A central cruising bar near Piazza Portanova that mixes a front bar area with darker back-of-house play spaces. Official and directory sources consistently mention a music/video zone, lounge, smoking area, labyrinth, cabins and black room. It is one of the most visible all-in-one bar-and-cruising venues in Naples.
A long-running fetish and cruising club that presents itself as the first fetish cruising gay bar in Naples. The club is known for themed nights and a darker, more explicitly sexual offer than the rest of the city's scene, with cabins, maze and sling regularly mentioned. For travellers looking for Naples' core cruising venue, this is one of the clearest options.
A queer social bar run with Arcigay Napoli that positions itself as the first queer social bar in the city. It is used for aperitivo-style evenings, live music and community events rather than big-club nightlife. For travellers, it is one of the clearest explicitly queer places to start in Naples.
A Bellini-area bar that appears in multiple gay Naples guides, though usually as gay-friendly rather than fully gay. The draw is its unusual interior of books, statues and phallic objects, plus vegetarian food, cocktails, DJs and live music. It works best as a central early-evening stop rather than a dedicated queer venue.
Naples' best-known gay sauna, located in the Centro Direzionale business district near Garibaldi. Listings consistently describe it as the first gay sauna in southern Italy and note a broad facilities mix including sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, cabins and maze. It is one of the city's most established men-only queer venues.
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