Madrid Gay Map 2023 - gay bars, gay clubs, gay snas, hotels and more - Travel Gay

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• THE 10 BEST MADRID GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MADRID
• GAY SPA - OUR 6 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE LGBT SPA
• GAY MADRID & THE CHUE DISTRICT
• 10 REASONS WHY MADRID IS THE WORLD'S BT LGBT DTATN RABOW FLAG | © AZYLLAMA / SHUTTERSTOCK JSI JON 01 AUGT 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT MADRID IS AN OPEN, WELG AND TOLERANT CY, WHICH MAK AN IAL STATN FOR LGBT TRAVELLERS. FROM S STRONG HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS TO S LEGENDARY PARTY SCENE, THE SPANISH PAL NEEDS TO BE ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET LIST. SO HEAD TO A ROOFTOP BAR, GRAB A CKTAIL AND READ ON TO DISVER WHAT MAK MADRID THE WORLD’S BT LGBT STATN. VIEW ALL TRIPS LONG HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS SPA WAS THE THIRD UNTRY THE WORLD TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE 2005 AND, WHILE OTHER UNTRI LIKE GERMANY, GAY UPL STILL STGGLE TO ADOPT, HAS BEEN LEGAL SPA FOR OVER A . IF A BABY IS NCEIVED VIA IVF THE MOTHER’S SAME-SEX PARTNER N LEGALLY BE NAMED ALONGSI THE BIRTH MOTHER ON THE BIRTH CERTIFITE. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP THAILAND SPA ECUADOR EGYPT MEXI JAPAN SOUTH AI CROATIA TURKEY BALI ICELAND GREECE MOROC INDIA SPA WAS THE THIRD UNTRY THE WORLD TO LEGALISE SAME SEX MARRIAGE | ©FOTOS593/SHUTTERSTOCK GAY-IENDLY LOLS SPA WAS RANKED AS THE MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRY THE WORLD A 2013 PEW REARCH CENTRE POLL, WH 88 PERCENT OF THOSE SURVEYED RPONDG ‘Y’ TO THE QUTN ‘SHOULD SOCIETY ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALY?’ (IN PARISON TO ONLY 60 PERCENT OF AMERINS). MADRID IS ONE OF SPA’S MOST TOLERANT, OPEN AND ACCEPTG CI – LOLS DON’T BAT AN EYELID AT TWO MEN OR TWO WOMEN HOLDG HANDS OR KISSG PUBLIC. COUPLE HOLDG HANDS | © | © / SHUTTERSTOCK GREAT LGBT NEIGHBOURHOOD ONCE A N DOWN BARR, CHUE IS NOW ONE OF MADRID’S OLT DISTRICTS. THIS IS MALY THANKS TO THE LGBT MUNY, WHO HAVE ADOPTED AS THEIR OWN, OPENG BARS, RTRANTS, CLUBS AND SHOPS AND PLETELY REVIGORATG THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. IT’S A GREAT PLACE TO SHOP, BAR-HOP AND VIS THE REFURBISHED SAN ANTóN MARKET, HOME TO FOOD STALLS AND A HIP ROOFTOP BAR. THE BT THG ABOUT CHUE IS THE SHEER MIXTURE OF PEOPLE WHO LL THE BARR HOME. FROM LTLE OLD LADI TO BURLY GAY MEN WALKG THEIR BULLDOGS, EVERYONE IS WELE AND THE PARTY IS ALWAYS GETTG STARTED. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP LGBT INS MADRID HAS BEEN HOME TO SEVERAL LGBT INS. VIS THE STATUE OF GAY POET FERI GARCíA LOR, WHO WAS MURRED DURG THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, ON PLAZA SANTA ANA. IN JULY 2015, A SQUARE THE HEART OF CHUE WAS RENAMED PLAZA PEDRO ZEROLO AFTER ONE OF MADRID’S MOST PROMENT LGBT ACTIVISTS PEDRO ZEROLO DIED OF NCER AT THE AGE OF 55. ZEROLO SPEARHEAD THE MPAIGN FOR GAY MARRIAGE AND ADOPTN. ANOTHER OF MADRID’S FAMO LGBT INS IS FILM DIRECTOR PEDRO ALMODóVAR, ONE OF THE FIRST FILM MAKERS TO PICT LGBT CHARACTERS THEIR WORK AS EARLY AS THE 1980S. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. FERI GARCíA LOR STATUE | ©SON OF GROUCHO/FLICKR GREAT NIGHTLIFE MADRID IS RENOWNED FOR S NIGHTLIFE AND, GAY OR STRAIGHT, ’S A BRILLIANT PLACE FOR BEERS, CKTAILS, BARS AND CLUBS. EXPLORE THE HIP NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MALASAñA, WHERE MANY OF THE CY’S YOUNGER LGBT PEOPLE HANG OUT, OR H CHUE, THE UNDISPUTED KG OF GAY NIGHTLIFE MADRID. LA LATA IS A GREAT TRODUCTN TO MADRID’S TAPAS CULTURE, WHILE LAVAPIéS IS A DIVERSE NEIGHBOURHOOD WH CUISE OM AROUND THE WORLD AND A HOST OF NEW AND EXCG BARS. DIVERSE GAY BARS AND CLUBS MADRID’S GAY BARS AND CLUBS ARE NCENTRATED AROUND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF CHUE, BUT THERE ARE GREAT GAY-IENDLY STATNS THROUGHOUT THE CY. CHECK OUT THE BARS AROUND PLAZA CHUE FOR A GREAT START TO THE NIGHT. LGBT PEOPLE ARE SPOILT FOR CHOICE MADRID; THE CY’S SIZE AND LARGE GAY POPULATN MEAN THERE ARE LOTS OF DIVERSE CHOIC, WHATEVER YOUR TASTE. ONE THG IS FOR SURE: YOU WON’T BE HAVG AN EARLY NIGHT. PREPARE TO STUMBLE HOME AT 6AM OR 7AM THE MORNG AFTER A NIGHT OF DANCG. AMAZG PRI EVERY YEAR, MADRID HOSTS THE BIGGT PRI EVENT EUROPE AND THE SEND BIGGT THE WORLD. IN 2017, THGS WENT GLOBAL AS THE CY HOSTED WORLD PRI OM JUNE 23 – JULY 2. THE EXTRAVAGANZA, WHICH CLUD NCERTS, PARTI, RAC AND, OF URSE THE PRI PARA, WAS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT OVER THREE LN PEOPLE ACROSS THE 10 DAY EVENT. MADRID PRI HAS A SPECIAL FEELG WH EVERYONE THE ENTIRE CY G OUT TO CELEBRATE LOVE ALL S FORMS. IT HAS A VERY CLIVE, IENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND IS A GREAT THG TO EXPERIENCE, WHOEVER YOU HAPPEN TO LOVE. PUERTA ALLá L UP RABOW LOURS DURG PRI | ©JAVOUH/SHUTTERSTOCK BIG LGBT POPULATN MADRID CY HALL TIMAT THAT THE CY IS HOME TO AROUND 500,000 LGBT PEOPLE, THE EQUIVALENT OF 10 PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE CY. IF YOU E OM A SMALL TOWN WH A BARELY-THERE LGBT POPULATN, WALKG AROUND MADRID WILL FELY BE AN EYE-OPENER. GAY UPL ARE EXTREMELY OPEN THE CY AND ’S A PLETELY NORMAL SIGHT TO SEE SAME-SEX UPL HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC. IT MAK THE CY FEEL EXTREMELY CLIVE, WELG AND ACCEPTG OF THE LGBT MUNY. RABOW FLAG AT MADRID PRI | ©PEDRO RUFO/SHUTTERSTOCK | © PEDRO RUFO / SHUTTERSTOCK GAY-THEMED EVENTS AS WELL AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGT PRI PARTI, MADRID HOLDS LGBT-THEMED EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THERE IS AN ANNUAL LGBT FILM FTIVAL, LGAICEMADRID, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SUCH FTIVALS THE SPANISH-SPEAKG WORLD, WHOSE AIM IS TO GIVE VISIBILY TO GAY FILMMAKERS AND GAY-THEMED FILMS. THE ANNUAL GAY DAY MADRID SE LGBT SGL, UPL AND FAI ENJOY A BIG, GAY DAY OUT THE CY’S MA THEME PARK. FANTASTIC FOOD AND CULTURE WHOEVER YOU ARE, A STATN’S CULARY CRENTIALS ARE LIKELY NEAR THE TOP OF YOUR LIST WHEN PLANNG A CY BREAK, AND MADRID IS WORLD-FAMO WHEN TO S GASTRONOMIC LIGHTS. ITS TAPAS SCENE, CENTRED AROUND ONE OF THE CY’S OLST NEIGHBOURHOODS, LA LATA, IS A JOY TO EXPLORE, ALSO HOME TO HIP RTRANTS, FOOD MARKETS AND SOME CREDIBLE BAKERI. MADRID ALSO BOASTS SOME WORLD-CLASS ART, CENTRED AROUND S GOLN TRIANGLE OF ART GALLERI – THE PRADO, REA SOFíA AND THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• GAY BARS MADRID: WHERE TO HANG OUT THE LORFUL CHUE
• TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS CHUE (MADRID)SEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS CHUE
• MADRID GAY MAP

THE 10 BEST MADRID GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MADRID

“At a spankg party, a man arrived rryg a box wrapped like a prent, and si was a whip, ” she there are between 20 and 30 of the clubs Madrid for both heterosexual and gay clientele, there appears to be no lbian equivalent the cy, though the do exist elsewhere Spa. ”There are, of urse, differenc between the heterosexual and gay variety, such as the sex toys.

La Cz San Andrés – a cross for bondage – and the gynelogist’s chair are very popular among hetero “swgers, ” while swgs go down well among gays. While a gay sex club will st around €10 a head, a hetero club charg between €20 and €30 for upl and €50 for a sgle man, which gets him as far as the bar where he has to wa to be ved si by another ctomer, generally a woman who has entered for ee.

“The take on is slightly different, ” says Aurel Catón, 41, who ns Boyberry Madrid, a gay sex club Malasaña. When to gay-iendly statns around the globe, ’s hard to beat one of the gayt, most geo of them all: Spa.

GAY SPA - OUR 6 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE LGBT SPA

Wily looked upon as a mol natn for gay rights Europe ( 2013 the Pew Rearch Center ranked Spa as the most gay-iendly untry the world, ) Spa ntu to ph the envelope for equaly and tolerance, wh laws place to protect same-sex marriage, adoptn, and transgenr rights. Add to the mix some of the world’s largt, most wildly fun Pri Ftivals and a rich cultural history that liv on the passnate, diverse untry today, and you’ve got all the makgs for an epic gay Spa getaway that will quickly have you returng for more.

GAY MADRID & THE CHUE DISTRICT

Gay BarcelonaAh, Barcelona—easily gay Spa’s most veted statn, a cultural playground of archectural masterpiec, world-class Catalan cuise and sweepg whe sand beach. A smopolan cy wh distct, laid-back Mederranean vib, Barcelona promot an atmosphere of tolerance and diversy, of which perhaps the bt example is Catalonia’s landmark Anti-Homophobia Act. A geo gay Barcelona getaway n be had anywhere the cy, but the ever-popular Eixample neighbourhood—also known as Gayxample—is the epicentre of the cy’s most sought-after gay-popular tablishments.

Photo: EnBarcelona promot an atmosphere of tolerance and diversy, of which perhaps the bt example is Catalonia’s landmark Anti-Homophobia ActWe wouldn’t blame you for makg a beele straight to Barcelona’s 4. ) Due to their central lotn, the gay Barcelona beach always attract a crowd, but that also means there are plenty of handsome, sun-kissed men around, too.

10 REASONS WHY MADRID IS THE WORLD'S BT LGBT DTATN RABOW FLAG | © AZYLLAMA / SHUTTERSTOCK JSI JON 01 AUGT 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT MADRID IS AN OPEN, WELG AND TOLERANT CY, WHICH MAK AN IAL STATN FOR LGBT TRAVELLERS. FROM S STRONG HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS TO S LEGENDARY PARTY SCENE, THE SPANISH PAL NEEDS TO BE ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET LIST. SO HEAD TO A ROOFTOP BAR, GRAB A CKTAIL AND READ ON TO DISVER WHAT MAK MADRID THE WORLD’S BT LGBT STATN. VIEW ALL TRIPS LONG HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS SPA WAS THE THIRD UNTRY THE WORLD TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE 2005 AND, WHILE OTHER UNTRI LIKE GERMANY, GAY UPL STILL STGGLE TO ADOPT, HAS BEEN LEGAL SPA FOR OVER A . IF A BABY IS NCEIVED VIA IVF THE MOTHER’S SAME-SEX PARTNER N LEGALLY BE NAMED ALONGSI THE BIRTH MOTHER ON THE BIRTH CERTIFITE. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP THAILAND SPA ECUADOR EGYPT MEXI JAPAN SOUTH AI CROATIA TURKEY BALI ICELAND GREECE MOROC INDIA SPA WAS THE THIRD UNTRY THE WORLD TO LEGALISE SAME SEX MARRIAGE | ©FOTOS593/SHUTTERSTOCK GAY-IENDLY LOLS SPA WAS RANKED AS THE MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRY THE WORLD A 2013 PEW REARCH CENTRE POLL, WH 88 PERCENT OF THOSE SURVEYED RPONDG ‘Y’ TO THE QUTN ‘SHOULD SOCIETY ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALY?’ (IN PARISON TO ONLY 60 PERCENT OF AMERINS). MADRID IS ONE OF SPA’S MOST TOLERANT, OPEN AND ACCEPTG CI – LOLS DON’T BAT AN EYELID AT TWO MEN OR TWO WOMEN HOLDG HANDS OR KISSG PUBLIC. COUPLE HOLDG HANDS | © | © / SHUTTERSTOCK GREAT LGBT NEIGHBOURHOOD ONCE A N DOWN BARR, CHUE IS NOW ONE OF MADRID’S OLT DISTRICTS. THIS IS MALY THANKS TO THE LGBT MUNY, WHO HAVE ADOPTED AS THEIR OWN, OPENG BARS, RTRANTS, CLUBS AND SHOPS AND PLETELY REVIGORATG THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. IT’S A GREAT PLACE TO SHOP, BAR-HOP AND VIS THE REFURBISHED SAN ANTóN MARKET, HOME TO FOOD STALLS AND A HIP ROOFTOP BAR. THE BT THG ABOUT CHUE IS THE SHEER MIXTURE OF PEOPLE WHO LL THE BARR HOME. FROM LTLE OLD LADI TO BURLY GAY MEN WALKG THEIR BULLDOGS, EVERYONE IS WELE AND THE PARTY IS ALWAYS GETTG STARTED. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP LGBT INS MADRID HAS BEEN HOME TO SEVERAL LGBT INS. VIS THE STATUE OF GAY POET FERI GARCíA LOR, WHO WAS MURRED DURG THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, ON PLAZA SANTA ANA. IN JULY 2015, A SQUARE THE HEART OF CHUE WAS RENAMED PLAZA PEDRO ZEROLO AFTER ONE OF MADRID’S MOST PROMENT LGBT ACTIVISTS PEDRO ZEROLO DIED OF NCER AT THE AGE OF 55. ZEROLO SPEARHEAD THE MPAIGN FOR GAY MARRIAGE AND ADOPTN. ANOTHER OF MADRID’S FAMO LGBT INS IS FILM DIRECTOR PEDRO ALMODóVAR, ONE OF THE FIRST FILM MAKERS TO PICT LGBT CHARACTERS THEIR WORK AS EARLY AS THE 1980S. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. FERI GARCíA LOR STATUE | ©SON OF GROUCHO/FLICKR GREAT NIGHTLIFE MADRID IS RENOWNED FOR S NIGHTLIFE AND, GAY OR STRAIGHT, ’S A BRILLIANT PLACE FOR BEERS, CKTAILS, BARS AND CLUBS. EXPLORE THE HIP NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MALASAñA, WHERE MANY OF THE CY’S YOUNGER LGBT PEOPLE HANG OUT, OR H CHUE, THE UNDISPUTED KG OF GAY NIGHTLIFE MADRID. LA LATA IS A GREAT TRODUCTN TO MADRID’S TAPAS CULTURE, WHILE LAVAPIéS IS A DIVERSE NEIGHBOURHOOD WH CUISE OM AROUND THE WORLD AND A HOST OF NEW AND EXCG BARS. DIVERSE GAY BARS AND CLUBS MADRID’S GAY BARS AND CLUBS ARE NCENTRATED AROUND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF CHUE, BUT THERE ARE GREAT GAY-IENDLY STATNS THROUGHOUT THE CY. CHECK OUT THE BARS AROUND PLAZA CHUE FOR A GREAT START TO THE NIGHT. LGBT PEOPLE ARE SPOILT FOR CHOICE MADRID; THE CY’S SIZE AND LARGE GAY POPULATN MEAN THERE ARE LOTS OF DIVERSE CHOIC, WHATEVER YOUR TASTE. ONE THG IS FOR SURE: YOU WON’T BE HAVG AN EARLY NIGHT. PREPARE TO STUMBLE HOME AT 6AM OR 7AM THE MORNG AFTER A NIGHT OF DANCG. AMAZG PRI EVERY YEAR, MADRID HOSTS THE BIGGT PRI EVENT EUROPE AND THE SEND BIGGT THE WORLD. IN 2017, THGS WENT GLOBAL AS THE CY HOSTED WORLD PRI OM JUNE 23 – JULY 2. THE EXTRAVAGANZA, WHICH CLUD NCERTS, PARTI, RAC AND, OF URSE THE PRI PARA, WAS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT OVER THREE LN PEOPLE ACROSS THE 10 DAY EVENT. MADRID PRI HAS A SPECIAL FEELG WH EVERYONE THE ENTIRE CY G OUT TO CELEBRATE LOVE ALL S FORMS. IT HAS A VERY CLIVE, IENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND IS A GREAT THG TO EXPERIENCE, WHOEVER YOU HAPPEN TO LOVE. PUERTA ALLá L UP RABOW LOURS DURG PRI | ©JAVOUH/SHUTTERSTOCK BIG LGBT POPULATN MADRID CY HALL TIMAT THAT THE CY IS HOME TO AROUND 500,000 LGBT PEOPLE, THE EQUIVALENT OF 10 PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE CY. IF YOU E OM A SMALL TOWN WH A BARELY-THERE LGBT POPULATN, WALKG AROUND MADRID WILL FELY BE AN EYE-OPENER. GAY UPL ARE EXTREMELY OPEN THE CY AND ’S A PLETELY NORMAL SIGHT TO SEE SAME-SEX UPL HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC. IT MAK THE CY FEEL EXTREMELY CLIVE, WELG AND ACCEPTG OF THE LGBT MUNY. RABOW FLAG AT MADRID PRI | ©PEDRO RUFO/SHUTTERSTOCK | © PEDRO RUFO / SHUTTERSTOCK GAY-THEMED EVENTS AS WELL AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGT PRI PARTI, MADRID HOLDS LGBT-THEMED EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THERE IS AN ANNUAL LGBT FILM FTIVAL, LGAICEMADRID, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SUCH FTIVALS THE SPANISH-SPEAKG WORLD, WHOSE AIM IS TO GIVE VISIBILY TO GAY FILMMAKERS AND GAY-THEMED FILMS. THE ANNUAL GAY DAY MADRID SE LGBT SGL, UPL AND FAI ENJOY A BIG, GAY DAY OUT THE CY’S MA THEME PARK. FANTASTIC FOOD AND CULTURE WHOEVER YOU ARE, A STATN’S CULARY CRENTIALS ARE LIKELY NEAR THE TOP OF YOUR LIST WHEN PLANNG A CY BREAK, AND MADRID IS WORLD-FAMO WHEN TO S GASTRONOMIC LIGHTS. ITS TAPAS SCENE, CENTRED AROUND ONE OF THE CY’S OLST NEIGHBOURHOODS, LA LATA, IS A JOY TO EXPLORE, ALSO HOME TO HIP RTRANTS, FOOD MARKETS AND SOME CREDIBLE BAKERI. MADRID ALSO BOASTS SOME WORLD-CLASS ART, CENTRED AROUND S GOLN TRIANGLE OF ART GALLERI – THE PRADO, REA SOFíA AND THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

For somethg a ltle quieter, Mar Bella is Barcelona’s clothg-optnal gay beach. Be sure to stop by Chirguo BeGay while you’re there, a gay Barcelona stutn servg up lic drks and beach a gay party not soon fotten, time your vis to Barcelona over one of s world-renowned ftivals. Every Augt, some 100, 000 people scend on Barcelona for Europe’s largt gay ftival and ten days of rto good tim punctuated by themed dance parti and epic DJs.

GAY BARS MADRID: WHERE TO HANG OUT THE LORFUL CHUE

Of urse, Barcelona offers plenty of actn any time of year, wh a vibrant gay nightlife scene to rival any European pal. One of our favoure Barcelona gay bars is Plata Bar, a stylish cktail bar wh a sunny terrace, handsome staff, and expertly crafted drks. Another in for gay Barcelona nightlife is El Cangrejo, bt known for s weekend drag performanc and kschy, lourful r.

TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS CHUE (MADRID)SEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS CHUE

Gayxample’s central lotn mak an excellent base om which to explore Barcelona’s highlights (the bt of which we’ve outled our gay Barcelona Cy Gui).

MADRID GAY MAP

Then there’s TWO Hotel and Axel Hotel, both sleek gay acmodatns that promise a warm, welg atmosphere wh plenty of opportuni for mglg wh like-md travellers. Gay SgFor a charmg Spanish astal retreat, don’t get much better than Sg. A mere 40-mute tra ri om Barcelona, Sg is a foolproof day trip wh enough attractns to easily extend to a gay weekend getaway.