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Sitges is a small beach town some 40 miles south of Barcelona in Spain that has prolonged been recognized as an international mecca for gay tourists. The main day-time attraction during the summer are the 17 light soaked beaches that line the coast of this tiny Catalan town, and then at night its exuberant nightlife of bars and restaurants (and cruising spots) make it the firm favorite with the LGBTQI crowd.
Brit Brandon Jones settled in the town in with his partner Juan in known locally for being the co-owner of Casablanca cocktail bar and art venues or the last 20 years. In this his first foray into filmmaking, he delves into the intriguing interrogate of how on soil did this sleepy fishing town become such a major gay destination in the first place.
As it happens he digs back over years to trace the history through ahead artistic and gay pioneers who &#;discovered&#; the town and slowly help convert it. Not an simple task when you keep in mind that the whole of Spain was controlled by the military dictator Franco for some 35 years until Under that
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Calipolis
Hotel. ****, from 90 €
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Big hotel next to the gay beach Bassa Rodona. Not especially gay, but popular with some guys as you can overlook the beach from the outside terraces.
@ Avinguda de Sofía 2/Passeig de la Ribera
Sitges
About Sitges and its gay life
Sitges is a small town 35 km south-western of Barcelona. In the adj 19th century Sitges started to become a mecca for artists and a center for Modernist and post Art Nouveau architects. During the s (under the conservative dictatorship of Franco) it became a center for the counterculture in Spain.
Nowadays, Sitges' economy is based mainly on upscale tourism, business meetings and conferences. Unlike most other coasts in Spain which were taken over by inexpensive mass tourism in the s and s, Sitges fortunately preserved its distinct atmosphere of a charming and pleasant (but also more expensive) place to relax and have adj.
This attracted also more and more gay tourists and expatriates, and
Gay Sitges &#; the optimal gay hotels, bars, clubs &#; more in
Sitges is a small town with a big personality, just a short coach trip south of Barcelona. On the one hand, it exudes a quintessentially Spanish beach-town vibe, with white-painted buildings sporting balconies, a superabundance of homely tapas bars, a adj promenade, and an impressive-looking church perched atop a rocky outcrop along its waterfront. On the other, it boasts a gay scene that rivals cities twice its size, featuring a variety of gay bars, cruising spots, and shops peddling the typical gay paraphernalia of butt-bolstering speedos and sexy jockstraps. Sitges isn’t exactly the place you go to sightsee, but rather a destination to kick back with hunks on the beach by day and then dive into its lively bar scene, or festival street parties, as the sun sets.
Whether you’re out drinking in Plaça Indústria or relaxing at its gay beaches, you’ll find yourself in the midst of a steady throng of chatty LGBTQ+ tourists from across Europe, retired gay expats, local business owners and the original Catalan locals, al