In many parts of Spain, the whiskeria is thought to be a thing of the past, like bares americanos, but the it’s the language that changes more likely, and details about how the places are run. The smaller clubs, as you say, are abundant.

Thanks for your comments!
Laura

Another category of sex-industry premises worth your attention - though I am sure you know about it already if you have lived here in Spain - is the whiskería, a kind of small-scale, urban version of the puti club. I was once told by the owner of one that a characteristic of the whiskería is that its workers are often “amateurs” supplementing their ordinary income. That was about ten years ago, though, before the recent waves of immigration, so I don’t know if it is still true.

On the tourism front, it would be interesting to compare Benidorm and Torremolinos, in most ways so similar. But in Benidorm, the commercial sex trade has been resolutely confined to what is called “the strip,” an island on the road outside town with a number of whiskerías, puticlubs, and the like, while Torremolinos has a very visible gay prostitution scene in its town centre.