Sheet 01 of the set
Protocols 12
Regions 6
Base 49.96 N 12.70 E
Revised 2026-11
Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic
Unhurried tours, written out as protocols
We are a small tour house in a Bohemian spa town. Every journey we run is set out on a single sheet: where you sleep, how far you walk each day, what the water is like, and which afternoons belong to nobody but you.
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Twelve protocols in six regions
A protocol is our word for a finished route. Each one names its days, its group size, its season and how much effort it asks of you, and each starts and ends in the hall of our hotel. Pick by the water you want to sit in, or by the number of days you can spare.
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Onsen Towns of Kyushu
Nine days through the hot-spring towns of Kyushu, from the steam of Beppu to the black sand of Ibusuki, at a walking pace. From CZK 119,900 per person.
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Kusatsu and Nagano Snow Baths
Seven winter days in the Japanese Alps: the hot-water field of Kusatsu, the snow lanes of Shibu and the temple town of Nagano. From CZK 98,900 per person.
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Budapest Bath Circuit
Five days in Budapest, taking the city’s great baths one at a time, from the Ottoman domes of Buda to the yellow palace of Széchenyi. From CZK 24,900 per person.
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Hévíz Lake Weekend
Three days on the warm lake at Hévíz in western Hungary, where you swim among water lilies, with a morning on the north shore of Balaton. From CZK 13,900 per person.
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Bad Gastein Valley Week
Six days in the Gastein valley of the Austrian Alps: the waterfall town of Bad Gastein, high meadows and warm thermal pools. From CZK 38,900 per person.
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Salzkammergut Slow Lakes
Seven days around the lakes of the Salzkammergut in Austria, by boat, local bus and short walks, with Bad Ischl as the middle point. From CZK 42,900 per person.
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Saturnia Hot Springs
Five days in southern Tuscany around the free hot springs of Saturnia, with the tufa towns of Sovana and Pitigliano close by. From CZK 39,900 per person.
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Val d’Orcia Walk and Soak
Six days on foot through the Val d’Orcia in Tuscany, from Pienza to the thermal square of Bagno Vignoni and the white rocks of Bagni San Filippo. From CZK 46,900 per person.
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Pamukkale and Aegean Baths
Seven days in western Turkey: the white terraces of Pamukkale, the ruins of Hierapolis and the old thermal towns of the Aegean coast. From CZK 44,900 per person.
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Aegean Olive Coast Baths
Six days on the olive coast of the north Aegean in Turkey: Ayvalık and Cunda, the gulf of Edremit, hot springs and the autumn olive harvest. From CZK 39,900 per person.
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São Miguel Hot Springs
Seven days on São Miguel in the Azores: crater lakes, the warm iron pools of Furnas and an ocean pool heated by a lava spring. From CZK 64,900 per person.
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Furnas Valley and Tea Estates
Five days in the Furnas valley and the north coast of São Miguel, with the only tea plantations in Europe and slow afternoons in warm pools. From CZK 52,900 per person.
Prices are indicative, per person, and start from the figure shown. A manager confirms the final price for your dates.
The base
A spa hotel of 1893, used as our laboratory
Healthlab Seikotsu Hotel stands above the Colonnade in cream stucco with iron verandahs on every floor. It has 64 rooms, a tiled pool hall, a dining room that faces the park, the casino in its former drinking gallery, and the office where we draw up every route.
You sleep here the night before a protocol and the night after it. That is the whole point of a base: the same bed at both ends, a bag you can leave in the store, and a desk that knows your name.
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The six regions, measured from the hotel door
Ground floor, off the colonnade hall
Healthlab Seikotsu Casino, in the old drinking gallery
The casino is a room of this building: a glass-vaulted gallery 31 metres long where spa guests once queued with porcelain cups. Today it holds 9 tables and a bar of 12 seats, and it opens from Wednesday to Sunday in the evening.
From the reception desk it is 38 steps through the hall to its door. A member of staff stands there every open hour and asks each guest for proof of being 18 or older. Nothing of the casino happens on this website: no bets are taken, no accounts are kept and no money changes hands here.
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Where the protocols go
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Japan
Two Japanese protocols: the volcanic island of Kyushu in autumn and spring, the snow towns of the Alps in deep winter.
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Hungary
Hungary by train from our door: the great public baths of Budapest and the warm lake of Hévíz near Balaton.
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Austria
Two Austrian protocols: the waterfall town of Bad Gastein in the high Alps and the slow lakes of the Salzkammergut.
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Tuscany
Southern Tuscany: the free hot pools of Saturnia, the walking country of the Val d’Orcia and the warm square of Bagno Vignoni.
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Turkey
Western Turkey: the white travertine terraces of Pamukkale, old hammams, and the hot springs of the north Aegean olive coast.
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Azores
São Miguel in the Azores: crater lakes, the warm iron pools of Furnas, an ocean hot spring and the tea estates of the north coast.
What a protocol day looks like
Breakfast without an alarm, a walk of an hour or two, a long sit in warm water, supper before eight. We plan the rest of the day so that nothing has to happen.
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From the journal
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Learning to bathe in Kyushu
The rules of a Japanese bath feel strange for one evening and natural after that. What our leaders tell every group on the first night.
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Why our groups stop at ten
Ten travellers fit one minibus, one long table and one wooden bath. Above ten, the day starts to belong to the logistics.
Ask about a protocol
We answer by email within two working days and by phone during office hours. Every protocol sheet carries a request form; a manager then calls you to settle the price and the details with you in person.