Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 17:06:56 +0200 (MSZ) From: Bj|rn Skolander Subject: Madrid - gay guide MADRID GAY GUIDE The gay quarter in MAD is between Calle Fuencarral and Calle Hortaleza, here you can find lots of places (but not all of them are recommendable..) important Metro stations: Chueca, Callao and Gran Via Bars: - Consoul, C/Fuencarral (very nice bar, good-looking guys)...I don't know if it is open again...had been closed lately people start coming at around half past 12 (don't go before....) - Corazon Negro (sorry, don't know the street...it is close to Ricks) very nice atmosphere, funny interior, lots of artists and strange- looking people this is place where you can talk and go before midnight...alth is definitely not a place where you can dance...but is very relaxed atmosphere. - Montera 33, C/Montera 33: had been the absolute IN-place 2 years ago... the interior is very nice, but there have not been many people lately...maybe it is picking up again...!?!? - Ricks (sorry, don't know the street...but also in the Chueca quarter...) great music...you can go there after midnight...lots of nice people... it is one of the places where you can get in contact with people more easily (in other places it is quite difficult)...people all ages, but more between 30 and 40....very nice place....recommend it! Discos: Be aware: the nightlife only starts at around 1/2 past 2 to 3 o'clock...there is no use going to a disco in MAD earlier!!!! - Xenon, Gran Via (close to Metro Callao) curently the best gay disco in town...lots of beautiful people...located in a former theatre...the best place for dancing... - Flamingo, close to Metro Gran Via...don't know the street name.... this is an exception: you can go there already at around half past 12, that's the place where the guys go before the head for Xenon... nice interior, but only few people dance....more a place for watching!!!! - Blanco y negro (Chueca quarter as well) lots of youngsters, the ground floor is filled with prostitutes but the lower floor is more or less ok....though it is quite dark and after lower floor is more or less ok....though it is quite dark and after midnight it is almost impossible to get through.... - Refugio (between metro Sol and Tirso Molina, opposite of cinema Ideal...) lots of youngsters...go-go boys...the design of the toilet is quite interesting...but I don't like the place...it is very pick-up like.... ...well, that's all for now....enjoy the exciting night-life.... Gunther