Gay Village - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (wh Photos)

Contents:

• GAY ROME
• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
• THE 5 BEST ROME GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ROME
• ROME GAY BARS
• ROME GAY MAP
• GAY VILLAGE
• GAY STREET COLOSSEO

GAY ROME

You'll fd a cent gay scene Rome, although 's smaller and more discrete than you might expect. You'll fd more clubs and late-night events than gay bars as the gay scene Rome tends to pick up later at night. On the face of LGBT Italy looks somewhat downbeat, but squt a ltle harr and you’ll soon fd a diverse range of gay venu suable for dancg, cisg and dulgg steamy sna meet-cut.

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OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

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While gay-n bs are few and far between, most nightlife the town is to be nsired gay-iendly, wh Iso Gut Hoe holdg a great reputatn among the LGBTQ+ muny. Said to be one of the most gay-iendly ci the regn, Catania go hand hand wh Taorma for gay travellers seekg culture, herage and low-key partyg. A btlg port cy ma famo by s proximy to Mount Etna and UNESCO-listed baroque archecture, Gay Catania attracts a young and dynamic crowd who breathe life to the old town wh rabow buntg and artsy muny spac.

THE 5 BEST ROME GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ROME

The gay scene here is a lively one, centred and around Nievki, the meetg pot of the queer muny. One of the town’s most historic gay hangouts is Via Alsi, an alternative bar and rtrant which has weled LGBT people sce the 1970s. The climax for gay Sicily and the queer lendar arriv late June each year when gays and advot take to the streets for Catania Gay Pri Para.

ROME GAY BARS

As culture grows more liberal, the vibrancy of the gay muny grows wh , allowg for a sctive mix of gay dance parti, snas and cisg spots among the pal’s many cultural hotspots. A beach day is also an optn while Rome; simply travel southwt for epic sunset views on goln sand beach, stoppg at Ostia, Anz, Sperlonga or wherever tak your your troductn to Gay Rome by fanng out east om the Colossm along Via San Gvanni, a social street led wh gay-iendly bars, clubs and rtrants.

ROME GAY MAP

Align your vis wh the summer-long Gay Village ftival, one of the most important events the cy’s gay lendar which se Par l Nfeo and surroundg neighbourhoods bee overn wh LGBT street parti, live mic, performance art, film screengs and more. On all other ocsns, start off any one of Rome’s highbrow cktail bars and microbreweri, lowerg the tone later on at an unrground fetish party, wild gay club or good ol’ fashned gay dis. Get to know gay travel Italy more pth before you travel, startg wh our Rome travel | Photo: Josh Stewart5.

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GAY VILLAGE

MilanMol of the term ‘smopolan cy break’, Milan tops the lists of top gay Italy travel statns, thanks to s stat as the high-fashn pal of the world. Home to the largt – not to mentn the most glamoro – gay muny the untry, Gay Milan offers a vibrant space for LGBTQ divas and fashnistas om all rners of the angl the cy centre nod to some era of archecture; be art nouve around Corso Magenta, ratnalism Piazza San Babila or the futuristic skyle shaped by the lik of Zaha Hadid and César Pelli.

While much of the cy’s nightlife is gay-iendly, the clubs and bars around the Porta Venezia district are muny outposts that host nightly gay-themed events. To fd out about the next big gay event, pick up a ee py of Zerodue or Milano Pri magaz om stor and fés around town, readg more about the bt gay bars Milan has to offer wh our full Milan travel gui.

Dpe the gay muny here beg somewhat spread out leavg the party scene muted, the Gay Amalfi Coast shows self small nods of acceptance towards same-sex upl and offers romantic vatns for all. Still we have to pot out that Rome is hardly a “gay” statn and the Italian pal is still highly nservative (and homophobic) and fluenced by the prence of the Catholic Church takg hold Vatin Cy. You n download the Gay Rome gui for ee.

GAY STREET COLOSSEO

No, you don't e to Rome for the gay scene but sce you're g anyways, you might as well check out a few of the gay specific and gay iendly venu and attractns.

And for those really lookg to explore a thrivg Italian gay scene, you're better off headg to Milan which has the most veloped gay scene the untry – though still small pared to other statns like London, Paris, Berl, Madrid or Barcelona. There is not really any gay neighborhood Rome but there is a small gay street (lerary lled “Gay Street” which opened 2007) jt bi the Colossm where you n fd a few gay bars, rtrants and hotels.

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