Tsqaltubo
Tsqaltubo (Georgian: წყალტუბო) is a spa resort in west-central Georgia. It is located at around Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It is the main town of the Tsqaltubo district of the Imereti province. It is famous for its radon-carbonate mineral springs, whose natural temperature of 33–35 °C (91–95 °F) enables the water to be used without preliminary heating.
The resort's focus is on balneotherapy for circulatory, nervous, musculo-skeletal, gynaecological and skin diseases, but since the 1970s its repertoire has included "speleotherapy", in which the cool dust-free environment of local caves is said to benefit pulmonary diseases.
Tsqaltubo was especially popular in the Soviet era, attracting around 125,000 visitors a year. Bathhouse 9 features a frieze of Stalin, and visitors can see the private pool where he bathed on his visits.
Currently the spa receives only some 700 visitors a year, and since 1993 many of the sanatorium complexes have been devoted to housing some 9000 refugees, primarily women and children, displaced from their homes by ethnic conflict in Abkhazia.
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tsqaltubo district. |
- Russians seeking sun, sea and cures New York Times
| Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia |
  |
|
|---|---|---|
| Autonomous Republic of Adjara | ||
| Guria | ||
| Imereti | ||
| Kakheti | ||
| Mtskheta-Mtianeti | ||
| Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti | ||
| Samtskhe-Javakheti | ||
| Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti | ||
| Kvemo Kartli | ||
| Shida Kartli | ||
| Cities with local government | ||
| Capital city | ||
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This Georgia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about alternative medicine is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
