Tsqaltubo

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Tskaltubo or Tsqaltubo (Georgian: წყალტუბო [ˈt͡s'χ'äɫt'ubo̞]) is a spa resort in western Georgia. It is the main town of the Tsqaltubo Municipality of the Imereti province. It is known 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. Tskaltubo was popular in the Soviet Union, 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. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and subsequent years of civil unrest and state collapse in Georgia in the 1990s, Tskaltubo has suffered from severe economic depression since 1991 as...

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