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AbkhaziaHot spring in Kyndig village
The hot spring in the village of Kyndig is the most famous healing thermal springs of Abkhazia. Hot chloride, calcium-sodium water with a temperature of more than 100 degrees and a strong smell of hydrogen sulfide (the smell of rotten eggs) breaks out to the surface, and then is distributed through a system of pipes to the pools, gradually cooling down in them. Also, the water falls from a height of about 10 meters with several powerful jets, standing under which you can get a massage with therapeutic water. In addition to hot water, therapeutic mud comes to the surface here, which can also be used in wellness procedures. It is believed that for recovery it is necessary to visit the sources at least 10 times.
As for the arrangement of hot springs, everything is done here at the most basic level: no service, simple wooden benches, stone pools, gravel paths, wooden boxes for things. Learn more about Kyndig hot springs here.
🕐 Working hours: from 06:00 to 22:00.
💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 150 rubles (no time limit); use of a locker for storing things 50 rubles; parking 50 rubles.
🚶 How to get there: The kyndyg spring is located on the outskirts of the village of Kyndyg, 35 kilometers from Sukhum (hot spring on the map. From the village of Kyndyg it can be reached on foot. It is best to get from Sukhum and other resorts by your own transport, but you can also take a minibus that departs from Sukhum from the starting point at the central Sukhum market.
New kyndig hot spring
Near the village of Kyndig, right next to the main road, there is another hot spring complex. This is a new place, although it is equipped in the same way as the most famous spring on the outskirts of the village. Here, hot healing water from underground is distributed through a system of pipes to the pools, gradually cooling down in them. There are several pools with different temperatures, you can choose the most pleasant for yourself. Also, the water falls from a height of about 10 meters with several powerful jets, standing under which you can get a massage with therapeutic water. In addition to hot water, therapeutic mud comes to the surface here, which can also be used in wellness procedures. It is believed that for recovery it is necessary to visit the sources at least 10 times, so some tourists specifically stop in the village of Kyndig to have access to the sources. But do not forget that it is recommended to take medical procedures once a day, and no more than 20-30 minutes. Learn more about the new kyndyg hot springs here.
🕐 Working hours: from 06:00 to 22:00.
💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 150 rubles (no time limit); use of a locker for storing things 50 rubles.
🚶 How to get there: The kyndyg spring is located near the village of Kyndyg near the main highway Abzhuiskoe Highway, 35 kilometers from Sukhum (source on map. From Sukhum and other resorts it is best to get on your own transport, but you can make the way by minibus, which depart from Sukhum from the point of departure in the central Sukhum market.
Hydrogen sulfide sources "Ccuara" in Primorsky
Often these sources are also called Gudauta or New Athos, although in fact they are located in the village of Primorskoye somewhere in the middle between them. Like other hot springs, the hydrogen sulfide spring in Primorskoye combines the healing effect of underground springs saturated with minerals and hydrogen sulfide with therapeutic mud. There is also mineral healing water, massage is offered,there is a cafe.
You can swim in the springs in one of the two pools, or in the showers. After taking baths, it is suggested to smear blue clay, which has more cosmetic effect than therapeutic. Learn more about the hot springs of Tskuara in Primorskiy here.
🕐 Working hours: from 06:00 to 22:00.
💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adults-200 rubles; children-100 rubles. Use of a locker for storing things - 20 rubles; parking-50 rubles; massage from 400 rubles for 15 minutes to 2000 for 1 hour.
🚶 How to get there: sources are located in the village of Primorskoye (aka Tskuara) 15 kilometers from the center Gudauta and 30 kilometers from Sukhum (source on map. You can get here only by private transport or taxi. Also from Gudauta and New Athos, excursions to the springs from 500 rubles are offered.
Hydrogen sulfide hot spring and mud in Gagra
The hydrogen sulfide spring and therapeutic mud are located in the Balneological clinic of Gagra (now the sanatorium "Sana"), and are available not only to guests. For a fee, any tourist from the street can come here and take bathrooms with hot hydrogen sulfide water, or hold a mud treatment session. To obtain a valid Therapeutic Effect, it is necessary to undergo a course of 10-12 sessions under the supervision of specialists, for which it is better to stay in this Sanatorium and enroll in a course of recovery. In other cases, tourists should consider it more as a kind of pleasant relaxing procedures, rather than treatment.
It is worth warning that the type of Sanatorium and living conditions in it at first glance can scare away, everything is in decline. However, as for the baths and mud procedures themselves, everything is more or less in a normal state, so it is quite possible to visit the procedures from the street. Learn more about the hot spring and mud here.
🕐 Working hours: 09:00-15:00, seven days a week.
💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: the cost of taking a hydrogen sulfide bath – 250 rubles, therapeutic mud-200 rubles.
🚶 How to get there: sources are located in the sanatorium "Sana" in Novaya Gagra on Demerdzhipa STR., 49 (Hot Springs on the map). It is somewhat away from the center and the embankment, but it will not be difficult to get there on foot. You can also get here by minibus for 25 rubles, including from the area of Staraya Gagra, go to the former Shopping Center "continent".