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The cost of taking the waters
12021-01-15T10:32:10-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f595plain2021-01-15T11:10:43-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Bath-houses: 20 kopeks if you were content to take the steam on the cheap; 1 ruble for the privilege of sprawling along wooden benches away from the eyes of others
River baths: 5 kopeks, plus another 5 for a towel
Sea baths: 10-15 kopeks, 5 for a towel
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Baths, mineral springs, sanatoria, and spas were common throughout the Baltic and Black sea regions.
Bath-houses came in two varieties. Ordinary bath-houses offered a common room "for all sorts and conditions of bathers" while "more pretentious establishments" offered private rooms.
River baths were an option in St. Petersburg (near the Palace Bridge)
Sea-bathing was an attraction in Yalta, which was known for its stony beaches. (Though if the seas were rough, or the traveler's tastes were tame, one had the option to take a warm salt-water bath at Pfeifer's, in the Hotel Frantziya.) Farther to the east, Feodosiya's sandy beaches were wildly popular. Click on the placemarks to read the entries, or use the network graph below: when you click on a dot, all other tags attached to that place will appear. By clicking and dragging the dots, you can find unexpected (and expected) connections between places.
Sites noted on maps & plans are represented by green dots. Sites noted in the main text are represented by orange dots. Red dots represent tags.
To make the related dots disappear, just click again on the original dot.
