Apollion Sauna Claimed

Name: Apollion Sauna
Address: APOLLION SAUNA GAY ROMA, Via Mecenate, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy, Rome
Telephone: +39 06 4825389
Rating: 4.5

One of Rome’s longest-running gay saunas, established in 1994

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Apollion Sauna, nestled in the heart of Rome, has been a staple of the city's gay scene since 1994 it's just a short stroll from the iconic Colosseum and the vibrant Gay Street, making it a convenient spot for both locals and tourists.

The venue offers a range of amenities designed for relaxation and socializing. Guests can unwind in the Finnish sauna, steam bath, or take a dip in the hydrotherapy pool. For those seeking a more private experience, there are spacious cabins available. The establishment also features a bar, video rooms, a dark room, and a smoking area.

Apollion Sauna operates daily from 2 PM to 11 PM. Entry requires ARCO membership, which can be issued or renewed instantly on arrival and is routinely available to tourists. Apollion Sauna, nestled in the heart of Rome, has been a staple of the city’s gay scene since 1994. Located at Via Mecenate 59A, it is just a short walk from the Colosseum and the nearby Gay Street area, making it easy to combine with sightseeing for both locals and visitors.

The venue offers a range of amenities designed for relaxation and socialising. Guests can enjoy a Finnish sauna, steam room, and a hydrotherapy pool, as well as a large jacuzzi set beneath a distinctive brick dome. For those seeking privacy, there are spacious private cabins available. Additional facilities include video rooms, a dark room, a smoking area, and a self-service drinks area at reception.

Apollion Sauna is open daily from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM, with entry often beginning slightly earlier in the afternoon. Peak times are typically mid-afternoon through early evening, especially after work hours.

Entry requires ARCO membership, which can be issued or renewed instantly on arrival and is routinely available to tourists. Prices generally range from around €15 to €30, depending on membership status, timing, and any additional services booked.

The crowd varies noticeablyThe crowd is a mix of ages, attracting both locals and international visitors. While the cruising area is adequately sized, some patrons have noted that the wet area is relatively small and dimly lit.

For those interested in massages, the sauna offers services from qualified professionals. The jacuzzi, set beneath a brick dome, provides a cozy and intimate atmosphere. The venue's architecture, with its arches and brickwork, evokes the ambiance of ancient Rome, adding a unique charm to the experience.

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4.5

Based on 840 reviews

Josh Walton

17:31 24 Feb 26

Hands down the best experience I've had! Everyone was so welcoming. Crowd was stunning! I hope to make it back again next year and I will definitely make another visit.

Jack T

03:36 23 Dec 25

This facility is the nicer of the two that are in Rome. Steam room is adequately lit. Sauna is a bit on the smaller side. Plenty of rooms available. A mix group of clientele. Staff is very friendly. Annual membership is €10. Flip flops are provided at no additional cost. Would come back again if I’m ever in Rome.

pa le

21:48 09 Dec 25

Really nice sauna ,ancient roman bath design and clean i would recommend to go between 3pm to 7pm . The owner is a sweet man who was kind and very helpful

Jakub Waclaw

15:11 12 Oct 25

Beautiful place and friendly staff, but the people don't care about consent. They will be following you and touching you even though you've said 3 times you're not interested. They behave like your body belongs to them. Even though this is a beautiful sauna, I absolutely cannot recommend going there because of the people's behaviour.

JP Gonzalez

13:04 22 Sep 25

I went 4 days ago and had the most amazing experience. It was my first time in a gay sauna in over 5 years and it didn’t disappoint. I went exactly at 2pm however by the time I went in there were already 20+ guys in the sauna. The guy at the reception was super helpful and lovely. It was 80% old’ish men (>60 years old) but I love Italian men so me being young I was treated like a princess, lol. I met hot young guys from Italy, Hungary, and also someone from Sweden. It was fabulous! Thank you 🙂

Cabin Daddies

21:53 15 Sep 25

We had a fantastic time. The photos don't do it justice. It is a really cool, authentic historical building, and it is much larger than the photos suggest. It really does feel like an old roman bath. The front desk staff was super friendly, warm, and welcoming. Very clean - with staff walking around cleaning all the time. The locals were very friendly and very respectful. Everyone was so kind. Lots and lots of areas to go and have fun apart from the wet areas.Only 1 tiny bit of constructive feedback: the back areas (outside of the wet areas) were *super* cold and very brightly lit. I mean freezing. But it's not a complaint, we still had a great time.For tourists, be sure to check the hours. They close earlier than some countries and the busy times seem to be right after work. A good idea would be to go after sightseeing and before dinner.We would absolutely go back (and plan to)

Virgil Gonzalez

18:36 10 Sep 25

Went twice. The staff was very nice and the facilities were pretty clean with someone routinely going around and cleaning. It’s not some glamorous place but it’s nice and everything works well enough. The guys are nice too with mostly middle age to older guys and some younger guys here and there. Will go again if I ever go back to Rome.

m m

05:54 01 Aug 25

This was my first time at this facility. I went there on a Monday afternoon in July around 2:30 pm. Nothing but friendly smiles at the front door! My Italian is good enough to be understood by the locals but the slim young man at the counter was still very patient with me. My ARCO card had expired and the young man told me not to worry. He renewed the card while I was in the sauna and was granted immediate access. I wasn’t expecting many people to be there and I was fine with that. There must have been at 40-50 people there of mixed ages. I would guess most were in their 30s and 40s. Various body types were there and everyone welcomed my stocky body type. The facility is outstanding! Some people comment that the place is too small. I found it to be cozy. We’re are talking about a sauna in the ancient historic section of Rome. The size is exactly what I imagined and matches the pictures posted online. The place was very clean, I saw a custodian at work through my time there. I had a wonderful time. There were so many people there but it didn’t feel crowded. I usually fly into Italy via Milan. I now have to start flying into Italy via Rome so I can go back to this place! Thanks so much staff!

Frederick Ludwig

20:44 31 Jul 25

Talk about claustrophobic! The place is tiny. I've never been more cramped in my life and surrounded by the creepiest guys- and honestly the place was gross. 2 thumbs down.

Vinicius Mendes

16:31 22 Jul 25

What a great experience, I went there on a Tuesday and the place was packed with handsome men. The massage therapist was incredible and the price is fair. I surely recommend this place.

XANTHIA105

18:47 05 Jul 25

I was there on a Saturday afternoon and it was a very pleasant experience. The place was quite clean, the staff were pleasant and I had a thoroughly pleasurable experience.

Kushan Gunawardena

13:07 16 Jun 25

Very nice sauna with friendly staff. I was a tourist from Germany and they made me a new membership card at the check in. It would be nice if they arrange a hygienic showers to be perfect. Thank u.

Gaydar Channel

08:25 05 May 25

Beautiful space. You can easily tell that it is clean just by the smell of it. I went on a Friday night but the place looks less busy compared to the other club. A little pricey compared to the other one on the other side of the city but still delivers a good experience. The place is aesthetically designed and very well thought of. Mixed crowd as anywhere else.

Joseph Lester Reolizo

18:09 30 Apr 25

Spent 5 days in Rome and for 3 nights, we went here. I finally convinced my friend to come with me. Being his first time in a gay sauna, he liked his experience. It was a nice spa, friendly people especially the front desk staffs. People were started conversations with me while in the front desk in Italian and the guy translate if for me. Cleaning guy is very efficient. I would go back here definitely once I visited Rome again soon.

Andrew A

21:56 27 Feb 25

Nice newish sauna in Rome. Super clean facilities with an attendant cleaning rooms frequently. Nice friendly mix of clients. No rent guys or prostitution. Self-service Bar at the reception. Small Smoking room available. Staff are the friendliest in all of Italy. Very welcoming.. location is in a safe area.

Super Brettley

21:38 25 Jan 25

We really appreciated the hospitality and friendliness of this place. Very clean and a nice layout. Diverse crowd and the facilities were excellent. Lovely jacuzzi and steam room and dry sauna. Massage was good too. Highly recommended. Will definitely be back next time in Roma.

Nicolas Marin

15:11 15 Jan 25

Very clean and nice place. The staff super friendly and the guys really nice. The massage guy is the best.

jim degriz

12:57 10 Jan 25

Loved my time here. I arrived at the advertised opening time of 2pm to find there were already a bunch of guys inside. They start letting in from 130pm.The staff were friendly, spoke English, place was clean and non smelly. The setting was beautiful as well (for a bathhouse), a nice rabbit warren of corridors and rooms. Locker room was a bit cramped, but it did mean that guys had to squeeze by on their way past, which I find fun.By about 3pm it was very busy indeed, I'd already hooked up with a couple of guys and used one of the many private rooms for the fun, but the group atmosphere was just so exotic, I got caught up in 2 multi guy sessions, one around 8 and the other I have no idea as was in the dark room and it was all hands and c**ks everywhere. I'm a bottom, so I serviced about 7 or 8 in total in the end. What I loved is that everyone was so passionate, kissing, fondling and f**king.One Austrian guy stands out above all others, Frederico! Apparently he goes most Fridays, I met his husband later in the showers, but Frederico was hung like a mule. He was my first on entry and my last before leaving. If you're reading this, thank you!I also found the crowd mixed. I'm in good shape and early 50s and I met up with plenty of guys younger and older than me, mixed shapes and sizes and all were polite and funYou pay a membership and entry combined of about €30, not sure how much ince you're a member, but the card lasts for a year and can be used in other places as well (I'm heading to Naples next)Its not far behind the coliseum, so you can fantasize about being close to all those sweaty gladiators and providing relief as they return from the arenaIf you're in Rome and looking for fun, you have to go check this place out. Ill be back for sure

72tubedmiaz

20:06 07 Jan 25

The place is easy to find thanks to photos from google. The staff are lovely charming and helpful. The place is big, clean. I don’t like the crowded locker area, they have room to spare, it needs to be redesigned. Typical of gay saunas in Italy you get lockers n the rooms are first come first serve. You get two towels ( surprising, since you have to pay for the second one most Italian saunas). The West Hollywood queens have less attitude than the young gays here. Mind you they are stunning. N it seems to me that the older men are very into that. I prefer mine aged 45 years +😉 which ment for me very minimal choices. The cost was 16$, great! My only other problem was the square sandals, weird.Very nice place I would go back overall

妙祥宝

20:10 29 Dec 24

To be fair and objectively, indeed it is like being stayed a parsely populated islet. only around 8-10 people despite the prime time, and most of them are elderly group ppl. The entry fee is 15 euros, and no any drinks or beer are included/gifted. People who come here should be cautious, as you may use 15 to caught the air. hmm envirovenment there not bad. lol

Rashad Underwood

12:05 24 Dec 24

I was there at an odd time close to Christmas so it wasnt too busy. However, I could see that the venue was in a very nice, safe location and was itself accomodating. It is an underground roman bath and the architecture lends to that feeling. There is a steam room, jacuzzi, theatre and dark rooms.I very much appreciated the owner offering me a free day since I arrived at an odd time. That was so kind. I would likely come back due to the pleasant experience and welcoming nature of the lovely owner.

Eric S.

11:59 21 Sep 24

Wont even visit because you should have day passes for tourists. No one wants to pay for memberships that you only use once. Learn from actual world class saunas like Steamworks in Toronto. You are missing good clientele because of this membership bs.

James Conlan

22:16 18 Aug 24

Probably the most aesthetically beautiful sauna I’ve ever seen. It’s located in an old Roman ruin which has been refurbished so tastefully, replete with marble statues and ornaments. I couldn’t think of a better setting to get thoroughly railed. Extremely clean and top class facilities

Reise Junkie

19:43 10 Aug 24

My experience at this place was disappointing. I went there based on the positive reviews, but I found the sauna to be very basic with an outdated design. I couldn’t stay for more than an hour, and I paid 30 euros for a membership registration, even though I didn’t need it since I’m just here for tourism. Nothing was worth the rating it received. Unfortunately, this was the worst experience for me.

Matt

09:11 28 Apr 24

I visited this place in 2021.This sauna is smaller than expected, making it feel crowded at times. The smell in the hot bath is unpleasant, despite employee requests for no action, which were unfortunately ignored. The clientele's restlessness can be overwhelming for those not fully in the mood. Overall, the atmosphere may not be ideal for everyone and there isn’t any proper resting place (hot bath is smelly, hot sauna smelly, people knock on the room if you close it so you’re left with video room… if you can call that resting area).On the good side: decent clientele and it wasn’t totally bad overall.Definitively not recommended for unsure new visitors. If you’re committed from the beginning and you want to see plenty of action you probably won’t be disappointed.

D. G.

17:19 26 Feb 24

Warm welcome, kind reception staff. Large jacuzzi. Clean and tidy. The Finnish sauna is small. The steam room is practically without any light. You see absolutely nothing, which sometimes creates interesting conditions. The cabins are also well done. Negatives: no bar; too tight dressing room-you can't get away; very uncomfortable slippers; you have to walk if you use the metro. Everything else is ok.

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