There is a cover charge of 80MXN, which is about $4. Popular mainly with locals, the bar only really gets busy on Friday and Saturday evenings, from midnight until 3-4am. It’s also directly opposite an underwear shop, appropriately named ‘Tops and Bottoms’ – which tickled us! Bar 69 – blink and you will miss it! The easiest way to find the bar (it’s pretty tucked away) is to locate the 7/11 shop, and turn down the alleyway right to the end. This is the only gay bar in the ‘centre’ of Playa del Carmen.Ĭlub 69 can be found on the main street of 5 th Avenue, halfway between 4 th and 6 th Street. There are two official gay bars in Playa del Carmen: Club 69 Whilst initially, it only seemed that there was one official gay bar, there is actually a little more on offer when it comes to gay nightlife.
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Gay tourists are welcomed in all the bars, and you will find gay tourists scattered along all the beachfront where they can feel just as comfortable as their straight counterparts.īut after spending almost 2 weeks in Playa del Carmen, we found that scratching the surface a little bit deeper revealed a lot more on offer than just one club.Īnd so we decided to put together this complete guide to ‘Gay Playa del Carmen’. Upon arrival, we realised that the reason for this was that Playa del Carmen is such a friendly and welcoming place to all tourists, and as a result, everything from bars to beaches is integrated. Whilst researching ‘gay Playa del Carmen’ it seemed that there wasn’t really anything LGBT specific available, other than one bar/club (Club 69 – see below) that we kept reading about. We loved it straight away, and knew we were going to have a great time.īut what about gay Playa del Carmen? With so much on offer for your general holidaymakers, did Playa del Carmen have anything to offer LGBT tourists? Stunning beaches, the crystal-clear water you would expect from the Caribbean, an abundance of restaurants, and what looked to be plenty of nightlife options stretching along the main street of 5 th Avenue. On first impressions, we were very impressed. We loved our first visit to Mexico when we visited Cancun back in 2015, and so were very excited to see how the second most popular beach resort of Playa del Carmen would live up to our expectations.