Along the beautiful beach fronts of Barcelona there are at least a dozen beach cabana bars called Chiringuitos. These well put together beach shacks are open all day for you to relax and drink a cold beer during the sweltering hours. All day you find locals and tourist mixing together among the 8 –10 tables on the patio of each Chiringuito. You can rent beach chairs and lounge chairs to spread out around the bar where girls come around every so often with a new type of chupito(shot). At night, the sun goes down but that does not mean the people go home. Some stay and they are joined by a completely new group of beach worshipers. Most come out to listen to a local DJ or band that is set up by the individual Chiringuitos. The price of drinks goes up about a Euro and not each Chiringuitos has live music everynight but on the weekends most do and the people love to come out and dance in the sand.

Many of the bars also set up lights so that people can go out swimming – clothes optional- within range of view and the music. Many people enjoy a clara and a bikini sandwich at the bar and some sit out on the sand on bamboo mats listening to the waves.

Each bar plays different music, so unless you find out more during the day about what is playing, you may have to stroll along the beach until you find a mood that is fitting for you. Thursdays and Sundays seem to have more of the parties going on if you want to meet people but most nights you can find something interesting. The beers cost 3.00€ but you are sitting next to the ocean and you can find a variety of food from bocadillas to seafood. Most Chiringuitos stay open until 12:00 during the week and 2:00 on weekends.

 Ahhhh, I love hanging out at the chiringuitos! I’ve never been anywhere else in Spain where the atmosphere is quite the same as down by the Beach in Barcelona, so chilled and so much fun.

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