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TAIPEI -- area code (886-2)
Chang Chun Bath House (mixed)
41 Quan-yuan Rd, Ba-tou district. No charge public hot spring bath house open 24 hours. Two small pools (one for men and the other for women). Best time is late night (no women come and they switch off all the lights). MRT Tam-shui Line, Xi-ba-tou station, then take a red public bus 21 at Burger King, get off at OK Convenient Store, walk along the small alley downhill till you see a small stream and the bath house is beside it (same area as 24 Sauna House above).
Chuan Tang Hot Spring (mixed)
10, Alley 300, Xing-yi Rd, 2874-7979. Open 24 hours. Pool for men closed on Thu morning. MRT Tam-shui line, Shi-pai station.
Davie & House
2375-3036. Gay indoor tanning Pub
Genghis Khan Sauna
5/F 72 Zhong Xiao W. Rd, 2311-8258. Popular and very easy to find. Standing in front of the Taipei Railway Station, look to the opposite side of the street, to the right. You will see a 10 storey building with a giant neon Panasonic sign on the top. Enter the building, take the lift to 5/F and pay the entry fee. It occupies the entire floor. The locker room has over 300 lockers. Big steam room, dry sauna and nice shower room. There are about 40 private rooms where you can have fun or just sleep. There is a large video room (almost like a movie theatre) with 60 recliners where people sleep and/or have fun (clean blankets provided), plus several dark rooms. They also have many free Internet stations. No time limit and you can easily spend the night here. Mixed age crowd. Open daily 24-hours. Busiest on Fri nights and all day on weekends and holidays.
Comments from Utopians:
"Went here last week and was amused in the good environment. Queen size bed in the cleanest and most spacious sauna room I've ever experienced. Lots of muscular men in this 24-hour sauna. T$400 per 16 hours entry." -- sg_man, Jun 12, 2007
Han Men's Sauna
2/F 120 Xi-Ning South Rd, 2311-8681. Clean and small. Open 24 hours. Attracts a younger, body beautiful crowd. MRT Ban-chiao line, Xi-men stop, walk along Cheng-du Rd, turn left on Hsi Ning Rd for a short distance. Older facility, but very friendly.
HX
5/F, N0. 8 Min Tsu East Rd, 2598-8856. Large sign. A gay-owned and operated health club. MRT Dan-shui Line, Yuan-shan station. Walk along Min-Zu E. Rd to the intersection of Zhong-shan N. Rd and look for number 8.
Hua Yi Chun Hot Spring (mixed)
No 20, Lane 251 Chut-zu-hu Rd, Shi-lin District, 2381-5900.
Huang Gong (Royal Palace)
20 Hsi Ning South Rd (2 doors east of the Paradise Hotel), 2381-5900. Open 24 hours. MRT Ban-chiao line, Xi-men stop. Mature men.
International Hotel Sauna
7 Hu-shan Rd Sec 1, Yang-ming-shan, 2861-7100. MRT Tam-shui line, Shih-lin station, then take red bus 5 from Zhong-shan N. Rd, about 35 –45 minutes to the hotel which is opposite side of 7-Eleven. Small but very crowded from mid day.
265 Chang An West Rd, 2550-7766, email. Open 24 hours. Seven floor facility with steam room, restaurant, maze, private rooms. Massage available. Very popular with the younger local crowd and also chubs.
Comments from Utopians:
"I`ve been to Office sauna twice and must say that it's a wonderful place to have some fun. The staff are friendly, even though they don't speak much English, and the place is clean and safe. There's a large reading room and the hot swimming pool is fantastic. The steam sauna, however, is too dark, small and not warm enough." -- Brazilian, Feb 20, 2008
Rainbow
2/F No.142 Kunming St at Chengdu Rd (one block from Han Sauna and around the corner from Relax & Royal Spa), 2370-2899. The most popular gay sauna in town even though its an aging facility. No sign, but once you get to the address you can't miss the exterior and stair hallway plastered with rainbow flags and banners. Large bath and scrub area, steam, dark video room, reading and TV lounge. Lots of private cabins on the upstairs floors. Busy, big, and well-worn working-class type of place.