Gay Barcelona Travel Guide
News, Parties & Events in Barcelona 
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About Barcelona and its gay life
For gay travellers Barcelona had been one of the favourite destinations in Europe for the last 15 years. The city has this perfect combination of a warm Mediterranean climate, beaches within and close to the city, mountains in the hinterland and the culture, nightlife, sights and infrastructure of an European metropolis.
Among the things that make Barcelona unique are the many fine examples of Catalan Art Nouveau architecture (Modernisme Català). Some of them are shown on our Tips and Pictures pages. Barcelona is also a good place to enjoy the modern design that had bloomed after the death of dictator Franco.
As Barcelona is the capital of the autonomous region Catalonia you will notice some signs of the efforts of Catalonia towards more and more autonomy from Spain. E.g., while your older travel book might still use the Spanish (Castilian) street names, they disappear step by step in Barcelona. On this website we use the now common Catalan names.
Barcelona Gay Maps: Overview and Eixample. As you can see on the maps, the gay center of Barcelona is in the Eixample district (sometimes called ›Gayxample‹), with most of the gay bars, hotels, restaurants and shops in Barcelona.
For a day at the beach you can go by car or train from Barcelona to the nearby village
Sitges
which is very popular with gay men, especially in August.
But there are also some smaller beaches within Barcelona: Platja Mar Bella
with a gay beach at the end and Platja de Sant Sebastià
– a mixed, clothing optional nude beach at the end of the Barceloneta district.
Last stop of bus 64 at Barceloneta.
Other possibilities to show your built body are some of the gay or mixed parties that are popular with the muscle guys. As Barcelona tends to be rather fashionable you shouldn't expect much going on fetish wise, except for a growing number of bears bars and cruising clubs.
Annual gay highlights in Barcelona are the BEARcelona week in April, Gay Pride in June, the Circuit Festival party week in August and the international gay & lesbian film festival in October.