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THE RAINBOW VILLAGE
Most European cities have their own gay neighbourhood, but there are few villages in the world that have it. Sitges is one of these, although, rather than talking about a neighbourhood, we could speak of a whole town. This town has spent decades specializing in gay tourism. The beauty of its beaches - Sant Sebastia was selected by the New York Times as the best urban beach in Europe-and the openness of its people might have helped. Also its proximity to Barcelona has made it a meeting place for the young, open cosmopolitan. Rainbow flags wave in the windows, male couples stroll holding hands peacefully, the atmosphere is similar to London's Soho, but, instead of gray buildings an -
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Gay weddings: Get married and relax; they deal with everything
Jen and Laia want to get married. They know they don’t have to, that their families are not pressing them and even recognise that maybe it is something that has gone rather out of fashion. “But we want to celebrate our love and obviously too, this achievement that has taken so long to come”, say these two 30-year old women who have been together for a year and want to formalise their relationship. For the time being, they are thinking of dates and looking for a home, but when they are joined in matrimony they will add to the more than 20,000 gay couples that have married since the law was passed in 2005 allowing marriages between people of the same sex. &n -
Frías, a proud city
Frías (Burgos) has reasons to be proud. With hardly 275 inhabitants, it is the smallest city in Spain. Standing at the top of a promontory with a bird’s eye view of the crossroads between Burgos, Cantabria and the Basque Country, it guarantees visitors a unique experience, for Frías is a time machine. Strolling in its streets we find ourselves travelling to a past replete with titles, honours and battles that might be longed after by cities of greater fame, size and presence in the travel books; and talking to its citizens gives us the chance to learn from them how to face the future with the same solidity as characterises its walls. From its -
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