Subject: gay spain..random notes
Date: 	Wed, 21 Sep 1994 14:12:47 -0700
From: "Kraig R. Meyer" <kmeyer@solarium.aero.org>


from: jose@ct74.med.ge.com (Jose Raneda 5-5817), from Dec. 1991

The same way that you wouldn't recommend Kansas City as your first
choice for a place to see the American gay life, I wouldn't place
Madrid as my first choice. In any case, Madrid also has a district
that is mostly gay, is called Paseo de Recoleto. It is downtown,
and there is probably 20 gay bars within 7 blocks. In that area you 
will find a place called Cafe Gijon, a straight establishment where
display of affection between homosexuals is very common.

But if you really want to see Gay Spain, visit cities like Barcelona,
Valencia, Sevilla, much more colorful and liberal than Madrid.
My all time favorite is a litle town 1/2 south of Barcelona called
Sitges (pronounced siches), which has been called the gay tourist 
capital of Europe. There you'll find two gay beaches: one nudist, the
other not. 

I do not know much about places for lesbians or bisexuals, that's
my own ignorance.