No more dangerous area where drugs and male prostitution were rampant years ago. Madrid's increasingly growing and affluent gay community has made Chueca the equivalent of the Marais Paris district.
Activity: numerous shops and boutiques of both international and independent designers, and the chic cafés. At night, there is innovative restaurants, bars, and clubs and businesses oriented toward a gay clientelle such as travel agencies, lawyers and video stores
Madrid's gay and lesbian community stages a large pride festival each year.