Balnevia
The mineral water park at Tskaltubo

Tskaltubo/Georgia

Tskaltubo Balneological Resort

Mildly mineralised water at a constant 33–35 °C, the basis of a vast Soviet-era cure town.

Alexey Komarov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Source temperature
34°C
Bathing temperature
34°C
Bathing
Indoor
Established
1925
Accommodation
Hotel on site

Tskaltubo's springs emerge at close to body temperature all year, which is why the Soviet Union built an enormous balneological resort here in the 1920s and 1930s. Grand bathhouses and sanatoria stand around a wooded mineral park, some restored, many not.

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Why visit

A remarkable piece of twentieth-century spa architecture, with water that needs neither heating nor cooling.

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The water

Thermal water

Source
Tskaltubo mineral springs
Mineralisation
Weakly mineralised, radon-free
Character
Water at body temperature year round, used without heating.

Practical information

A short drive from Kutaisi; several bathhouses still operate while others are ruins or shelter displaced families — respect access restrictions.

Location

Tskaltubo, Georgia42.3400, 42.5950View on Balnevia map

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