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The blue-tiled facade of Chreli Abano in Tbilisi's Abanotubani, its pointed arches and mosaic panels framed by pine trees
Tbilisi

3 spas; the city grew up around its hot sulphur springs.

Photo: Natia an, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tbilisi: two sulphur bathhouses and a Vake spa with a sauna

Tbilisi's bath is the sulphur bath. Abanotubani, the 'bath district' below the Narikala fortress, sits on hot sulphur springs; legend says King Vakhtang Gorgasali's falcon fell into one, which led him to found a new capital here. By the end of the 13th century the city had 65 baths.

Most of Abanotubani's bathhouses today sit under our rating line: Gulo's at 4.1, the Royal Bath at 4.0 and Bathhouse No. 5 at 3.8. Three places passed, at least 1 km apart, and the two sulphur baths carry our Ritual tag.

Illustrated map of central Tbilisi from Vake to Avlabari along the Mtkvari, with the domes of the Abanotubani sulphur baths, Narikala fortress, the Bridge of Peace and Sameba Cathedral drawn in cobalt ink 123
  1. 1

    Vake · Vake, Grigol Mukhadze Street

    Premier Spa and Aesthetics

    LocalTreatment

    A beauty and massage spa in Vake where, one 2025 review says, a session can start in a sauna or steam room; no website.

    SaunaMassage

    On requestby phone · daily until 23:30

  2. 2

    Vera and Mtatsminda · Vera, Kiev Street

    Kyiv Sulfur SPA

    LocalRitual

    A sulphur bath on Kiev Street in Vera, with private rooms, hot tubs, a sulphur pool and a sauna, open until two in the morning.

    BathhousePoolSaunaMassage

    $15body scrub and massage

  3. 3

    Abanotubani · Abanotubani, Abano Street

    Chreli Abano

    LocalHistoricRitual

    A sulphur bathhouse in Abanotubani with a public bath and private rooms; reviews describe hot sulphur pools, a sauna, a cold plunge and a kisa scrub.

    BathhouseSaunaMassage

    On requestpublic bath or private room

Checked 7 November 2026. Picks follow the same published rules in every city.