14 gay-iendly ci that LGBT travellers love - Hostelworld Travel Blog

Contents:

• THE WORLD’S 30 BT GAY-FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATNS 2020
• 40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS
• QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• 20 BT PLAC TO TRAVEL IF YOU ARE GAY

THE WORLD’S 30 BT GAY-FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATNS 2020

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The Gay Village’s Rue Sate-Cathere, be a walkg promena durg most summer months and the queers have bted out of the neighborhood, spillg to the surroundg historic district wh addnal LGBTQ-owned shops, spas, and the banks of the Great Lak, Toronto is said to hold the tle for the most diverse metropolis the world, where 230 natnali are reprented and the rints speak over 140 languag.

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40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS

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QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

For a wild time off the beaten path, Piñata PV Gay Hotel offers stic charm and clothg optnal pool Cy ns a close send, particularly for the electric gay nightlife loted at the heart of the cy Zona Rosa, the area’s official gayborhood (which also has some of the bt shoppg). Durg the day, you n take the sights via an all-gay tour of the pal cy and surroundg areas () — highlights clu Frida Kahlo’s “Blue Hoe, ” Chapultepec Castle, and nearby Teotihuan. See the famed Oxford Street gay district wh a private tour om The Fabulo Wonr Mama (@thefabulowonrmama), a wealth of knowledge and humor who also posss some of the biggt peaks this si of the Grand Beach is perfect for workg on your tan or takg a surfg lson.

Queer visors should head to Ibiza Town’s gay neighborhood, Calle la Virgen, wh s terraced rtrants and gay bars ial for fun tim, people watchg, and cisg for you’d rather not party like Paris Hilton but prefer to relax luxury and relative solu, leave behd Ibiza Town and head north to the Six Sens Rort.

TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021

The Netherlands has long been known as one of the most progrsive and tolerant untri on Earth, and that mak s pal cy of Amsterdam an excellent choice of gay-iendly travel statn.

Though Amsterdam is not as large of a cy as some of s European neighbors, those hopg to experience all of the gay iendls has to offer won’t be disappoted bookg a hotel neighborhoods like Kerkstraat, Amstel, or Reguliersdwarsstraat.

When you’re not loungg on the whe-sand beach or olg off the crystal clear turquoise waters for which Aba is so famo, be sure to grab a drk or two at Jimmy’s Place, one of Oranjtad’s most famo gay bars. Ined, the Curao Tourist Board has published on s webse: “Wh exceptnal gay iendly hotels and attractns, [Curao] enurag gay and lbian travelers to vis the island and experience s ‘live and let live’ atmosphere for themselv. Elia Beach is pecially popular amongst Mykonos’s gay muny, as is Jackie O’Beach, a by beachsi bar plete wh a pool, hot tubs, daily drag show, and even a private church for weddgs.

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

Travelers terted seeg some breathtakg natural scenery will have their pick of erary optns, and wh nearly 100 gay-owned home stays throughout the North and South islands, their pick of plac to stay, too.

” That is, of urse, referrg to San Juan, where travelers will fd the Eros club and the Atlantic Beach Hotel and Bar, which is set on a gay beach and hosts a weekly drag show). R has a lot to offer the LGBTQ traveler, so ’s not surprisg that this vibrant Brazilian cy nsistently ranks as one of the most popular gay-iendly travel statns the world. Most of the cy’s excg gay nightlife is Le Marais, cludg the well-known Le Raidd, Everyone lov stoppg by Raidd for sexy “shower shows” where you n tch a ltle risqué performance.

Rambunct drag bnch rtrants like Hamburger Mary’s, evengs dancg at The Abbey, and pesg quirky ems at gay shops like Block Party WeHo are all classic experienc for LGBT travelers. An epic gay rort statn, Torremolos is popular wh Spaniards and other southern Europeans, but gay travelers om other areas of the world typilly often don’t even know about ! “They were one of the first untri to legalize same-sex marriage, they have nstutnal anti-discrimatn protectns and the majory of Canadians report that is a safe place to live for gay and lbian people.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

And the past 12 months alone, Swzerland, Slovenia and Cuba have legalized gay marriage, while Sgapore, Sat Kts & Nevis, Barbados and Antigua & Barbuda crimalized same-sex relatnships.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

In Schöneberg fli the flag: In 1996, Schöneberg was the first borough to officially fly the rabow flag at the town hall for the CSD gay pri para, and has done so ever sce. Learn about how Berl beme a hotspot for gays and lbians over the urse of the 20th century, and how s scene attracted people om all over the world – and ntu to do so today.

20 BT PLAC TO TRAVEL IF YOU ARE GAY

A number of lbian women, cludg Johanna Elberskirchen and Toni Schwabe, take a pro-active stance and fight to bee actively volved the gay movement, argug favour of havg their say Magn Hirschfeld's Scientific-Humanarian Commtee. Magaz for gays and lbians are available at public ksks and the venu: they clu Die Frndschaft (Friendship), the Blätter für Menschenrecht (Magaze for Human Rights), Die Frnd (The Girliends), Frenliebe (Women's Love), and Das drte Gchlecht (The Third Sex) for transvt and transsexuals. There are now around 80 venu for gays and lbians Berl: beer-soaked div and distilleri, bourgeois rtrants, we bars and clubho, dance halls and dance palac, ballrooms and smopolan night-time bars.