The 5 lari bath

Down, but not Out in Georgia Pt 6: Chilling out in Abastumani....in search of Hot-Springs

July 18th 2014
Abastumani, Georgia July 10th 2014 “Let's go." "We can't." "Why not?" "We're waiting for Godot.”.... ...“There's no lack of void.” Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot I had been told that Abastumani had hot-springs. But there was no obvious evidence of them, although there are active 'spa' resorts (sanitoria) in the surrounding hills. My ... read more

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The region of present-day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries AD and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Tu... ... read more

3rd May 2016

Maria Zantkuijl
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Location
Hello Paul, can you tell me where i can find this hot bath, so it will save me time to search? thanks so much.

3rd May 2016

Maria Zantkuijl
non-member comment

Location
Hello Paul, can you tell me where i can find this hot bath, so it will save me time to search? thanks so much.

4th May 2016

mahadev
Paul Joseph Drielsma

Hot Baths in Tiblisi
Hi Maria Very easy to find.. in the old part of Tiblisi. This site gives you more information about them: https://mycustardpie.com/2015/05/15/how-to-visit-the-sulphur-baths-in-tbilisi/ There you will find both the expensive ones and the local cheap ones (where I went)... watch out if you wear silver.. it turns dark from the sulfur :) Good luck.

4th May 2016

Maria
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The 5 lari bath
Hello Paul, I was actually referring to the Abastumani bath :)

5th May 2016

mahadev
Paul Joseph Drielsma

Abastumani
Oh... sorry ... yes Abastumani is about 30 km north of Akhaltsikhe which is the place with the very big fort (apparently the second largest in the world?).... You can get there by local mini-bus. The hot springs there: One lot of private bath rooms is in a run down ex-soviet place and could be OK but did not look all that inviting. The other is a large indoor pool which I think you can also pay to get into. I actually did not feel inspired to use either.... My only hot spring bath was in the old Roman bath house in Tiblisi. BUT I did stay about 2 weeks in Abastumani and enjoyed my time there a lot... just nice country and nice people. I got a clean and OK room in the multi storey hotel opposite where the farmers market is held a few times a week. It was old-world charm with the people I met.

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