Gay-iendly Torremolos | Official Tourism Webse of Torremolo

Contents:

• TORREMOLOS: WHERE SPA'S GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT BEGAN
• GAY TORREMOLOS
• 9 FABULOLY GAY-FRIENDLY & GAY HOTELS IN TORREMOLOS TO TRY ON YOUR NEXT GAYTN!
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• IS TORREMOLOS A GAY RORT?

TORREMOLOS: WHERE SPA'S GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT BEGAN

(Image cred: Kev Hellon/Alamy)Once a poor fishg town, Torremolos beme an unlikely LGBTQ+ haven the midst of a fascist walkway outsi Mariqua Copas, a hole--the-wall bar Torremolos' ma "gaybourhood", La Nogalera, glowed blue. As I sipped a beer on my first night town, I surveyed the scene: pestrians holdg shoppg bags had stopped to chat; a man and woman sat entwed on a bench; and gay lols clked cktail glass. But, as I was about to learn, not only did the untry's first gay-iendly bar open here back 1962, was also where Spa's gay rights movement began – rather vlently.

Dpe the fact that homosexualy was still nsired a crime unr Fran's regime, 1962, a Brish gay uple opened Tony's Bar on the narrow L-shaped alleyway Pasaje Begoña. "Although Tony's nnot be fed as a 'gay bar' as we unrstand today, was a place where the owners were gay and allowed the clientele eedom, " said Je M Pérez, the print of Pasaje Begoña Associatn, which was found 2018 wh the aim of "reverg the memory of this emblematic place and rcug this fotten chapter the history of Spa".

Tony's was an stant smash and over the next few years, spired a slew of other tablishments terg to the gay muny. In 1971, Fran's ernment began crackg down on Torremolos' flourishg gay scene, which was centred around Pasaje Begoña. What beme known as the Great Raid did not mean the end of the town's gay bars, but did differ om New York Cy's Stonewall Rts, explaed Pérez.

GAY TORREMOLOS

Torremolos' Pasaje Begoña was home to Spa's first gay-iendly bar (Cred: M Ramírez/Alamy)Today, those pneers would likely be thrilled to know that this 68, 000-person muny is home to dozens of thrivg queer bars, clubs and bs. Gill Douglas, owner of the gay bar Boomerang, swapped Stland for Torremolos two s ago. Torremolos gay Scene.

9 FABULOLY GAY-FRIENDLY & GAY HOTELS IN TORREMOLOS TO TRY ON YOUR NEXT GAYTN!

Torremolos has long had a vibrant gay scene and has always been one of the most openly gay-iendly towns Spa. Even durg the years of dictatorship, the town flourished as a statn for the liberally md and the animated gay scene thrived at a time when Fran owned on blatantly non-Catholic activi. Today, the gay scene is even more flourishg than before and is fast beg the most popular choice for GLBT tourists to spend their summer vatns.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Of all the towns on the Costa l Sol, Torremolos is the most famo for s variety of gay bars and clubs. There are also gay hotels, travel agents, hairdrsers, cloth boutiqu and even a gay sna. Most of the gay scene Torremolos is centered on the Plaza La Nogalera, but is not limed to this inic part of the town.

One will fd gay-iendly beach Playamar and Bajondillo. Along this stretch of goln beach are numero bars, f and chirguos aimed at the gay tourist, one of which is Poseidon. The first big GLBT event of the year Torremolos is the Gala Drag Queen l Carnival Gay, which is held on the first weekend March.

Most of the gay bars Torremolos are suated La Nogalera.

IS TORREMOLOS A GAY RORT?

This area is the town's 'gay village' and has many night bars and clubs that stay open until dawn. Barbarela was followed by El Papagayo, El Piyayo, Vip Club and Dis Bossanova around 1962. In 1962, Toni's opened - the first "bar gay" Spa.