellner-Helmer architectural studio in Vienna. The hotel Alisa has changed several different names and owners throughout its history. In the period 1906-1924 the building belonged to Marie Urbanová. From 1934 until the Second World War it was owned by the spouses Franz and Josefine Gleisinger. In 1945, “Stadt Mailand” was confiscated by the state and was renamed as “Lázeňský dům Jiskra” (“Jiskra Spa House”). In 2013, the hotel underwent comprehensive reconstruction and received its current name “Alisa”.