More info about travel to Czech Republic: https://www.ricksteves.com/europe/czech-republic Centuries ago lake-builders of Třeboň employed ingenious techniques to transform flooding marshland into a clever combination of lakes, oak-lined dikes, and peat bogs. Today those peat bogs supply Třeboň's other claim to fame: its peat spa. Soaking in the black, smelly peat sludge is thought to cure aching joints and spines.

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