Gay Guide Barcelona – lesbian and gays in Barcelona and Sitges

Barcelona and Sitges (a small city close to Barcelona) offer for lesbian and gays everything that one can desire. This is due to the fact of a certain tradition: these two cities could preserve a certain liberality towards the same-sex affection even in the period of Franco government. Today Spain possesses a very liberal legislation towards bisexuals, gays and lesbian pairs, and also, towards transsexuals. In such a way the sexual orientation of a person will not only be tolerated, but also the same-sex pairs are to be on a par with the heterosexual ones.

The lesbian and gay couples can be married in a way of the „traditional“ marriage. It means that they have to bear almost the equal consequences, that the heterosexual couples have to bear.

By the foreigner same-sex couples one of them has to be a spaniard; or the both of them have to live in Spain constantly. If they want to, they can adopt children without any problems. If a couple needs an artificial insemination, the partner, which is not to give a birth to a child will also be registered as one of the parents of a child.

Because of this liberal stance over same-sex life many industrial sectors were formed, and now they are trying to satisfy all the needs and demands of same-sex spaniards and tourists.
An today Barcelona claims to be the best place all over the world for the lesbian and gays. Almost 150 000 same-sex people a year spend there the splendid days. spend one´s (splendid) days in bacelona. The weather, the beautiful city and the warm-hearted inhabitants of Barcelona are doing the rest, to make these days unforgettable. In addition to culture, beach and sun one can make a party or enjoy the night life. Here you can find all the infos ...

The most famous place for gays in Barcelona is a very beautiful and central quarter „Eixample“ (Gayxample). Here you can find the desired location and accomodation. Barcelona is the homeland of many festivals and events. For example the traditional Gaypride. The filmfestival, which takes place once a year „the Barcelona Gay and Lesbian Film Festival“
(29.10.07 till 04.11.07), where the topics use as the main theme the same-sex affection.

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Sitges
Sitges, a very small, but a wonderful town with a lot of beaches owes its high profile to its feature as a artists' colony. But today it is so famous because of a big number of the same-sex tourists, who enjoy the comfortable and open artists' town. In fact, every third tourist in Sitges is a gay. Sitges is only 30 km far from Barcelona and one can reach the catalan capital easily with the train.
There are gay-beaches and gay-clubs, discos, hotels in Sitges. In february the famous gay carnival takes place there. The lesbian affection is also very natural here, despite of the fact, that it is not so much canvassed as the gay one.
It is very common in Sitges to sit in a cafe and to make an aquaintance...
In such a way, one can make a recreative and/or an adventurous vacation in the most trendy Europe city.
Least but not last: here you can find the hotels, introduction agencies, events, clubs, saunas and a lot of other useful things for the same-sex affection and the vacation in Barcelona and its suburbs.
Have a lot of fun.