Is this the best beach town in Spain? Why we loved SITGES Barcelona.

Sitges is a popular beach town close to Barcelona. We came to Spain to spend the winter in a mild climate, to enjoy long walks and al fresco lunches in the sun - not really to find a place to settle down. Having lived in Spain before, we weren’t considering it for a longer term stay. But then we spent 3 weeks in Sitges Barcelona and we loved it - a LOT. Enough to say, why not settle down here for a few years? So, what about Sitges made us put Spain back on the list? And what surprising discovery made us take it back off again?
Join us in this video for a quick tour of Sitges, Barcelona a picturesque seaside resort just 40 mins south of Barcelona and surrounding areas like Vilanova i la Geltru and Sant Pere de Ribes. We share with you what we liked about living in Sitges and why we think it might be the best beach town in Spain.
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[@franckamsallem4611]

Great vidéo Thanks 😊. Sitges is my town and I love it ! I am French and I have been living in Sitges for 12 years now . Such a great little city with a great vibe. Life is good there 😃👍

[@happygoluckytravel]

You are lucky! We adore Sitges. Thank you for watching!

[@irynagr8932]

So beautiful and relaxing ❤

[@Mongoose-ct6us]

Yes it is the best beach town in Spain I would think.

[@davidhickman262]

Great video, we love coming back here. Back next Friday, can't wait🙂

[@happygoluckytravel]

Have fun, we're jealous! Thank you for watching.

[@djt_Art_Travel]

A beautiful and accurate account of a lovely, authentic Catalan coastal town. We too have very happy memories of our stays in Sitges. Thank you ❤

[@happygoluckytravel]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

[@santiagopastranoosejos4430]

So nice video, I went to Sitges in 1999 or 2000, and it was a beautiful place, now I am living in Spain once again coming from L.A. And my next trip will be to Sitges. Thanks for the info and the recommendations

[@happygoluckytravel]

How lucky that you live in Spain! Enjoy your trip to Sitges and thank you for watching!

[@phuketyphuk3275]

Y’all are the cutest! Moving to Sitges this summer. It captivated my heart as it did yours. Please tell me more about the coffee shop you found!

[@happygoluckytravel]

The coffee shop is called Vita Brevis. There's one near the train station / market and another in the pedestrian shopping area. Thanks for watching and best of luck with the move.

[@lluna7812]

Yo soy del Maresme (está cerca de Calella de la Costa) y ojalá pueda ir algún día a vivir a Sitges. Es una precioso! Mi pareja no vive allí pero sí tiene un apartamento. De momento vamos los fines de semana! Pero reconozco que tiene un nosequé q te engancha. Me da buen rollo, siempre hay ambiente a cualquier hora del día..,.Es que me encanta. Este finde volvemos a ir. Qué tal se vive allí?

[@robzen4732]

Sitges is a small dream town near to Barca... We're nearly be every year there for vavaction.. 😍

[@happygoluckytravel]

You are so lucky to be there every year!!! Thank you for watching.

[@andrewvail5458]

I LOVE Sitges. ❤

[@happygoluckytravel]

Thank you for watching!

[@CM-yo9jk]

I just watched a video on Sitges, which brought me to your channel. I am planning to go to the Barcelona festivals in Feb 24 and note that they have some large parades in Sitges. The first thing I thought when I watched a few minutes of a tour of the town - goodness, I think I could live here! (When I retire, currently living in UK.)

[@happygoluckytravel]

Thank you for watching! Sitges sure pulled on our heart strings, too!

[@riprosilica3565]

I spent the last summer in sitges one of the best places in Spain plus Barca is so close you have everything what you need

[@happygoluckytravel]

You're so lucky to spend a summer there! We also love that Barcelona is so close by. Cheers!

[@ozmunky]

Another excellent video in your European series. Bravo.

[@happygoluckytravel]

Glad you like them! Thank you for watching.

[@onthebeachinsitges]

Sitges is often known as a gay resort.It is indeed very liberal and welcoming to the LGBT+ crowd and certainly owes them a debt of gratitude for the town's commercial success, but that is only one of its virtues. I have never known a town so alive with its own community, so full of a natural sense of families and so rich with its own sense of heritage and identity. So if the epithet "gay town" makes you think of some clubby adult place, you could not be more wrong. It's more teenagers playing volleyball on the beach, rollerbladers on the promenade with matching dogs, strolling couples at sunset, long lunches, elegant ladies at wine tasting events and classical music recitals.A Catalan version of Cannes or Nice. For me, the best times to go are spring and autumn, rather than high summer because you get that dreamy chilled out buzz rather than the louder camper vibe of high summer, and its less hot. December is delightful, with the smell of wood smoke and the sun rising and setting over the sea in front of you. Just two points to be aware of. It is very expensive by Spanish standards so that buying and renting is closer to London prices than much of the rest of Spain. The preferred language is Catalan, not Castilian Spanish. So learn a few words and pay the good people of the town the compliment of respecting who they really are.

[@happygoluckytravel]

Thank you for watching! Love your description of community and identity. Sitges is such a special place.

[@niceberliner]

Thank you. Tax laws really worse than here in Germany? I appreciated everything you said. Nice to hear very honest opinions. I heard about long term stays in Bulgaria.

[@happygoluckytravel]

Thanks for watching and sharing your tip on Bulgaria! We're not familiar with Germany's taxes, sounds like they might be bad too. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ronalsimon6079]

Very nice!

[@happygoluckytravel]

Thank you! Thank you for watching!

[@Nogod14]

Been my second home since 1984 as my parents live there (from London myself) it’s a great place, personally I would prefer to live in palafrugell etc up the coast past Barcelona which are much smaller but yea sitges has everything for families

[@happygoluckytravel]

Wow, that's lucky! The Costa Brava's beautiful little beach towns are hard to resist, too. Thank you for watching!

[@millyc2636]

Lovely video. Thanks! I would be interested in hearing more about what your concerns were with the tax laws as Spain is also on my list of options for moving to from America.

[@happygoluckytravel]

Thank you for watching! You're very lucky to be considering beautiful Spain! Tax laws vary greatly between Spanish cities. One big factor is being employed by a Spanish company vs. being self-employed/retired. It's so complicated, we would really recommend the advice of an international tax consultant. Congrats on your plans to move! Where else are you considering?

[@millyc2636]

@@happygoluckytravelWe are considering Terragona or Sitges but we are at the very beginning stages. Originally we had chosen Valencia but after spending time there we decided we preferred less of a city. I’m a native New Yorker so I’ve had enough of city life. When you took the train to Barcelona were you able to bring your dog with you?

[@happygoluckytravel]

Oh, so understand being over city life! I love dogs, but don't have my own. I've seen dogs on the train, on laps, in carriers, or for bigger dogs with leash and muzzle, but not sure what the official rules are.

[@XVRMEDIA]

Spain has some of the most aggressive tax authorities in Europe. Lots of football players and actors were convicted to prison in Spain for tax planning (not even tax evasion). You should sort things out with a consultant if you want to actually live there. See if the figures work for you. Spain used to be the top choice for people in Britain looking to discover the Sun 😄 For me it’s more of a party destination (Ibiza, Barcelona, Tenerife). They eat a lot of seafood, local cuisine kind of evolves around seafood (unlike Italy, France or Greece).

[@setuluchia]

Hello friend I am Philip from Bangladesh

[@Lugarespordescubrir]

👏👏👏

[@thomasbaumann8008]

I Love Sitges so much too.Its not realy to discript why😁😀

[@happygoluckytravel]

Thank you for watching!

[@waratahfilm2350]

Sitges està molt bé, però prefereixo Cadaqués o Tossa de Mar

[@happygoluckytravel]

Both great places, up the coast from Barcelona! Thank you for watching!

[@ixlnxs]

❤💛❤ I'm very happy you enjoyed this lovely little town, but please remember there's no such thing as an "expat" in Spain, just immigrants. And we treat them all equally well, but without any privilege 🤩🥰😇

[@bgf236]

I love this comment. I never understood why they call themselves Expats versus immigrants.

[@ixlnxs]

@@bgf236 Thank you. And btw the answer is ego, pure and simple. 🥰

[@marcsteppi2192]

The best Gay Beach in all Spain is Balmins Beach in Sitges

[@ozmunky]

Yes, Spanish tax laws are a real barrier - there is a way round them though - just have to be clever about things.

[@happygoluckytravel]

Thank you for watching!

[@robertguy8994]

Come to Melbourne Australia much better beaches general public topless bathing everywhere? !!!!

[@derekmcluckie9946]

and shit to the abos no thanks