Hotel & Sauna Suggestion

[Brall]

I am going to the following cities:

1. Belo Horizonte

2. Salvador

3. Recife

4. Fortaleza

 

Hotel suggestions, name and directions to saunas with guys, and additions comments will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[+ Axiom2001]

Brall, dig into those archives. The men gave suggestions to me regarding places to stay in Salvador; also they recommended a sauna which starts with a "P"! The actual name is Termas Persona, Rua Augusto Franco, 22 Doris de Julho , 322-7979.

(I hope this info is accurate; I had two addresses and two telephone numbers written: the second one is 230 Junqueyra Ayres 230 Barris Salvador, 5571 329-1273.

 

Another respondent wrote at length in the archives about many features of Salvador. "Check it out! ...smooth traveling to you, man! When I was in Rio last week, more than one person told me that I would like Salvador. I do plan to return to complete what I didn't on my very first visit to Brazil. Right now I think I am going in March of 2003.

 

If I hadn't aborted the remainder of my trip, I would be on my way to Salvador today 17.10.02 staying at Monte Pascoal Salvador in Barra near the beach.

[+ Axiom2001]

Last month BillyZ addressed many of your questions about Salvador in his 09/02/02 message to us. Perhaps you should go to those archives!!

[BillyZ]

For your convenience, here is what I posted about Salvador:

 

 

 

I'll be taking my first trip to Brazil (including Salvador)

in December and here is my composite of everything I have

found on the Internet about Salvador. (I did not save the

attributions when I compiled this, so my apologies to Tri

and to anyone else whose words are quoted below without

credit.) As you can see, I only came across a couple of

specific sauna comments.

 

Cheers, Billy

 

____________________________________

 

 

HOTELS: "Salvador is spread out. Look for hotels in the neighborhoods of Barra (where the gay beach is located and fairly close in), Pituba or Ondina. Others are too far."

 

PLAY: "Mix (Rua 2 de Julho) is the current hot spot, eclipsing Holmes (Rua da Gamboa de Cima; down the underpass one block west of the Tropical Hotel), which was very popular with a bar and dance floor (no more?)."

 

SEE/DO: "Be sure to take an hour to wander the paths and gardens of the finely laid-out Unhão Sculpture Park adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (Avenida Contomo), located on a little promontory in the harbor."

 

Tatur Turismo Ltd. (+55-71/358-7216), a gay-owned & offers the full range of water tours, with great fishing & scuba trips off the Baia de Todos os Santos. Ask for a gay guide!

 

 

Saunas

 

Esgrima – Gay with bar — Ladeira de Santa Tereza, 02 (Centro or "Carlos Gomes") - 71 322-3813 / 321-2708

 

Thermas Campos (or Campus) – Gay with bar

Rua Dia D'Avila, 25 (Farol da Barra) - 71 235-2247

 

Thermas Persona – Gay with bar

Rua Junqueira Aires, 230 (Barris) - 71 329-1273

*** Someone wrote: "...absolutely the best in the city. Handsome, muscular guys. Clean, spacious surroundings. Others are run down and not much to offer, except for Rio."

 

Sauna Rio's – Gay with bar with escorts! – Rua Almeida Sande, 08 (Barris) - 71-328-3275 – Daily 4pm. Said to be "...new with fewer guys than Persona, but some good (legit) masseurs." Another poster (Dick) wrote that it was dead in the off-season, but he still "had sessions with the bartender, the towel boy, and one escort"! Also said it was clean and had free booths."

 

Scórpio Thermas – Gay with bar

Rua Augusto França, 22 (Dois de Julho) - 322-7979

 

Space New Relax – Gay with bar — Trav. Salvador Pires, 03 (Beco do Sebrae) - 329-4274 – Daily 2pm-11pm

 

Thermas Olympus – Gay with bar

Rua Tuiuti, 183 (Aflitos) - 71 329-0060

 

Thermas Phoenix – Gay with bar

Rua Prado Valadares, 16 (Nazaré) - 71 243-5495

 

 

Boates/Discotheques/Discotecas

 

Caverna —Gay bar; show; go-go boys – Fri-Dom 8pm

Rua Carlos Gomes, 616 (Centro) - 358-2410

 

Club Mix Ozone — Gay bar; show – fri-sat 11pm

Rua Augusto França, 55 (Largo 2 de julho) - 321-5373

 

Gloss Club Bar — Mixed; dance floor – wed-sat 11pm

Rua Afonso Celso, 60 (Barra) - 264.2621

 

Holmes New Look — Gay bar; show – Thu-Dom 10p Rua Nilton Prado, 24 (Gamboa de Cima) - 336-4949

 

Off Club — Gay bar; show – Thu-Sat 20pm

Rua Dias D'avila, 33 (Farol da Barra) - 267-6215

 

Queens Clube — Gay bar; show; darkroom; go-go boys.

Rua Teodoro Sampaio, 160 (Barris) - 328-6220

Cruising area: Daily 2pm-11pm; Disco: Fri-Sat 12p-6a.

 

 

Café/Restaurant

 

Atlântico Café – Gay, mixed, show — Daily from 7pm

Rua Leovigildo Filqueiras s/n - Beco dos Artistas -Lateral Teatro Castro Alves (Garcia) - 331-8255

 

Touche Creperia — Gay restaurant — Daily from 8pm

Rua Belo Horizonte, 114 (Jd. Brasil - Barra) - 9921-9084

 

 

Cinemas/Blue Movies

Cine Astor – Mixed – Rua da Ajuda (Centro) – Daily 3p

 

 

"Meeting Points" / Beaches (Praias)

 

Praia de Itapua - Loteamento Pedra do Sal...

* Barraca Aqualoca (G+ L H )

* Barraca Goa do Sal (L+ G H)

 

Praia dos Artistas (Boca do Rio)

* Barraca Aruba (G)

 

* Praia do Porto da Barra

 

* Farol da Barra

 

Gay information is available from Centro Cultura (Triângulo Rosa; Tel. 243-4903), Rua do Sodré 45, which is close to the Museu de Arte Sacra da Bahia. Publishes a $4 guide to Salvador's gay scene – Guia para Gays.

 

In Salvador, get a gay guide from Grupo Gay da Bahia. Their offices are right in the Pelourinho at the bottom of a hill, next to a theater.

 

Another edited comment:

"There are bars and saunas on Rua Carlos Gomes and in Barra. The men are nice in general, but very helpful here to speak Portuguese... A lot of Salvador men walk around in what approximated boxer shorts and flipflops— lean, muscled, and endowed."