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PS: Click on dates to see original messages.
Nov 30 2016 - "My name is Paolo I am
Brazilian and living in Ankara, Turkey' s capital. I
have been to Istambul many times and I think that
Aquarius is the best gay sauna for a foreigner in
Istambul, because it is the only which is overtly
gay. The others are much more in the traditional
line of turkish hammans, and sometimes I have felt
an unfriendly atmosphere in those. ....in my
experience have been very kind and friendly with me.
April 08 2014 - "I was at Aquarius Sauna the other
night, and had a fantastic time. OK, so it's not
spotlessly clean, and most of the "action" is with
the massage "boys" (some are definitely men,
however!). And yes, I did partake of several of
them. The guys were all funny, and seemed to enjoy
each others company. But am I wrong to be
"supporting" them? One kid was 20, from Syria, and
he told me he sends most of his money back to his
family. Am I being duped? I am not naive, and I know
that there are many stories out there... Please
don't judge me, either, because I don't need a
lecture on good and evil. In this instance, it
seemed like a win-win for both of us:"
Dec 06 2012 - "It was the Aquarius Sauna at Taksim
Square, there was nothing covert about this place,
the minute my friend and I walked in and paid 30 TL
each for a room, it was just big enough for a
cot-size bed, no locker in the room, just leave all
your clothes and valuable in the room, the
receptionist right away called down to have a guy to
escort us to our rooms, he walked right behind me to
climb one flight of stairs to where the rooms are,
and he had his hand on me all the time we were going
up the narrow stairs, he left me in my room to
change and showed my friend his room a few doors
down, I barely have time to take off my clothes and
he was back to assist me to put on my towel, he
offered me a massage for 200 TL, I declined, he then
left me and went to my friend and offered him the
same deal, he declined as well. I managed to hooked
up a local in the shower who wasn't asking for
money. I guess he didn't get too many of those
opportunity in places like that. I plan on going
back next year to Istanbul and spend a couple of
weeks there, I was there in late September and early
October for 10 nights, but we were on a guided tour
so we spend only 4 nights there and we had very
little free time on our own, I will have to do some
research and ask the group as to where is the best
location to stay apart from Taksim Square where all
tourists go. I hope you find the right Hamman and
have a good time without worrying about Rent Boys."
Sept 8, 2011 - "Just visited Aquarius sauna and here
is my experience:There were maybe three patrons and
about 7 rent boys there on a Thursday afternoon.
When you enter, one of the boys takes you to your
room and immediately offers a massage The massage
takes place in a separate massage room and both the
massage and rather perfunctory but professional, and
the boys are cute (two that I spoke to were
Kurdish).Contrary to other reports. I suggest
negotiating the price of the massage before agreeing
to go ahead with it. The prices are high. And they
are very explicit about wanting a tip. One lad
changed the agreed upon price and when I reminded
him of the original price (agreed to a scant 5
minutes earlier), he backed down immediately." |
