Short version: Since COVID, Guangzhou’s gay sauna scene has become hard to pin down, and there aren’t really any reliably-updated, openly-publicised saunas anymore. We won’t send you to one we can’t stand behind. If a bathhouse is a priority, Hong Kong is barely an hour away by train.

The honest picture

Guangzhou is a warm, low-key southern hub with a genuinely welcoming gay scene — but the bathhouse side of it has gone quiet. You’ll see a few old listings floating around; many are outdated or inconsistent, and we won’t vouch for a venue we can’t verify is open. If that picture changes, our Guangzhou city guide and this page will carry the update first.

Your reliable alternative

If a sauna is the point of the trip, Hong Kong is the easy answer — roughly an hour from Guangzhou by high-speed rail, with an established, openly-run scene. See our Hong Kong city guide. Staying in Guangzhou? The nightlife is the draw: our gay bars in Guangzhou guide and the live club listings have you covered, and gay massage in Asia covers the private option.

If you go looking anyway

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Browse our best gay saunas in China overview, the gay massage guide, or saunas across China.