Screengrab via mispicaderos. In Spain, a "picadero" is any public place a couple goes to have sex, either because they can't get the privacy they need at home, or because they're looking for a change of scenery to liven up their sex lives. Thanks to a Spanish web designer, the search for a nice place to fornicate in peace has never been easier.
In , Josean, 43, launched the website Mispicaderos to help Spanish couples find picaderos by encouraging people to share their favorite spots and rate them. Since then, he has collated around 12, picaderos across Spainβallowing users to search by location, sexual orientation, privacy, mode of transport to the area, and whether the spot can accommodate up to 20 people. After requesting, you can use a pseudonym.
Josean told me all about his mission for the site, why his friends confuse him for a sex expert, and his plans to take his website global. How did you come up with the idea? Josean : It came to me back in I noticed there were no websites that offered couples new and exciting places to have sex. So being a web designer, I got to work.
At first, it was just my friends who were suggesting spots and leaving reviews, but the website spread quickly, and soon I had lots of users submitting their favorite places. The first picadero on the map was an already famous spot on a road leading to Bilbao's Artxanda mountain range. If you drive up it at certain times, you will see rows of cars parked to the side with couples inside doing their thing.
What's your overall mission? To create a tool for people to share their favorite spots to be intimate for others to use, too. Before my website started in , all Spanish couples had to rely on was word of mouth. There are picaderos marked in airports, shopping centers, and pretty much anywhere you can find some privacy. I'm no longer shocked by the places people suggest. I've learned that if a building has a bathroom or a changing room, someone has had sex in it.
