You have just moved to Barcelona, found a flat, got an internet connection and a mobile phone but still you are not happy. It is very late at night, outside it is raining like hell, and you are not in the mood of going out to get some food. You pick up your phone but you realise you don’t know where to call, nor where to find what you fancy eating. You are not confident about your reading skills in Spanish and you feel helpless. If you type ‘take away’ in a Spanish search engine the results you get are not going to help much, because you’re missing the magic words.

The key phrases are ‘comida a domicilio‘ and ‘comidas para llevar‘. There is even a ‘takeaway finder‘ that you just have to type the city where you live and that will list all the available options with a lot of useful information such as ‘type of food’, whether it is open, whether there is a delivery service etc. but the greatest feature is that you can find out until what time they are open so you won’t walk all that way for nothing. What is amazing is that you can even choose the type of food you fancy e.g. Mexican and you will get a full list of Mexican restaurants around where you live.

Another annoying situation is when you fancy going to a restaurant with your boyfriend but you don’t know any great Catalan restaurant in new city you just moved. You are definitely not in the mood ending up in the main square where all those bloody tourists go. It’s not true that all nice things in life take time, especially if you have a bit of time to look at what other people suggest. Back home you knew so many hidden gems of awesome quality food but living in a new town makes you feel like a second class citizen. Feeling a bit like a local will make a big difference in your new life and very soon you will have more chances getting to know locals too!

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Gay travel to Barcelona can prove to be very fulfilling as Barcelona has much to offer to everyone including those with gay intentions. The city is renowned for being very vibrant and it is also gay friendly and there are in fact many things that a gay person will enjoy in certain parts of the city.

In fact, a few parts of Barcelona are almost entirely populated by gays though the population of Barcelona is by and large quite liberal minded and so will welcome gays without prejudice.

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.

It is here that gays find a lot of reason to be excited as there are numerous clubs and bars as well as accommodation options catering solely for gays. Of course, there are many straights too that live here which only exemplifies the open-minded nature of the population of Barcelona.

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.

There is plenty of good gay accommodation here in Barcelona and you can pick from living in a flat, apartment or even a hostel that caters only to gays. In addition, you will also find some very exciting gay clubs though most of these bars, clubs and accommodations are only available in Eixample.

The bottom line is that Barcelona is home to some serious gay activity and so it should certainly be one of the top priorities as far as a good gay destination goes.

Though gay Barcelona may not provide the same level of excitement as do places such as New York and London, it is nevertheless worth planning for gay travel to Barcelona because it certainly has a unique flavor that you will certainly enjoy.

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