Parrots Bar

About this place Parrots Bar

Parrots Bar opened in 1977 and has been the anchor of gay Sitges ever since — a bar whose longevity and reputation make it not merely a venue but a landmark. The outdoor terrace on the corner of Carrer Joan Tarrida sits at the entrance to Carrer del Pecat, the Street of Sin, and has served as the gathering point for generations of gay visitors who have made Sitges a pilgrimage destination. The formula is straightforward and correct: cold drinks, warm evenings, a terrace that spills onto the street, and the kind of convivial social energy that only accumulates over 45 years. Parrots is where the evening begins — where you run into people you met yesterday on the beach, where newcomers to Sitges are absorbed into the scene, and where the whole business of a Sitges night gets properly organised. The name is literal: the bar has kept parrots, and the birds have become as much a part of the Parrots identity as the terrace itself. For any visitor to Sitges, Parrots Bar is the essential first stop — the place that explains, in a single terrace sitting, why this small Catalan town has been drawing gay travellers for half a century.