Sauna Puerto

About this place Sauna Puerto

Sauna Puerto is the gay bathhouse option for Valparaíso — a city whose gay scene is defined primarily by its bar and café culture on the bohemian hills rather than by a substantial sauna circuit. The venue is accordingly small-scale: the intimate character of Valparaíso's gay scene means that the sauna serves a specific clientele of local gay men and visitors who seek this kind of venue in a city that does not have the critical mass for multiple competing bathhouses. The standard facilities are available — steam room, locker room, private cabins — in a format appropriate to the scale of the venue and the market it serves. For gay visitors to Valparaíso who are in the city for its extraordinary urban character rather than its nightlife, Sauna Puerto provides a functional option; the city's overwhelming appeal lies in the ascensores, the street art, the sea views, and the bar culture of Cerros Alegre and Concepción rather than in sauna facilities that can be found in more developed form in Santiago.