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title: "Abanotubani sulfur baths, Tbilisi, baths guide | Wimup"
description: "Tbilisi’s Abanotubani sulfur baths: private rooms, the kisa scrub, and how a first-timer should book."
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# Abanotubani sulfur baths

The domed baths that named the city · Experience · Abanotubani

In [Tbilisi](https://wimup.com/city/tbilisi.md), #2 of 10 in the city guide

## Quick facts

- **Cost:** ₾
- **Time:** 1–2 hrs
- **Best at:** Evening
- **Area:** Abanotubani

## Why go

Tbilisi literally means “warm place”, and the brick domes of **Abanotubani** are why: hot sulfur water has been piped into these bathhouses since the city began. Book a private room, submit to the kisa scrub, and emerge an hour later with the softest skin of your adult life and a mild sense of having been laundered.

## What to see

- **The domed roofs**, the bathhouse quarter’s half-buried brick bubbles, steaming gently at street level.
- **A private bath room**, your own hot pool, plunge pool and rest bench by the hour.
- **The kisa scrub**, a mitt, soap clouds and zero mercy from the attendant.
- **Orbeliani Baths**, the blue-tiled facade that looks borrowed from Samarkand.

## How to skip the crowds

Evenings and weekends book out; reserve a room a day ahead or bathe mid-morning. An hour is enough for a first visit, and the scrub is worth its small supplement every time.

## Getting there

The quarter sits at the foot of Narikala in the Old Town, beside the Leghvtakhevi waterfall gorge. Cable car down, bathe, then dinner in the lanes: the classic Tbilisi evening.

## Good to know

- **Time needed:** 1–2 hrs
- **Cost:** ₾
- **Best at:** Evening
- **Tip:** Book a private room
- **Pair with:** Narikala Fortress

## Nearby in Tbilisi

- [Narikala Fortress](https://wimup.com/place/narikala-fortress.md): ₾2 · 1–2 hrs
- [Mtskheta](https://wimup.com/place/mtskheta.md): Free · Half day

## Sources

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