I am not much of a sauna customer, but since I had heard so much about Rio's saunas I got into a "sauna excursion" from the local travel operator and visited three of them: I went to the Calvin Klein's sauna (but CK wasn't there).

What I think it was quite interesting about Rio's saunas is that there are two different kinds of saunas: the ones with hustlers and the majority without hustlers.

Saunas in Rio are more like gay clubs, where people go to have drinks, chat and there are even drag shows in some of them. They all have private rooms where you can go for more intimate action. The hustlers at the saunas seem to please the size queens and according to a group of Americans that I met there they are quite unexpensive.

Now I found the non-hustler saunas a lot of fun, more of a club atmosphere where old chaps meet to talk, laugh and drink and eventually cruise.

Anyway I wouldn't dare to say that Rio's saunas are the best in the world, but they are definitely worth a visit.