Spain and Portugal for Visitors

Pub in the Embajadores district oriented towards the deaf, hence the "los Signos," or sign language. At weekends they hold dinners with shows, signing story-tellers or mime artists. I may be wrong, but my understanding is that Spanish sign language is somewhat idiosyncratic - whatever, I'm sure that if you drop in to say hello (I think you make a wave motion or something equallly intuitive), you'll be very welcome.

Serious dance in the Plaza de los Mostenses.

Multipurpose nightspot in the old Estación Norte, a "unique, 19th-century building, designed by Eiffel." Pub, disco, restaurant, all in one.

Soul/funk-oriented disco-pub in Lavapies, which puts on interesting, small-scale flamenco shows mid-week.

Disco in the Madrid suburb of Fuenlabrada (and out of the way even there) which entices clientele by scheduling different kinds of party, often with an erotic theme: mudwrestling, Playboy TV, wet t-shirt, and so on.

'Mixed' disco in Madrid's Chueca district.

Indie-oriented disco in the Calle Barquillo, Chueca.

One of Madrid's oldest and most respected discotheques.

Located in an art nouveau theatre in the Alonso Martínez district.

Nightspot in a gorgeous nineteenth century mansion on c/Arenal.

Vanguardistic pub in the Calle Echegaray.

NEW bar cafe in madrid, in between Chueca and Alonso Martinez Metro Stations, opens everyday from 1800 to 0300, burlesque cabaret decoration, good music that ranges from classic jazz to the indie scene. All kinds of people congregate, gay-friendly. Great place to have a gyn and tonic at 7pm or a warm coffe with a piece of chocolate cake at 2am! Address: C/ Santa Teresa 9, Madrid.

Disco and live music venue off the Gran Vía.