Hi Blog! Last weekend, Pauli and I revisited the sulphur baths in Old Tbilisi. Whenever friends come visit Georgia, I recommend they go for a scrub and massage at the bathhouse. Shorena and I did our part for SpendYourSummerinGeorgia by bringing so many foreigners and inspiring them to come back someday! This let me explore some of the other nearby bathhouses, but last weekend, I was finally able to return to my original and favorite bathhouse. The first thing we noticed was that prices had gone up a bit.
The second was that, nonetheless, the schedule was nearly full! We decided to take a room on the spot and were immediately ushered inside, where we saw the fruits of the renovations ourselves. The seating area was comfortable and sported a changing area where you could hang your clothes. A nice, modern restroom was just inside the changing area. Inside the bath itself, we had an antechamber with a Finnish sauna with an hourglass mounted on the wall!
The bath room itself had a large, shallow-ish tub filled with hot water and which had a smaller, circular area nested inside it with cold water. Probably you could comfortably fit six friends in the large tub and one more in the small. The small tub could accommodate one person or two, spooning. After fifteen minutes of following the regimented bath instructions shower, ten minutes in the hot tub, ten in the sauna, ten in the cold tub, repeat , the first masseuse arrived for Yelena.
He spoke limited, but sufficient, English, instructing us to lie face down, to roll over, or to sit, as needed. They also conveniently provided a menu for us, should we wish to order cigars, ice cream, or a lari bottle of cognac. While we did not take them up on it this time, I could see myself wanting to indulge someday in the future.
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