Sitges Gay Travel Guide 2025
Upcoming Events in Sitges
Tickets: from 19 €
13:00 – 24:00 @ Le Patio (C. Joan Tarrida 23/C. Bonaire 26)
Accommodation Tip
Sitges 08810 Sant Pere de Ribes
About Sitges and its gay life
Sitges is a small town 35 km south-western of Barcelona. In the late 19th century Sitges started to become a mecca for artists and a center for Modernist and post Art Nouveau architects. During the 1960s (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 cheap mass tourism in the 1970s and 1980s, Sitges fortunately preserved its special atmosphere of a charming and pleasant (but also more expensive) place to relax and have fun.
This attracted also more and more gay tourists and expatriates, and in the 1990s Sitges became a gay hotspot. Especially in July and August Sitges is packed with gay men from all over Europe.
Although Sitges isn't short of museums, architectural features and other sights, most gays probably come to Sitges for beach holidays.
The part of Sitges' beach that is mainly gay is beach #6, Bassa Rodona.
Beach #10, Balmins, is mixed and clothing-optional.
And there are some coves with clothing-optional beaches south-western of Sitges,
one of them the gay beach l'Home Mort.
For more details and maps see our page on gay beaches in Sitges.
After a day on the beach the gay night life starts slowly in the evening and takes off around midnight.
Although some of the gay bars in Sitges attract a rather young or rather mature clientele, you will find almost all bars quite mixed by age, nationalities, preferences and style.
As you can see on our Gay Map of Sitges, all the gay bars are located within walking distance of each other, so you can easily have a look and find your favourites.
Many bars and clubs in Sitges tend to have ›creative‹ opening times, especially outside the summer months, depending on the weather situation and number of visitors in Sitges.
Travel hints for Sitges
Sitges Carnival in February or March, the bears weeks in spring and September, Sitges Gay Pride in June, Festa Major in August and the International Fantasy Film Festival in October are some of the annual festive highlights and queer events in Sitges.
As Sitges is situated in the autonomous region Catalonia many streets in Sitges had both Spanish and Catalan names. While in the past the Spanish names were used predominantly, on this website we use the now common Catalan names.
Sitges is also well connected by rail with Barcelona (30 min). Don't miss the chance to visit this amazing city and to enjoy it's sparkling gay night life.