Vila Rusalka, Historical villa in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

Vila Rusalka is a villa on Petra Velikého Street showcasing elaborate architecture from the late 19th century designed by architect Alfred Bayer. The building combines historical elements with Vienna Secession features and is now part of a larger hotel complex.

Damian A. Klemm built the villa for himself in 1893, the same year as the neighbouring Villa Charlotte; Alfred Bayer had drawn up the project in 1891. After the Second World War it was nationalised and renamed Rusalka, with Alexander Abrahamovič as its first state administrator offering 20 furnished rooms. From 1957 it belonged to the Czechoslovak State Spas and served as a nursery and kindergarten for employees' children.

The building is part of the Savoy Westend hotel complex and shows how affluent guests lived during the spa town's peak years. The layout and decoration give a sense of the luxurious lifestyle visitors enjoyed at that time.

Vila Rusalka stands at Petra Velikého 1020/12 in the Westend quarter, not in the spa centre, and is reached on foot from the Savoy Westend resort. It is a three-storey residential building owned by Lunisoft s. r. o., not a museum open to visitors. Look for the corner loggia with its abacus-topped column and the tower-like bay with a gabled roof.

The villa was built in 1893 by builder Damian A. Klemm for himself, while the architect Alfred Bayer had drawn up the project in 1891, the same year and architect as the neighbouring Villa Charlotte. After World War II it was nationalised and renamed Rusalka; its first national administrator, Alexander Abrahamovič, offered 20 comfortably furnished rooms.