Sitges Gay Beaches Reviewed

Sitges is a worldwide known gay destination, and one of its main attractions is the large number of clean sandy beaches. Dotted along the Sitges coastline, between the parish church and the Terramar hotel are nine of the most beautiful beaches you will find in Spain. All of these beaches offer sun loungers for rent, showers and little huts selling refreshments.

Although there is only one predominantly gay beach in the centre of town - La Platja de la Bossa Rodona, directly below the Picnic Restaurant on the seafront - in recent years it has begun to be colonized by straights and their families and overspill during the height of summer means that you will find gay men and women just about anywhere along the whole stretch. There’s a downside there, the beach hawkers and masseurs will constantly bombard you with their offers of continuous refreshments and various massage treatments.

Bossa Rodona Beach

If you can’t find a place to tan your body on the central beaches, then it’s only a short walk beyond the church to Platja Sant Sebastià, Platja dels Balmins (for mixed nudey bathing) and Platja d’Aiguadolç.

Dels Balmins Beach

But that’s not all - if you want to get an all-over tan away from the gaze of gawping straight tourists and you’re feeling energetic, it’s worth the effort heading out to the nudist beaches beyond the Terramar Hotel.

The first of these, about a 10-minute walk from L’Atlàntida disco along the hilly coast and railway lines, is mixed. Here you will find a beach bar serving a range of snacks and drinks. The beach itself is part sand, part pebbles.

Further up, the second nudist beach at Cala del Home Mort (Dead Man’s Beach) is almost exclusively gay male. It too has a small bar, but the beach itself can be uncomfortably pebbly, and unless you bring a big enough towel or rent a lounger you may spend the rest of your holiday removing small stones from every orifice. This beach’s popularity is in the large forest behind the train tracks, which are full of gay men looking for sex during the summer.

Cala del Home Mort Beach

There are a number of ways to get to these beaches, including walking from town, taking the local Bus Urbà from the Station to the Hotel Terramar and then walking to L’Atlàntida and beyond, or splashing out on a taxi to L’Atlàntida disco (about €7) and then finishing the journey on foot.