See Ominous Photos of Crumbling Ex-Soviet Spa Resorts
Published 20 Apr 2018, 12:22 BST, Updated 30 Sept 2019, 09:02 BST
This circular setup of individual tubs would allow many people to bathe at once in this spa in Tskaltubo, Georgia.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
Monumental arches adorn this open gallery of a former sanatorium.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
This passage connected the main thermal spa facilities with the private guest rooms.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
Water still flows through and underneath the baths in this derelict bathhouse, causing the buildings to deteriorate even faster.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
The remains of a sanatorium alongside the Russian Riviera in Sokhum, Georgia.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
Billiard tables are left to rot inside this leisure room in Tskaltubo, Georgia.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
An exterior passage leads toward one of many bathhouses in the spa complex.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
Nature encroaches on this crumbling spiral staircase.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
This theatre would have had curtains and a wooden stage, but these features disappeared over time.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
Men and women bathed separately at the sanatoria.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
The grand entrance hall of this neglected sanatorium will be redeveloped into a luxurious hotel.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde
A small fountain in front of the former spa resort has dried up.
Photograph by Reginald Van de Velde