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Planning a gay holiday to Barcelona, Spain is becoming easier today as Barcelona that has always enjoyed a reputation for being a vibrant as well as gay oriented city has much to offer to everyone including to gays. There are in fact certain parts of Barcelona that attract many gays but the people of Barcelona are open-minded and so gays are accepted in all parts of the city.

However, if you are looking to get more out of your gay travel to Barcelona you will do well to check out one area in particular and that is the one called Eixample which is fondly called gayxample. This part of Barcelona can rightly be called the heart of gay Barcelona though at the same time it must be said that this area is not entirely populated by gays.

For more gay action you must ensure that when you make your plans for gay travel to Barcelona that you look for one place in the city that is very gay oriented. Eixample is the name of this gay part of the city and it is affectionately also called gayxample. This particular area in Barcelona is certainly the heart of gay-oriented Barcelona even though there are also many straights that live in this part.

However, there is no denying the fact that Eixample is very pretty and modern and it is also one of the trendiest parts of the city that is home to many an exciting gay club and bar and you can easily find gay accommodation here.

Eixample is not just a gay dive because it is in fact a very beautiful part of Barcelona and you will find modern accommodations and the area is also very trendy. Another wonderful gay area that however not part of Barcelona is is the town called Sitges that is not very far from the city and it can easily be reached by taking a train.

When it comes to choosing suitable gay accommodation there are many options available and so you can choose to stay in a flat or in an apartment or you can simply shack up in a hostel. And, there is also more than just great gay accommodation because Barcelona also provides a very lively gay club scene. Of course, most gays find what they are looking for in Eixample which is situated a little bit to the north of the city’s center.

Sitges is not exactly in Barcelona but it is not far from Barcelona and is a very pretty town that too has much to offer to gays. In fact, the beaches here are frequented by gays who account for as many as thirty percent of the entire Sitges tourist population.

To sum up, there is a wealth of gay oriented places in and around Barcelona and there is also the excellent and interesting annual film festival catering solely to the gay community (Gay and Lesbian film festival) that is held in Barcelona each year in the month of October.