Gay in spain

Capital of gay Spain and home to one of the biggest gay Pride events in Europe. Gay summer hotspot, with legendary parties and fabulous Es Cavallet gay beach. Cruise the dunes, tan on the beach or party in the Yumbo Center. It's fun and sun all year!

The walkway outside Mariquita Copas , a hole-in-the-wall bar in Torremolinos' main "gaybourhood", La Nogalera , glowed blue. The makeshift drinking terrace I was sitting at was surrounded by palm-filled squares in the heart of southern Spain's Costa del Sol, a few blocks up from the Mediterranean. As I sipped a beer on my first night in town, I surveyed the scene: pedestrians holding shopping bags had stopped to chat; a man and woman sat entwined on a bench; and gay locals clinked cocktail glasses. In the midst of it all was a bearded drag artist, outlandishly tall in knee-length platform boots, leather cap and skin-tight camouflage bodysuit.

Your browser is not supported for this experience. We recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. People in large cities and in most of the country are very open-minded and accepting. You might not find this in some small villages or with the older generations; however, that is not the norm.

Spain is a country filled with gay-friendly destinations. Madrid is perhaps the gayest of them all — if anything due to the sheer size of the gay Madrid community approximately , LGBT residents. Then, of course, there is gay Barcelona. There are a few other gay highlights around the city, including a nudist gay beach right in the middle of the city and a small selection of low-key gay venues in El Raval.