Do you want to travel to Italy? Learn about LGBTQIA+ issu and tolerance Italy, and fd out about safety, gay-iendly neighbourhoods and more.
Contents:
- OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
- BT GAY CY ITALY? - ITALY FOM
- MILAN GAY DISTRICT
- THE BEST FLORENCE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS FLORENCE
- THE 5 BEST ROME GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ROME
- GAY VILLAGE
- GAY PALERMO
- GAY CISG PARKS NEAR ME
OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
Explore our gay travel gui to Italy featurg LGBTQ+ safety tips, gay rights , top ci & attractns, where to stay and more! * gay areas of italy *
In addn to Arcigay Catania, which often anis events and activi at s headquarters Via Sant'Elena, other lser-known associatns have a rich lendar of meetgs and activi. The Cassero LGBT Center (via Don Mzoni) has been a very active centre promotg many iativ sce 1978, cludg Gay Pri, workshops, nventns, parti and moments of aggregatn general.
Not far away are the Garns, where there is the first Italian monument dited to the Nazi persecutn of gays, lbians and Aldi: The buildg which Pier Paolo Pasoli set the exterr shots of his last film, "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom". For travelers lookg to have fun one of Rome’s most betiful districts near the Colossm, Via San Gvanni Laterano, the so-lled Gay Street, is a mt: gay-iendly bars, clubs and rtrants all make for a social eveng.
Take a stroll to Piazza Bra to admire the Roman Amphheatre and on to the monumental San Zeno Altarpiece by Andrea Mantegna ntug to Porta Nuova, the historic center wh the elegant Lucla Cafe, a gay-iendly hang out and the perfect place for an aperif. For over twenty years between late June and early July, the cy is flood by the lors of the rabow flag wh a seri of iativ crowng the tradnal Catania Gay Pri Para.
BT GAY CY ITALY? - ITALY FOM
Gay podster Stt Maxwell giv sir tips on the bt LGBTQ+-iendly beach, rtrants, and plac to stay Puglia, Italy. * gay areas of italy *
Taorma is one of the most gay-iendly statns on Sicily, an ial statn year round, thanks to the d climate and the foc on fun, relaxatn and joie vivre as well as the warm hospaly of the Sicilian people.
MILAN GAY DISTRICT
From the beach hangouts of Puglia, the Amalfi Cost, Rome, and Milan, to the lourful towns of Tny, disver gay Italy wh Mr Hudson. * gay areas of italy *
Leonardo Da Vci’s legacy Milan is well known and many historians agree that he was a gay artist leavg his mark many masterpiec of the cy, cludg The Last Supper, hoed by the refectory of the nvent of Santa Maria lle Grazie.
THE BEST FLORENCE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS FLORENCE
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There are also many wonrful lser-known plac where an tert LGBTQ+ history uld lead you, such as Florence's Bargello Mm, which ntas an earlier Renaissance statue of David by the artist Donatello—the first ee-standg male nu sce Classil Antiquy, and a super-sexy homoerotic nu at that.
La Ciclatera Sotto Il Mare is a gay-iendly fé wh a wonrful terrace overlookg Bari’s old port, and ’s the perfect place to enjoy somethg light to eat or a place where you n enjoy a pre-dner aperif. 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. 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.
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.
THE 5 BEST ROME GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ROME
Dpe beg a ltle more nservative, The Eternal Cy is rich diversy and a welg place for gay travelers wh many queer-iendly attractns. * gay areas of italy *
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.
Walk the promena to fd the village’s ma llectn of gay bars, pubs and clubs, an area which serv as both the lotn of the annual Mardi Gras event and gateway to the town’s biggt gay beach.
GAY VILLAGE
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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. 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.
GAY PALERMO
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LGBTQIA+ travellers are those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (a more clive LGBT ialism), pl queer or qutng, tersex or asexual dividuals, as well as those who intify beyond the monly ed sexualy and genr exprsns.
GAY CISG PARKS NEAR ME
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The neighbourhood of Porta Venezia is regnised as the heart of Milan’s queer culture, wh Lec Street and San Marti Street havg many optns for gay-iendly bars and clubs, cludg Lecilano. Look for rmatn about as many ci as possible (by the way, Valencia is Spa) and select the one you prefer basg on your tast and on your feelgs, like any people, gay or not, would do. I totally get the qutn when choosg a hotel, but I jt n't image that Rome, as a cy, would be any more gay-iendly than Napl or that Venice would be a better choice than Bologna or Capri.
I've been Spa, and I am gog there aga this summer, but I was thkg of visg Italy, somewhere Italy, maybe like Bologna, I've read about that is not as expensive as Milan or Rome and that has many gay clubs and cisg areas.
“Thanks to s clive and unequaled wele, Puglia has tablished self over time as one of the bt Italian gay statns… Whether you're lookg for clothg optnal, whe sand, remote sereny, or packed wh eye-ndy, disver your paradise.”. Gallipoli is another small charmg gay beach town, but unlike Sg or Fire Island, is not known for the party boy wild nightlife scene and more for s bety and e-as-you-are atmosphere”. The Nomadic Boys - perhaps one of the bt known gay travel fluencers - rate Puglia as Europe’s 5th top gay statn for LGBTQ+ travelers after Sg, Mykonos, Tel Aviv and Gran Canaria.