Gay bar tijuana
Tijuana has a vibrant gay scene right in the heart of the city, just a quick walk from the border proximate San Diego. The Plaza Santa Cecilia has several gay bars and many more are not too far away. Here you’ll find big thumping dance clubs, small bars and everything in between. It is directly underneath an arch on the corner of 1st and Revolución and is known as the gayborhood in Tijuana. If you are up for a visit, then check out our list of Top 10 Gay Friendly Hotels and Sites in Tijuana, Mexico. (In addition, discover the birthplace of the Caesar Salad; the beloved dish found on menus all around the U.S.)
Top 10 Gay Friendly Hotels and Sites in Tijuana, Mexico
This popular destination has a variety of queer friendly hotels and sites that you will find is enjoyable for everyone.
1. Hotel Caesars
This classic hotel was built in the s, and now offers WiFi and private baths. World-famous Caesar&#;s Salad was born here in It was created by Cesar Cardini, then chef and owner of Caesar&#;s Restaurant (the place where it is still prepared to date).
2. Hotel Ticuán
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On Plaza Santa Cecilia in late May, rainbows reign supreme. In the shadow of Tijuana’s iconic arch, which marks the northern edge of downtown and the southern edge of the red-light district, a technicolored banner announces La Marcha del Orgullo, the Pride March. At the bars that line the plaza, under black lights and in the black, men perform in performative and hold each other tenderly in narrow smoke-filled halls. Behind buckets of Tecate, they sing and sway along with Mexican love ballads from the s. They have an easy way about them, their shoulders relaxed, their face muscles smooth.
Being so close to the border, Tijuana is a swirling site of transience and transformation. The population is an amalgam; while official surveys count around million residents, the many binationals who travel back and forth daily spike the number closer to 2 million. Tijuana-based urban planner Gibram Sanchez, 29, calls his city a “melting pot” of influences; migrants from Haiti and El Salvador and China acquire all wound up here, at the doorstep of the United States, many of them hoping to complete the very
Gay Tijuana
A lower drinking age, and a greater tolerance for pleasures of the flesh south of the border, long ago made Tijuana a magnet for those from the north. Young military men in particular, but other Americans of all ages and orientations have been coming in droves, especially since the days of Prohibition in the US.
Many Americans approach here to shop and Tijuana has no shortage of retail establishments from sidewalk entrepreneurs to the big shopping malls. Plaza Río is the largest of the lot, just a scant minutes from the border between Paseo de los Heroes and the Tijuana River. Other malls are at Plaza Monarca, Plaza Carrousel, Centro Comercial Playas/Plaza Coronado, and the Galerias Hipodromo.
Parque Guerrero, at Tercera and Cinco de Mayo, often has local art, blankets, jewelry and such for sale among the park benches. It's easy to locate a partner for chess hereabouts - and sometimes partners for other games too, if you're courteous (and careful).
Crossing this border one cannot escape the stark actual world of the wall, or the political complexities
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Plaza Santa Cecilia, Tijuana: This pedestrianized street just over the border is packed packed of tourists but is also the center of the gay community with a number of same-sex attracted bars and discos located here. Photo by Radio Arco Iris TJ
Cross border clubs and a great party scene
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Tijuana has a vibrant same-sex attracted scene right in the heart of the urban area, just a short trek from the border. The pedestrianized Plaza Santa Cecilia has several gay bars and many more are just a short hike away.
Most places have a mix of tourists and locals. Big thumping boogie clubs, small bars and everything inbetween are present including several bathhouses.
Hustlers are fairly commmon in a number of places so make sure you comprehend what you're getting into. Pickpockets can also be a problem in backrooms or in lap dancing places so keep your wallet and phone safe.
Tijuana's annual pride parade is in June.
Rosarito is also covered on this page but we currently acquire no listings there but they do have an annual pride parade.
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