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Barcelona Gay Bars
Barcelona's open and liberal attitude unsurprisingly attracts LGBTQ+ travellers from all over the world to this part of northeast Spain. Alongside this generally inclusive culture and a long list of sights to see, from beaches to art and architecture, Barcelona also has a thriving gay scene with plenty to do. At its heart is Eixample, also known as Gayxample or Geixample, where you'll find most of the gay bars, clubs, and cafes. Together with the Gracia district, Eixample provides a safe yet lively space to explore the gay side of Barcelona, whether that's cute independent shops or adult clubs.
Arena Sala Madre
Dancing, Drag
Arena Madre, the mother of all the Arena Group clubs, is open every day throughout the year and always offers an atmosphere full of fun and personality. It's been open for over 20 years, letting people party until the sun rises on a dance floor fuelled by the best local DJs and the latest hits from the pop and house charts.
BELIEVE Club
Dancing, Drag
Believe Club is a drag cabaret and disco bar in the heart of the fabulous Eixample gay district. Drag shows and live music nights are regularly hosted here so there's something different going on almost every night. The disco club is open every day until morning so you can dance the night away. Believe is built on good music, kitsch, and karaoke, ideal for Barcelona's camp gay crowd.
BOYSBAR BCN
Cocktails, Dancing
Located in the heart of Eixample, Boys Bar has a lot to offer packed into a relatively small space. There's good music to dance to and different themed parties every night to keep things interesting. Delicious cocktails and go-go dancers keep the atmosphere loud and lively, the perfect hangout spot for mixed crowd of Barcelona's most attractive guys.
Bacon Bear Bar
Bear
As the name suggests, Bacon Bear Bar attracts bears and their admires from all over the world. The bar is always packed with a truly mixed age crowd, and they're all keen to welcome visitors in. The variation of guys here makes this a favourite hangout spot for Barcelona's bear community, a lively place to go any night of the week.
Bar Rufian
Cosy, Gay Friendly, Food
This popular cafe bar tends to attract a mixed and alternative crowd, including people from across the LGBTQ+ community. Bar Rufian has a uniquely styled interior that is simultaneously spacious and cosy, with high ceilings and an eclectic vintage decor. Locals know this place for its food so be sure to try delicious sandwiches and tapas as well as all your favourite drinks.
Berlin Dark
Men Only, Fetish, Cruising
Berlin Dark is a fetish and cruise club for men only, but every Wednesday they open their doors to everyone. All other nights you'll find yourself part of a crowd of super masculine guys. Be prepared to adhere to a strict dress code, leave any attitude at the door, and experience all sorts of themed events. Explore wherever your imagination can go.
Blunit
Cosy, Outdoor Seating
Blunit is a cosier gay bar with a scenic terrace, the ideal place to relax and unwind with friends. This place offers a great value night out, providing drinks at good prices and giving out goodies like free tickets or discounts for other events nearby. Blunit is a perfect start to your night before you move on to other clubs or parties, but there's good music here too so you can just stay and take in the atmosphere.
Boxer CafeBar
Fetish, Cocktails, Outdoor Seating, Food
This stand-out cafe style bar has a sexy twist. You'll find sporty guys, topless barmen, and people from various fetish communities gathered in the bar or outside on the street terrace. The kitchen here cooks up great food such as cakes and all your favourite bar snacks. Boxer also makes some of the best cocktails around.
Boyberry
Men Only, Cruising
Boyberry is one of the more laid-back men-only cruising clubs in Barcelona, where you can go for some casual cruising and a few drinks. There are lots of different play areas to explore, plenty of cabins, and adult videos playing around the venue. Boyberry even has an on-site adult shop, so it's well worth a visit no matter the time of day.
Brilli Brilli
Cocktails, Drag
Brilli Brilli is a place that always has a party atmosphere, but it also has a subtle touch of glamour. Sophisticated drinks are of offer including a wide range of natural fruit cocktails, all at a reasonable price. The music is a selection of hits past and present, always lively, providing the soundtrack to themed parties and drag shows. There's even a VIP area with comfy sofas.
Candy Darling
Drag, Food
Candy Darling has its roots in queer activism and strives to include all identities. There's something for everyone to enjoy here and a lovely welcoming atmosphere. Sit back and watch shows each night, from drag to circus and burlesque. There's also a mini disco room and all sorts of queer art adorning the walls. To go with your drinks, be sure to try a “bikini darlingâ€, the local name for a ham and cheese toastie that's a speciality here.
Chiringuito BeGay
Cocktails, Outdoor Seating, Food
BeGay is one of the most iconic beach bars in all of Barcelona, and the only gay one. This beautiful section of La Mar Bella nudist beach is elegant yet attitude-free, serving up a delicious menu of Mediterranean and international cuisine. Head to be bar for refreshing mojitos or BeGay's famous protein shakes. Enjoy all your food and drinks on the shaded terrace or in hammocks by the sand.
Club Black Hole
Men Only, Fetish, Cruising
Club Black Hole is one of the best-known gay cruise and fetish clubs in Barcelona. It's a members only club so you'll have to buy a membership at the door. Once you're inside you can expect a heavy industrial theme and large facilities including cages, private cabins, cinema lounge, showers, and wrestling area. Dress codes vary from underwear to leather and military, depending on the night. Every Tuesday night is open to all genders and identities.
ClubOpenMind
Men Only, Fetish, Cruising
Open Mind is one of Barcelona's most popular gay cruise and fetish clubs, offering a space to “play without limitsâ€. You'll have to buy a membership at the door to access this exclusive club, and once you're in you'll find it full of guys with all sorts of interests. Visit on themed nights to find your crowd as the club caters to everything from leather to military. There's also a super popular "no dress code" night amongst other dress code events.
DMEN'S
Cocktails, Dancing
Dmens is located in the heart of Eixample. This is one of the newer gay bars in the area, run by the popular Moeem and Grupo Arena. Entry is free and the bar opens earlier in the evening that most other places in the area, so you can start your night early with plenty of drinks and party till morning. The space is small but beautifully lit with neon lights, complete with a bar serving cocktails, plus DJs and dancing.
El Cangrejo Eixample
Dancing
El Cangrejo is a small but classic late night gay bar with a brilliant energy, the best place to dance to a mix of old and new Spanish music too. Everybody loves to sing along, creating a really fun and welcoming atmosphere where everyone can drink together. Entrance is free and you can stay to party till the early hours with a truly mixed crowd of all ages and genders.
Gingin
Cosy
Gingin is a relatively new gay bar in Eixample, located just across the road from the famous gay Axel Hotel. The bar is already popular place with people of all ages, thanks to strong drinks served by friendly staff known as Ginboys. Gin and tonics are their speciality, made with a huge range of gins and all enjoyed in a cosy space with a unique and welcoming atmosphere.
Honey
Bear, Cosy
Honey is a small but energetic cafe bar in Barcelona catering to bears and their admirers. Conveniently located in Eixample, Honey is a popular meeting place for the bear community, whether that's for casual drinks with friends or as a place to meet your latest date. They offer a great drinks menu as well as a carefully curated playlist to make this place feel like your new home in Eixample. You're always welcome.
La Casa de la Pradera
Lesbian, Food
This is a bar that welcomes the entire LGBTQ+ community, located in the historic center of the city, and has been serving a super mixed crowd for over 10 years. They offer good food, beer on tap to enjoy outside on the terrace, and a generally relaxed place to hang out with friends. Inclusive and slightly alternative vibes attract a wonderful range of people and give the bar a real community feel.
La Chapelle
Cosy, Outdoor Seating
This small space is packed with personality, mainly because you can hardly see the walls for religious artifacts and decorations. La Chapelle is certainly quirky, a place like no other in the city to enjoy cocktails with an equally quirky crowd. Drinks are reasonably priced, so the bar space is always busy, creating a cosy feel inside. Out on the terrace you can get some air and watch the night unfold.
La Federica
Cocktails, Drag
Located in the popular Poble-sec quarter, La Federica is a place with personality. Unique and specially chosen vintage furniture fills the space, creating a perfectly eclectic vibe where you can sit back and enjoy your surroundings. The menu has something for everyone, including speciality gin and tonics, cocktails, and wines. The drinks are strong and accompanied by delicious bar snacks. On weekends there are events such as themed parties, exhibitions, and drag shows.
Moeem Barcelona
Dancing
Open every day from early evening, this cosy local bar is the ideal spot to enjoy a drink and relax with friends. You'll find a mixed crowd of people hanging out at the bar or sitting back on sofas around the room. There's space to dance as well if you feel like it, with a soundtrack that mixes pop, dance, reggaeton and contemporary R&B. Moeem is an alternative space with a warm atmosphere and something for everyone.
Museum Bar
Younger Crowd
Museum certainly lives up to its name, as it's full of statues and paintings specially chosen to create and old-fashioned and atmospheric space. In contrast, the bar is also full of flatscreen TVs and crowds of young and trendy gay guys. They come for the drinks and the free entry passes to the nearby Metro Disco available at the bar. Everything here is over the top in a surprisingly tasteful way that keeps Museum trendy.
Night Barcelona
Men Only, Cruising
This men-only bar and cruise club is one of the most popular of its kind in Eixample. Its dark back room and private cabins are always busy with a mixed age clientele, while at the bar you can meet new guys and take advantage of happy hours every night. The club is open daily into the early hours for plenty of drinks and casual cruising fun.
Pink Corner BCN
Dancing
Literally everything here is colourful and lively, camp even by Eixample's standards. The bar opens early in the evening with a party atmosphere and a wide range of gins to prepare you for a night of dancing ahead. Pink Corner strives to remember the history of LGBTQ+ activism in Barcelona, while at the same time providing a modern space to party to the best hits past and present.
Plata Cocktail Bar
Cocktails, Outdoor Seating
Plata is a modern gay cocktail bar in the heart of Eixample, offering a trendy atmosphere and a delicious range of drinks. This place draws in a diverse crowd, and you'll find a mix of people hanging out on the biggest street terrace in the area. Enjoy fancy premium drinks or more classic cocktails created by expert mixologists.
Priscilla Cafe
Drag, Food
Pricilla is located in the heart of Eixample, offering all your favourite things about a Barcelona gay night out all in one place. There's plenty to eat, delicious drinks to sample, and spectacular drag shows to watch. For a more relaxed experience, grab a coffee and just sit back and enjoy the music. As the name suggests, Priscilla Cafe is designed to make you feel like the Queen of the Desert, with unique decoration and a fabulous fun atmosphere.
Punto BCN
Bear, Lesbian, Dancing
Punto Bar is the place to go early in the evening as it gets busier before most of the other gay bars. It's popular with both tourists and locals so you can mix with all sorts of people and make new friends. A range of guys from twinks to bears hang out here so it's a brilliant place to find your crowd, drink, and dance to the most popular Spanish music.
Safari Disco Club
Dancing
Safari is a loud and colourful place that hosts some of the best parties in Barcelona. DJs and live music fuel late night dancing across two large rooms that are always packed. Safari is an icon of nightlife in the city and something of a benchmark for your clubbing experience here. You can even book out rooms for private parties and make some amazing memories.
Sky Bar by Axel
Cocktails, Outdoor Seating
Barcelona's iconic rooftop gay bar is located above the famous Axel hotel. From this incredible vantage point you can see the best views of the city through day and night. The space is designed to be sophisticated yet laid-back, a romantic place where you can enjoy cold beers and cocktails under the sunset. During summer there's even a heated pool and spaces to sunbathe.
THE MOON
Dancing
Moon offers something a little different to the other bars in the area, with a lively Caribbean theme and barmen who are barely dressed. Great value drink offers draw people in, and they stay for an eye full of the staff and pole dancers. Moon is particularly busy at weekends, full of colour and music.
The Black Room
Outdoor Seating, Dancing, Cruising
The Black Room is a weekly dance club hosted at Club City Hall, attracting a loud, masculine, and super cruisy crowd. The venue is huge, spread over three floors and including a large dance floor, outdoor terrace, and of course the dark room. People who come to The Black Room are looking to party hard so prepare yourself for loud music, lots of drinks, and attractive go-go dancers.
The CLUB mykonos
Dancing, Cruising
Club Mykonos is a popular music bar that has been serving the crowds in the city centre for years. It tends to attract a pretty mixed crowd, so you'll find people of all ages, all friendly and up for a good time. The party here gets going early, starting with drinks offers nightly. Grab your favourite drink at the modern bar, head deeper into the club to the large dance floor, or explore the dark room.
Versailles Barcelona
Cocktails
Versailles is relatively new on Barcelona's gay scene, a relaxed cafe and lounge style bar, and a popular place for a diverse crowd to meet. Cocktails are a draw for everyone, plus fabulous modern decor inspired by the bar's namesake, and a lively atmosphere. The bar is busy with people passing through the gay village, hopping from place to place, and stopping by to explore this unique space.
Wings House Bar
Outdoor Seating, Drag
Wings House is a new gay bar in Eixample with a chilled street terrace. Sit back, relax, and enjoy brunch in the sun with friends, or head inside for drinks in a slightly darker yet atmospheric space. Drinks are served by attractive staff and you're sure to meet a great group of guys at the bar.
XMAN
Men Only, Fetish, Cruising
XMAN is a heavily fetish orientated cruise club with a strict dress code and access for members only. The team here strive to make the club a safe and respectful place for all so you can explore the club and its clientele freely. Remember to dress in rubber, leather, military, sportswear, skin, or jockstrap, or just take everything off depending on the theme of the night.
Zelig Barcelona
Cocktails, Outdoor Seating
This laid-back cafe bar attracts a mixed crowd of generally alternative people and is conveniently located in the heart of the Raval district. The bar is pretty small with a down to earth vibe, making it a favourite with locals and a place where the community can come together. There's also a small terrace outside where you can enjoy the sun. Zelig serves great cocktails alongside coffee and delicious homemade food. They're especially known for their pasta dishes.
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