Punto BCN

Punto BCN on Carrer de Muntaner is the bar around which Gayxample's social life has organised itself for decades. It is not a bar that requires explanation or a theme: it is simply a good gay bar, consistently busy, with a clientele that ranges from long-time Barcelona residents to visitors who were told to start here and did. The atmosphere is cruise-friendly — video screens, dark corners, an energy that is neither aggressive nor apologetic about what it is — and the bar is comfortable for solo visitors in a way that more performance-oriented venues are not. Punto BCN is where the night often begins before migrating to Arena or Apolo, but it is also where the night ends for those who were never going to a club in the first place. Its longevity on Muntaner, in an area where bars open and close with some regularity, is the most persuasive endorsement: Punto BCN has been here because people keep coming back.