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After we had our first snow here in Tbilisi a few days ago and then chatting with a Japanese friend online I started to wonder...

I know Georgia has no shortage of mountains or natural mineral water springs or snow, but I don't know if some of them are hot with outdoor facilities in the mountains.

What I really want is an outdoor hotspring in a natural setting, preferably in the mountains, which will be operating in the winter with snow all around, like is possible to find in Japan.

Here's a Japanese onsen in the snow - are there Georgian equivalents? Japanese onsen in the snow

Bonus points for mixed baths where male and female are not separated, and extra bonus points if there is wildlife around, like Japan's snow monkeys!

hippietrail
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Borjomi might seem to be the closest to the places I described in Japan.

A friend of a friend just went there and provided a snowy winter photo:

Snowy winter photo of outdoor hotspring bath at Borjomi, Georgia
Thanks to my friend's friends for permission to use this photo.

hippietrail
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First of all, there are some hot springs in Georgia. But it seems to be difficult to find the hot springs. I found the following three cities that have at least hot springs in spas, but I'm not sure if there are also open-air hot springs. But at least those cities are a good starting point:

Tsqaltubo some hot springs, but couldn't find out if they are open-air. But also in Tsqaltubo there are some very interesting caves like for example this one:

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Borjomi has also some hot springs and is located in a National Park. Judging from Google Image Search there is something like an open-air location there:

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