Obsidian Urbex Photography

Hotel Sakartvelo. One of many abandoned resort buildings scattered across the spa town of Tskaltubo in western Georgia. Once part of a busy Soviet-era holiday industry, the hotel is now an empty shell of concrete and broken stairwells.

To capture this shot, I was perched (uneasily) on a matching staircase on the other side of this lobby. Needless to say, I was relieved to step back onto solid ground again!

#Photography #Concrete #LiminalSpaces #Urbex #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces

Feb 26 at 8:40amWeb
Show threadChrissie CaulfieldFeb 26
@ObsidianUrbex dangerous but worth it! I was on holiday in Croatia many years ago and there were all sorts of bombed out hotels still around there it was incredible. Alas I am no photographer
Show threadObsidian Urbex PhotographyFeb 27
@chrissie_c
I hear there are still landmines in Croatia, not sure if that is accurate or not 🙏
Show threadChrissie CaulfieldFeb 28
@ObsidianUrbex Eeek - that sounds properly dangerous! (I never went that near!)
Show threadHugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷Feb 26
@ObsidianUrbex The things you do😮😃 It must have been grand.
Show threadObsidian Urbex PhotographyFeb 27
@Tooden
I'm not great with heights, and the stairs were not much wider than normal house stairs 🤣
Show threadHugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷Feb 27
@ObsidianUrbex Going up, I'd have no problem. Coming back down would be something else.
Show threadPaul BarnfatherFeb 26
That concrete looks super sketchy 😳
Show threadKrzysztof SakrejdaFeb 26
@clanger9 I didn't know the photographer but I'm still worried about them getting out on that staircase
Show threadGiles GoatFeb 26
@ObsidianUrbex This is the kind of place where I'd expect to see one of those "Shiey" videos ...
Show threadEarsmeardiusFeb 26
@ObsidianUrbex Damn the upgraded graphics on the Quake multiplayer levels are sick af.
Show threadExcessive MinimalismFeb 26
@earsmeardius @ObsidianUrbex It immediately made me think of the "Hard Rain" map from Left 4 Dead 2, the building from which you take the elevator down to the crop field that leads you to the gas station.
Show threadObsidian Urbex PhotographyFeb 27
@excess @earsmeardius
Oh yes!
Show threadjavensbukanFeb 26

@ObsidianUrbex Wow. I wonder what it looked like in its heyday? 🤔

Fantastic shot.

Show threadDavid Mitchell Feb 26

@ObsidianUrbex

I’m intrigued by the tiles that were removed from the walls/floors and pillars, but then just left sitting in stacked piles… if they were valuable enough for the time/effort/cost to remove, why abandon them in the end? A mystery.

Show threadObsidian Urbex PhotographyFeb 27
@DavidM_yeg
Mysterious indeed!
Show threadBennolius 😷⚡Feb 26
@ObsidianUrbex looks exactly like the kind of structures I build in #minecraft 😄