Gay Benidorm - The scene, hotels, bars and restaurants

Spain has some wonderful Gay nightlife holiday destinations, Benidorm being one of them. The other top Spanish gay destinations are Playa del Ingles in Gran Canaria, Sitges & Barcelona on the Costa Dorada and Ibiza town on Ibiza are the main ones

The photograph on the left (click photo to enlarge) is Calle Cuatro Cantones in Benidorm's Old town. The Lovers pub is on the right, Bears bar in the bottom left corner where the pavement starts to widen to start Plaza de la Constitucion which extends out of site round the corner to the right. the square (Plaza) is also the location of the Queens hotel.

Most of the narrow lanes of Benidorms Old Town have at least 1 gay bar or club, some of them several

• 7th Heaven say this is the bar where "angels meet little devils in Benidorm"
• A straight friendly gay bar with a bar and chill out lounge
• Open 21:00 to 04:30

7th Heaven, Calle Alicante, Benidorm Old Town

• 24nd Street bar is a large bar with a stage and dance floor
• Air conditioned and comfortable seats
• Large dark room & cabin
• Shows on Fridays & Saturdays when the bar is at it's busiest
• Porn TV room

24nd Street bar, is located away from the gay village in the Old Town, on Avenida Uraguay, Benidorm.

• In the heart of Benidorm’s Gay Village
• Drag acts with the Bobby Drake show on Tuesdays & Fridays
• The Babylon is also a small gay hotel with comfortable rooms at low rates

Babylon, Calle Alicante, 28, Benidorm Old Town

• Traditional gay mans bar
• Open 22:30 to 04:30
• Attitude free mens bar with a motto "Sing, dance & take your clothes off"

Bar Chaplin, Calle San Vicente, 16


Not to be confused with the straight Chaplin's Disco in Av. de Mallorca

• The Don Juan Cafe Bar is located centrally in Benidorm's Old Town gay village at it's busiest corner
• Open 10:00 to 02:00

Don Juan Cafe Bar, Calle Santa Faz 28. Benidorm Old Town,03501, Spain

• A popular meeting bar wyhere you can have a good chat because the popular mix of music is not too loud
• Your hostsYuri &Mario from Holland speak Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish
• Open 22:00 till 02:30
• See the collection of Parrot memroibilia

El Papagayo Bar , Calle Alicante 11, Benidorm Old Town

• Calle Moli, Benidorm

• Cruising, bar, Video, downstairs Dark room with sling and bondage X
• Plaza de la Constitucion, 9, Benidorm Old Town

• Calle Santa Faz, Benidorm Old Town

• Calle Alicante, Benidorm Old Town

• Fun bar with friendly atmosphere with your hosts Trev & Dave
• Plasma video screen with camp classic film clips and music videos
• Music from the 1960's to modern pop
• Company Bar, Calle San Miguel 16, Benidorm Old Town

Domino bar, Martinez Oriola, Benidorm

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• British owned bar
• Your hosts Brian & Nick

El Lugar - The Place, Calle Alicante, Benidorm Old Town

• Leather bar with upstairs dark room.
• A gay bar for bears, skins and of course leather queens
• Very friendly bear owner who speaks perfect English

Eros Bar, Calle Santa Faz, 24, Benidorm Old Town

• A comfy bar popular with more mature gay men
• Bar run by Pepe used to be at JJ's further down the hill
• Large Dance floor, TV and video room
• Dark room and cabins.
• Drag shows on Fridays & Saturdays
• English, Spanish, Dutch and German Spoken

Located away from the gay village in the Old Town, on Avenida Uraguay, just before reaching Calle Paraguay, Benidorm

• Karaoke bar owned by Louis formerly from the "Church pub" in Bolton UK

Calle La Palma, 6, Benidorm Carrer de la Palmer Benidorm Old Town, just off the Walking street on the other side from the main part of the Old Town

• For mature men and their admirers.
• JJ’s is one of the largest Gay Bars in Benidorm.
• Bar with a comfortable lounge area and a dance area
• Pool room, TV Room
• Video Lounge and Darkrooms with cabins
• Later on in the night the customers tend to go to Incognito further up the hill
• Very cruisy in the back

Located away from the gay village in the Old Town, on Avenida Uraguay, Benidorm

• Fun Pub & Cabaret bar
• Highly rated Show at 9:30pm
• Mixed clientele
• Your hostesses - Paula Klee from the Netherlands married in Bangkok to Monique Klee
• Opposite Ritch Bitch
• Open 20:00. Closed on Tuesdays.

Kafee Klee, Calle Del Pal, on the flat Levante side of Benidorm Old Town

• The latest in music
• 2 large darkrooms with hardcore gay videos
• Open 9pm - 4am

Lovers Pub, Calle Cuatro Cantones 3, Benidorm Old Town

• Dark room

Meditereaneo Bar, Calle Alicante, Benidorm Old Town

• Calle Alicante, Benidorm Old Town

• Calle San Vicente 22, Benidorm Old Town

• Air conditioned Gay bar & lesbian bar
• Open 21:00 to 02:00

Mr Me Bar, Calle San Vicente, 17, Benidorm Old Town

• Different Show every night, not sure about Friday
• Run by 2 british music hall troupers, Barry & Chris, with over 50 years of entertaining between them and both with great talents.
• This 'theatre' bar is a good night out

Music Hall Pub, Carrer de la Palmer Benidorm Old Town, just off the Walking street on the other side from the main part of the Old Town

• Large Disco bar playing the latest sounds
• Upstairs 2 cruisy dark rooms and gay porn video lounge
• Open 10pm - 4 am

People Bar, Calle Santa Faz, Benidorm Old Town

• Popular friendly Gay bar
• Your hosts Juan & Rene from Holland who speak 5 languages

Peppermint Bar, Calle San Vicente 11, Benidorm Old Town

• Drag show by Wayne (Levi) and Elvis show by Derek,  are popular with both straight and gay customers
• Fun bar, open all day to non residents. Meals and snacks. Cabaret or karaoke 7nights a week
• Now with a roof top bar with fabulous views of both Levante and Poniente beaches the mountains and the Old Town. The bar is ideal for a coffee, a snack or a long cold drink
• Part of the gay Queens hotel

Queens Hotel bar photographs

Top right - Derek Dee one of the owners is a good singer, he also does a great Elvis impersonator

Bottom right. Levi G excellent comedy drag act who makes fun of her bar customers, it's all part of the act so don't take offence at her very wicked tongue.

The very busy Queens hotel bar

Queens Hotel bar, Plaza de la Constitucion, 5, Benidorm Old Town

Derek Dee vocalist

Levi G comedy drag artist

• Top "Adults only"  drag cabaret show bar popular with both straight and gay customers
• Entrance charge €5.00 Euro Per Person, may need to book.
• Show time 10.30pm – 1.00am but seats Must Be Occupied by 9.30pm
• Your Hosts Gary Brown (Jordan Rivers) and Michael Beddow
• The Rich Bitch was featured on BBC1 television series 'Escape to the Sun' for 11 months
• Usually closed in February and a few days either side
• Opposite Kafee Klee

Calle del Pal, 4, on the flat Levante side of Benidorm Old Town

• A large modern bar
• Plays the latest dance music from both Europe & Spain
• Popular with a younger crowd
• Large dark rooms and video lounge behind bar

Calle Santa Faz 12, Benidorm Old Town

• Fun bar with cabaret.
• Free snacks
• Nightly show around 1:30
• Male strippers and Drag artists - Diva Luchi, Yeray, Milana, Israel & Campus
• Open 11 pm - 4 am

Zanzibar Cabaret Bar, Calle Santa Faz 7, Benidorm Old Town