Why go
Borjomi Central Park is the spiritual home of Georgia's most famous export: its namesake mineral water, bottled since 1890 and prized across the Soviet Union. The park itself dates to 1850, when Imperial Russian administrators developed the area around the naturally carbonated springs that erupt from 1500-meter depths. Stroll the linden-shaded promenades where Romanov grand dukes once took the cure, then join locals at the Ekaterina Spring pavilion to fill cups with warm, sulfurous water straight from the source—an unpretentious ritual unchanged for generations. The park's faded Belle Époque glamour, Soviet-era funicular, and earnest family crowds make it a singularly Georgian experience: medicinal, nostalgic, and deeply democratic.