Sitges News
Some recent news articles about Sitges.
Six of the best carnivals in February (not Rio)
Kitsch is to the fore with a huge drag show and more sequins than Nashville.
The Times, 28 January 2007 Travels: A world apart
Sitges is the gay holiday capital of Europe. But that is changing as families invade.
New Statesman, 18 September 2006 Asian offerings to dominate Catalan film fest
This year's Catalonian International Film Festival in the eastern coastal resort of Sitges will have a strongly Asian flavour, with China's Johnnie To and South Korea's Park Chan Wook both entering contributions.
Channel NewsAsia, 2 September 2005 Sitges 2005 is Coming!
It's that time of year again, when Film Fests rule the world. Coming this October is SITGES - the International Film Festival of Catalonia!
JoBlo's Movie Emporium, 24 June 2005 Fly me to the dunes
The perfect place for beach fidgets; this atmospheric old town has some of the best beaches on the Costa Dorada, and just beyond the wide, palm-lined promenade are countless bars, restaurants, galleries and museums.
The Telegraph, 11 June 2005 Rally Barcelona Sitges 2005
A total of 97 vehicles constructed between 1898 and 1924 set off from the Plaça Sant Jaume at 11 30 a.m.
The Classic Times, 15 March 2005 The clock was melting, and so was my heart
Sitges, the seaside town where the Catalan "School of Light" developed and a young Picasso hung out.
The Independent, 6 March 2005 Sitges, Spain: Europe's playful, scenic, homofriendly "provincetown plus"
Mention Sitges to any Euro queer, and if he or she hasn't been there, chances are his or her friends have. The town's year-round population of some 20,000 swells fourfold from June through mid September, and a very noticeable chunk of those visitors is made up of mostly young homos from all over the continent who go to sun on its beaches, possibly visit its handful of fine museums, definitely spend money in its boutiques and always-evolving restaurants, and of course party their patooties off all night long in more than two dozen varied bars and clubs--such as Mediterraneo and Trailer, names instantly recognizable in gay households throughout the European Union and beyond.
The Advocate, 1 March 2005 Señor service
If Barcelona is the party capital of Spain, then Sitges is its chill-out zone. Just over half an hour south of the Catalan capital and saved from the development hell that has blighted much of Spain's Mediterranean coast, this is where the disco kids come to wind down.
The Guardian, 18 September 2004 New taste of old-world Spain
Sitges, located 30 minutes south of Barcelona, enjoys a reputation as one of Europe's premier gay resorts. Nearly every guide on the town mentions "300 sunny days a year" and "gay mecca" in the same sentence. This usually leads to a full-on description of Sitges's annual Carnival, a weeklong precursor to Lent that makes our Mardi Gras look like a Sandra Bullock movie.
Boston Globe, 26 October 2003 The St Tropez of Spain
It's a rarity to find a weekend-break destination that can offer you everything you could wish for, but damn it, I think Sitges has got it all. A hidden gem of a resort on the Spanish coast, Sitges grew in the early 1900s as a Bohemian hotbed for artists, painters and writers, and in the Sixties and Seventies it was a party town with much the same vibe as Ibiza. Now it's grown up into a stylish and arty enclave that is one of Spain's most prized resorts.
London Evening Standard, 2 July 2003 Food with a view
At Maricel, in oh-so-desirable Art Nouveau Sitges, it's not a question of whether you've booked (you have) - it's how long you're going to have to queue regardless. Every Sunday le tout fashionable Barcelona decamps here, to watch and be watched.
London Evening Standard, 20 May 2003
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