Tskaltubo

Tskaltubo spa resort, in western part of Georgia is cited to become region’s medical tourism hub. If there’s somewhere real and fantastic living water, it gushes out of the ground at the resort Tskaltubo. Here is brought people with rheumatisms so that they cannot do even a step by themselves, but after the course of treatment consisting of 25-30 baths, many of them forget what brought them here on a stretcher.

Medical water Tskhaltubo has become a symbol of a healthy lifestyle. This unique gift of nature was called the “living water.” The beneficial effects of Tskhaltubo water on the human body has been known since ancient times. Today, modern installations enable us to treat, prevent and toning of the body.

In Tskaltubo is used peculiar technique holidays baths (inflow and flow), i.e, Fresh water is constantly supplied into the tub and the water from the beginning to the end of the procedure is made similar.

According to a Ministry of Economy feasibility study, Tskaltubo’s water composition was very complex and rare, and there were no analogies in Asian or European countries. While salt and mineralization levels were low, the salts had extremely active calcium and magnesium contents.

“The chemical composition of Tskaltubo’s water does not include any strong toxic substances. The chemical composition of almost all of Tskaltubo’s waters is more or less identical. It does not change seasonally and it does not depend on the amount of sediment (rain, snow etc.),” the report stated.

“With the subtropical climate and is considered to be the warmest spa resort in Eurasian region with the average annual temperature of +15C, with average low of +19C and average high of +25C.”

In 1989, 5,800 people were able to stay in one of Tskaltubo’s 22 sanatorium’s. The region received 500000 visitors annually. The resort had the ability to host 15,000 tourists on a daily basis.

In the 12th and 13th Centuries, Tskaltubo was widely popular as a destination for health treatments due to the unique therapeutic qualities of its thermal waters.

In the resort is revealed another natural curative factor – carstic caves, microclimate of which (in particular micro-climate “White Cave”) has been successfully used to treat hypertension, asthma and neurosis (currently works are performed for improvement of the cave).