Gay Barcelona Travel Guide & Map 2019
Upcoming Events in Barcelona 
Very popular and packed! (Hence sometimes with long queue at the entrance during the first hours, in winter also at the coat check.)
Barcelona visitors may keep in mind that for the locals this party is just for having fun, not for posing with shirt off.
Admission: free before 21:00, afterwards 10 € incl. 1 drink
16:00 – 05:00 @ Apolo (C. Nou de la Rambla 113)
Admission: ticket and/or a new toy (for the Christmas campaign of the Red Cross in Catalonia)
20:30 @ BARTS (Avinguda del Paral·lel 62)
Not surprisingly, also some of the gayest days in Barcelona each year.
Tickets: 20-40 €
Big parade on Saturday afternoon.
Tickets: 30-60 €
About Barcelona and its gay life
For gay travellers Barcelona has been one of the favourite destinations in Europe for the last twenty 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). Barcelona is also a good place to enjoy the modern design that had bloomed after the death of dictator Franco.
As you can see on our gay maps, the center of Barcelona's gay scene is in the Eixample district (sometimes called the ›Gayxample‹ neighborhood, or ›Gaixample‹ in Catalan) with most of the gay bars, hotels, restaurants and shops in Barcelona.
Annual gay events and highlights in Barcelona are the bears meeting over Easter, Barcelona Gay Pride in June/July, the Circuit Festival party weeks in August and the international LGBTI film festival in October.
For a day at the beach you can go by car or train from Barcelona to the nearby town of Sitges which is quite popular with gay men, especially in August.
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But there are also some beaches within Barcelona: Platja de Sant Sebastià at the end of the Barceloneta quarter with a popular, mixed and clothing-optional beach at its right side and a bit further north Platja de la Mar Bella with a clothing-optional section that is also quite popular with gays.