GAY ATHENS - A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+

Contents:

• GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+
• GAY MYKONOS
• RHOS GAY GUI AND HOTELS
• GAY ATHENS
• THE BT GAY BEACH GREECE
• GAY CORFU · ISLAND GUI

GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+

‘Follow your gaydar’ is the ual stctn given Gazi, Athens’ most LGBT-iendly neighbourhood, wh s ever-changg but always abundant bars, f, rtrants and hotels. While known as Athens’ Gay Village, the bt part of Gazi is s diversy; this is also the trendit nightlife scene for everyone else. From about 11pm onwards, gay and straight lols and tourists alike scend on Gazi to chill out and party.

Mykonos, a jewel the Cyclas islands and jt a four-hour ferry ri om the maland, is also a gay travel mec, wh LGBT bars and hangouts stretchg along the wateront between the old harbour and the Panagia Paraportiani church. Likely the most famo gay property on the island is Hotel Elysium, wh a sunset baret show by the pool bar that’s nsired an sential start to an eveng.

For one week Augt, Xlsr ftival draws 30, 000 partygoers and some of the biggt nam on the gay mic scene to outdoor venu. Most tablishments are both gay- and straight-iendly, wh De Facto Bar beg the only official gay bar town.

GAY MYKONOS

Gay iendly acmodatn Athens. The hotels and gay-iendly lotns are perfect to diffe any worri about beg an LGBTQIA2S+ member travelg abroad, and worried about safety and acceptance. Today, is a meltg pot of cultur, ethnici, and now, orientatns, havg bee an unofficial gay district.

It’s bee synonymo wh entertament and nightlife, thanks to a medley of nightclubs, rtrants, shops, rtrants, and gay bars. It’s also got a smatterg of gay-iendly hotels. Gay-iendly Hotels In and Around Gazi.

A For Athens n be found on almost every list of the bt gay-iendly hotels Athens. If you want all the perks of a gay-iendly hotel but wh a si of luxury, Hotel Kg Gee is the one.

RHOS GAY GUI AND HOTELS

Gay-iendly Hotels other parts of Athens. This betiful serene hotel is the perfect gay uple getaway if you’d rather stay somewhere more private and romantic, rather than somewhere by and full of partyg travellers. But, ’s still close to all the nightclubs and gay-iendly spots so if you do feel like a ltle excement, you don’t have far to go.

Asi om the obv Acropolis & Parthenon and the wonrful Acropolis Mm there are many other thgs to do Athens that the gay muny like to do cludg;. Big Olive Walks “Tal of Same Sex Love” – a walkg tour of Greece’s history of gay love.

Vouliagmeni Beach – a gay-iendly beach 35 mut outsi the cy. Alexanr Sna – a gay sna the heart of Gazi.

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Athens has a wealth of popular rtrants, nightclubs, and bars equented by the gay muny. Rooster Cafe is great for typil Greek fare a gay-iendly rtrant. Prosopa is an amazg gay-iendly rtrant wh some pretty mouthwaterg food.

This is a popular gay hnt, beg loted the Gazi area.

THE BT GAY BEACH GREECE

Nearby is the Gazi neighborhood where the majory of the Athenian gay hangouts n be found, like Soda2. Mykonos Town is also the beatg heart of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh gay bars like Jackie O’, Babylon, Porta, Kastro’s and Elysium.

GAY CORFU · ISLAND GUI

LGBTQ+ travelers will also want to check out the XLSIOR gay ftival that tak plac Mykonos Town late Augt, sometim early September. Athens has the largt LGBTQ+ muny Greece, particularly the Gazi neighborhood, which has an array of gay bar and clubs like Soda2. It also hosts an annual gay and lbian film ftival lled Outview.

Mykonos island has one of the most famo LGBTQ+ scen the world and be a gay mec durg the summer months, which culmat wh the XLSIOR Ftival. Stefan and Sebastien are a gay uple who met London 2009. The boys wre about their travels on their Nomadic Boys gay travel blog.

Of urse, Mykonos is the one gay haven Greece, but LGBT+ visors should also fd great optns and welg lols all 5 lotns. Though not typilly known as a gay statn, Athens is very well known to all kds of travelers who e to immerse themselv the cy’s renowned history. Many LGBT+ visors may simply pass through the cy on their way to more gay-iendly Greek statns like Mykonos, but they’d be mistaken to skip Athens entirely or only drop to tch a glimpse of the Parthenon on their way to a more relaxg beach town.

Gazi is one of the more popular neighborhoods and you’ll fd plenty of gay and gay-iendly venu this area. Over time, has bee slightly ls gay-foced as ’s bee gentrified but as a first-time visor, ’s still the place to start. It’s important to note that the gay scene Athens is ls public pared to gay hotspots like Mykonos.

As the pal cy of Greece wh nearly 4 ln people livg the metro area, you’ll fd a large selectn of gay and gay-iendly rtrants, f, bars and clubs.

One of the most popular and biggt gay events is XLSIOR scribed as Europe’s hottt annual summer gay circu ftival.