Sitges is one of the most popular gay beach destinations in Europe. It's a small beach town, situated about 30km south of Barcelona.
Sitges has got a vibrant LGBTQ nightlife, with many gay bars, terraces, restaurants and boutique shops. Where in most places the gay beach is situated far away, in Sitges the main gay beach is right on the main boulevard in the town center.
Two more gay clothing optional beaches are located a bit more out of town.
The bars on Plaça de la Indústria, like Parrots Pub get busy from end of afternoon. It is very relaxing and entertaining place to see all the guys walk by from the beach.
The terraces usually remain quite full until dinner time, which is Spanish time so don't go anywhere before at least 8. There are many gay and gay-owned restaurants in Sitges. Make sure to make reservations the day before, as many will be fully booked. We don't keep a list of restaurants on this site, as they change all the time, but if you make an evening walk it is pretty clear which places are the popular ones (with small queues outside).
After dinner the street bars get going. The inside gay places get busy at the late Spanish hours at night.
Sitges gay bars and clubs
There are two main gay beaches in Sitges. One is La Platja de la Bossa Rodona in front of Hotel Calipolis. From your hotel room you can spot the cute guys at the beach.The beach is in the middle of the center but very small.
The other beach is Playa del Muerto a gay clothing optional beach with heavy cruising area. See our beaches pages for all details on how to get there.
Sitges is a very tolerant and open minded beach town. There are some men only gay guesthouses and many of the larger hotels operate with a gay staff at the reception desk.
Pick a hotel in or near the town center. When you take one of the resorts further away with all families, you are missing all the fun.
Check out our map to see the suggested area to stay.
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Parrots bars at Plaça de la Indústria.
Playa Muerto. There are actually 2 gay beaches next to each other. The second one is usually the most popular.
Earlier at night everything happens on the streets, after about 1 at night people go inside the bars.
The bar at Playa Muerto offers a food and drinks menu.
The route towards the beach and cruise zone is clearly marked.
The route is safe, but don't go near the railway track and certainly follow the path over the track and do not go inside the tunnels. Already many accidents have happend here.
Bring shoes if you want to make a 'walk' in the forest, it goes up a hill. There is a lot of walking going on after at about 4/5 in the afternoon.
The cruising forest is at the other side of the railway track. Be very careful when crossing, trains run fast and because of the curve in the track visibility is not that good.
For the first part of the route you can walk via the beach, but on high tide the stream can be difficult to cross if you are not wearing flipflops.
