Largo do Arouche

Largo do Arouche, in the old downtown by República, is one of the historic hearts of gay São Paulo and still a daytime meeting point, ringed by older bars, saunas and the Museu da Diversidade Sexual inside the metrô station. The square and its side streets keep a long cruising tradition; it is lively and public by day but, like all of central São Paulo, calls for standard big-city caution after dark.