Bohema Sulfur Bath

Bohema Sulfur Bath in Tbilisi's historic Abanotubani (Bath District) is one of the many sulfurous bathhouses that give Georgia's capital its name — Tbilisi means 'warm location' in Georgian, a direct reference to the sulfurous hot springs around which the city was founded in the fifth century CE. The bathhouses of Abanotubani, with their distinctive domed rooftops visible from across the Old Town, have been a social and cultural institution of Georgian life for fifteen centuries, serving as places of business, community gathering, relaxation, and ritual purification. Bohema offers private and communal bathing chambers fed by the natural sulfurous spring water that still flows from the Mtkvari River valley's geological fissures at temperatures up to 37°C, maintaining a bathing tradition that has been continuous since the Silk Road era.