Gay sitges
Gay Guide to Sitges 2025
When the Roman’s first visited Spain over two thousand year’s ago they built a town called Subur. Sitges now stands on that very identical spot. We all know how the Roman centurions liked to party and that tradition continues to this very day. Welcome to Sitges, a party-town like no other.
Travelling to Sitges is easy, accommodation plentiful, the climate perfectly Mediterranean, the people relaxed, the beaches long and sandy, the food and drink easy to come by and full of regional variety.
Unspoilt by the tourist boom of the 1960’s, Sitges has retained that “picture-postcard” look, with narrow cobbled streets, beautiful Spanish architecture and unspoilt scenic views; a earth away from the plastic and the concrete of the more traditional Spanish resorts along the Costa Brava and Costa Del Sol. With a microclimate of its possess Sitges has over 300 days of Sunshine with temperatures ranging from 26 degrees to 33 degrees during the Summer months. This is Spain as it was meant to be… but even better!
Sitges has a long-standing same-sex attracted appeal, being celebrated as a bohemian hang-out and artist’s colony since the early nineteenth century. Painters such as Picasso, Dali
When it comes to gay explore, Spain is one of the best and most exciting destinations you can visit.
We have experienced many of Spain’s popular queer destinations but we have to say, Sitges is our favourite gay hotspot in Spain!
Sitges is well-known for its Mediterranean beaches, pretty narrow streets, stunning marina and especially for its lgbtq+ scene. The gay scene is so prominent here in Sitges, it takes centre stage in the main part of town. In fact, if you Google ‘Sitges’, it specifically mentions that it is filled with male lover bars. This is not just a town or city with a gay scene; in our opinion it is a queer town!
What a lot of people do not realise is that they can easily visit from Barcelona (which is very popular). Sitges is just 30 minutes southwest from Barcelona by educate – see below for instructions.
Let’s take a look at all that Sitges has to propose in our ‘Sitges Gay Guide’ and find out why we can’t wait to return!
Why is Sitges Gay Friendly?
We have travelled to many ‘gay friendly’ destinations but Sitges and many places in Spain take this to the next level. Being homosexual in Sitges, like Barcelona and Mad
Welcome to Gay Sitges 2025
The 2025 Edition of Gay Sitges Guide features the latest information on Sitges bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels, together with accomplish details on the top 12 events of the Season.
Sitges, located on the Mediterranean Coast, is one of the most popular same-sex attracted destinations in Europe. Nestled in between the warm sea and the Garaff mountains, the village enjoys a singular microclimate, affording it more than 300 days of Sunshine per year.
Often touted as the “St Tropez” of Spain, Gay Sitges is an exclusive but not an pricey resort. It has 25 different beaches, 2 of them nudist and the main gay beach is located right in the heart of the village. Dining out is affordable and restaurants are wide and varied, with dishes infused with a mix of French, Catalan and Mediterranean influences.
Sitges has more than 25,000 inhabitants, almost a quarter of whom are expats. This population swells to over a hundred thousand per day during the Summer with many day trippers from nearby Barcelona together with guests staying in the Village.
The village is quite compact and nearly all of the hotels are located less than 10 minutes from the centre of the
Sitges Gay Travel Guide 2025
Upcoming Events in Sitges
Accommodation Tip
Hotel Liberty
Hotel, gay-friendly. **, from 60 €
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Small friendly hotel complete to the Sitges railway station and to the gay bars.
With cosy garden terrace.
@ Carrer de l'Illa de Cuba 45
Sitges 08870
About Sitges and its male lover life
Sitges is a small town 35 km south-western of Barcelona. In the late 19th century Sitges started to change into 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 same-sex attracted men from