Tsqaltubo

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Tskaltubo წყალტუბო
Town
Tskaltubo Railway Station
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Coordinates: 42°19′35″N 42°36′02″E / 42.32639°N 42.60056°E / 42.32639; 42.60056
Country	Georgia
Region	Imereti
District	Tskaltubo
Elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Population  (January 1, 2024)[1]
• Total	7,378
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Time)
Area code	+995 436
Website	tskaltubo.gov.ge

Tskaltubo or Tsqaltubo (Georgian: წყალტუბო) is a spa resort in west-central Georgia.^[2] 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 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, however, there are numerous restoration projects to promote the regeneration of this historic spa town.