Sitges, Spain

[Kjones27]

Has anyone been? I'm here this week. I chose it randomly for holiday, as the cheapest flight to spain for me was to barcelona. Then I got a bus down to sitges.

I'm so impressed. Cheap hotels. The hotela arw half the price of the hotels in barcelona. I paid a lot for a hotel in barcelona on my first night here.

It wasn't that nice. no balcony no pool. And it was really expenaive.

I've cow come down to sitges. which is about 40 mins by bus from barcelona. My hotel is half the price if the barcelona one, and ten times nicer. my room has a balcony , it is right beside the beach, has a rooftop bar, a heated spa pool, and rhe best breakfast I've ever had.

I just really wanted to reccomend sitges in spain if anyone is looking for a cheap but great holiday!

I'm not concerned at all. I love sitges
I didn't even notice the gay scene until it was brought up here. There is so much else going on in sitges. Walking groups, art classes ,yoga classes.

I'm just annoyed because i wanted to talk about all those things and I'm not getting to talk about them on here with anyone

OP, a gay resort doesn't mean they ban straight people on entry (how would they know? Maybe they'd make them kiss at the border to prove it 🤔)- nobody is saying Sitges has no straight people whatsoever.

Just that it's primarily a gay friendly resort- and thank goodness! As someone else said upthread, it's great that there are places that gay people can holiday knowing they will be welcomed and safe. I'm sure your oldest friend who is gay can fill you in on why this is important.

You can talk about all the wonderful things Sitges has to offer ALONGSIDE recognising that it's a gay destination- gay people enjoy walks and restaurants and everything else there as well you know.

I think you have said that before yes.

Can we talk about something else now?

My gay friend doesn't need to fill me in on anything. We see each other as so much more than out sexuality. Him being gay is just one thing about him. Me being straight is just one thing about me. We see each other as people, not as our sexuality really. It's one part of us, it's not all of us. He has never tried to lecture me or teach me anything about gay people
He wouldn't do that.

Would you like to talk about something else mow? Have you been to sitges? Did you like the beaches/walks?

Op, my home city ( not UK ) is known as the gay capital of my country.
You wouldn't know it to visit it as it has a rich history and a shit load of culture, such as galleries and museums etc.
It has millions of visitors annually, but come on pride week and other festivals and your eyes would pop at the amount of gay / lesbians etc out and about.
Otherwise you wouldn't even realise and would potentially be saying the same, that it isn't a gay city ... It very much is.
Just because you're not seeing it, it doesn't mean it's not there.

Jesus youre unreal.

Again twisting my words. I didn't say that "learning about life as a gay person is lecturing".

I said "my friend has never tried to lecture me about gay people". I talked about him. One person.

Me and him. We see each other as people first, sexuality second. People are so much more than their sexuality

I asked do you want to talk about anything, anything other than gay people.

And you can't seem to think of one othwr thing to talk about. Very odd

I just don't particularly care! It's not important to me. It's not the first thing I think about when I go somewhere

I've loads of gay friends and loads of straight friends.
No one talks about their sexualty much.

We all see each other as John and Jane. We don't see each other as gay john and straight Jane.
We see each other as friends.

I went to my friend and his boyfriends house last week. I went to my friend and her boyfriends house last week. We are all so used to each other

My post about restaurant and museum recs was also ignored, two things OP had specifically asked about.

Why are you so nasty. Do you get a kick out of it?

You said I only wanted to talk about gay couples kissing in barcelona, when you know I didn't want to talk about that at all, I had to write it in response to someone else.

You lied here.

I scrolled back to look. Your first post was actually asking me an accusatory question about gay people. At the end of that post, you wrote sitges is a stunning place to visit

For goodness sake OP I haven't lied, we're saying the same thing! Whether I put it at the end of the post or the start of the post or anywhere else in the post- I SAID IT IN THE POST.

You are being very defensive and have been throughout this thread. However I appreciate you feel like are being ganged up on now and that isn't nice, so I will actually bow out now. I hope you find the discussion you're looking for.

If your walk takes you south (which it might well do, that particular camí de ronda is very popular), watch out for the small nudist beach beside the train line. It's the top cruising area in Catalunya, which from the sounds of things you might not care for...

One thing this thread has taught me is to never start a thread giving friendly travel advice again. This thread has given me a headache and now i can't sleep.

Why can't we delete a thread that we start on here. It's so annoying. We should be able to delete it. And the mumsnet staff don't work this late at night so they can't delete it for me

You think someone calling me homophobic wasn't nasty.?

Do you think you calling me unhinged is nice? I've reported you too

I honestly don't want to come on mumsnet ever again. I started a travel thread, a very sweet, unoffensive nice thread and I've been called unhinged and homophobic. That's never happened to me on other forums. People would banned for that. Abuse and bullying is allowed on here too much

Well I think it sounds a great place for a holiday! Please could you give the name of your hotel?

Playa del ingles in gran canaria is a predominantly gay area but that's well known.

@Pottedpalm no. Sorry. After the nastiness and cruelty thar I've received on this thread , I'm not helping anyone any more.

Why would I. Its nothing to do with you personally.

I also dont want to say my current location, as some people on this thread (not you) have upset me.

I need to take a break from mumsnet. People really upset me on here.

You try to help and give advice and you just get abuse.