Gay holidays Greece & the islands | Greeka

Contents:

• 7 GREEK GAY-FRIENDLY ISLANDS
• MYKONOS GAY TOURISM
• GREECE: AEGEAN SEA GAY CISE
• GREECE GAY TRAVEL
• 'GAYTNS': A GUI TO LGBT+ VATNS GREECE
• THE GREEK WAY TO GAY TRAVEL: MYKONOS, ATHENS, CRETE THE SPOTLIGHT!
• GAY TRAVEL GREECE: VATNS GREECE AND THE GREEK ISLANDS
• TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY
• GAY HOLIDAYS GREECE & THE ISLANDS
• GAY AND LBIAN SAILG VATNS – GAY TRAVEL GREECE
• THE BT GAY BEACH GREECE

7 GREEK GAY-FRIENDLY ISLANDS

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.

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.

Bis Santori, which is probably the most popular and touristy island of them all, Mykonos probably holds the tle of 2nd for the general visor but fely tak the lead of the Greek Island gay hotspot. Brish webse Gay Star News llaboratn wh the Greek webse Dtsetters has published a list of 7 Greek islands that gay travelers should nsir visg on their summer holidays.

MYKONOS GAY TOURISM

The ternatnal gay muny began to pour at the island durg the 1970s as a place where they uld fd some rpe om the world's stereotyped views on homosexualy.

Instead of lookg down upon gay tourists, the qutsential hoteliers have been quick to adapt themselv and, as a rult, almost all hotels Mykonos are LGBTQ+ -iendly.

‘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. 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.

GREECE: AEGEAN SEA GAY CISE

For those reasons, there are also special events takg place every year on var islands of the untry to support homosexual rights and fight homophobia. First of all, you will fd exclively gay hotels where you n stay wh your partner or jt enjoy the gay-iendly facili wh a backdrop to the Cycladic sunset.

Gay beach are also very popular among the lols and the tourists and beach like the famo Elia and Super Paradise are an excellent choice for all those who want to enjoy a swim. Moreover, you won’t have to worry about where to have a drk or a vivid night out sce the island is full of gay and lbian-iendly bars and f where you n enjoy the Greek fancy liftyle of the island. Acrdg to statistics, a bigger amount of gay tourism than Mykonos is arrivg every year to the island to enjoy a relaxg vatn and credible scenery.

GREECE GAY TRAVEL

More specifilly, Herakln of Crete, the ftival attracted hundreds of men and women who participated actively the Pri Ftival orr to fight agast homophobia and sexual racism.

On Lvos island, the birthplace of the famo poets Sappho, the Annual Internatnal Ersos Women’s Ftival has been anized for the 13th nsecutive year Skala wh hundreds of homosexual upl attendg the events of the ftival an amazg gay-iendly lotn. The amazg thg about Lvos is that although do have a very active gay muny, is not exclively attractive to those groups, so you will equally meet honeymooners, fai or groups of iends. Greece is one of the top gay statns for the LGBTQ+ travelg public, a fact to which the iendly and open-md culture of the Greeks ntribut is a gay Greece travel gui (our other Greece travel gui wasn't cuttg the mtard) to enjoy our exotic untry ee and proud!

The famo Mykonos, the queen of the Cyclas, apart om the crowds of celebri of the ternatnal jet set, also attracts a huge number of members of the LGBTQ Mykonos Town, the gay pal and the gayt cy Greece, to the many strikg beach that host day and night-long parti, the gay muny on the island n live life to the fullt! ’ Take that, Las the day, the dozens of betiful Mykonos beachs promise the ultimate experience that only the Greek summer n ski, clear blue waters, a rehg sea breeze, wonrful scents of nut sunscreen mixed wh the aromas of hly squeezed juic, cktails, and tradnal dish of Greek top gay beach Mykonos are fely those of Agrari, Super Paradise, and the sun go down, the fun climbs up to unprecented levels. Every rner of Mykonos has at least one bar or club, where the fun never Paradise, Crella Gay Club, Cavo Paradiso, Jackie O ’, Babylon, and Lola, are jt a few of the dozens of LGBTQ hangouts you will e across on the until you n no more, and dance until dawn.

'GAYTNS': A GUI TO LGBT+ VATNS GREECE

Athens is a liberal cy that, of urse, brgs together the natnal gay tablishments are ncentrated the Gazi area, but you need to know where they are orr to lote them, as they’re not as "loud" as one would expect. There are some of the most popular LGBTQ+ bars, to enjoy Athens by night, such as Soda2, one of the first gay bars Athens, and Samone, wh drag queen shows and theme Athens, is mon for the LGBTQ+ muny to go to Rostor, a fe extremely popular the gay muny of lols and is loted Agias Iris Square, and is perfect for a beer and a be.

For same-sex upl Athens, the pal cy of Greece, there are many day-iendly acmodatn optns or even gay hotels exclively signed for the LGBTQ+ example, Elegant Hotel, near Gazi, wh a unique bar and rtrant on se, is a perfect choice for LGBTQ+ ’s more, the Central Athens Hotel, the old town of Plaka, and Electra Palace Athens, also the historic center, wh a terrace, a spa, and a gym, wele LGBTQ+ people on a daily basis. Santori is still at the top of the list of statns that are ial for gay vatns when you vis is a super romantic island wh a lra that seems to merge wh the sky at sunset and volnic soil that giv the island s fair share of lol produce, cludg s we.

Santori's wonrful assyrtiko we and spectacular scenery have ma the Cyclas islands famo across the has many gay-iendly bars and beach and n be intified as a particularly vg Greek gay statn for LGBTQ+ travelers.

THE GREEK WAY TO GAY TRAVEL: MYKONOS, ATHENS, CRETE THE SPOTLIGHT!

CreteCrete - creds: Crete may not be an tablished gay-iendly statn, such as Mykonos and Santori, but has a lot to offer s gay s archeologil fds that narrate Greek history to s beach, will enchant you andIf you are cisg the Greek islands, is very likely that you will pass through Crete, specifilly om ’t skip a vis to the archeologil se of Knossos Palace and the mm, which are some of the top thgs to do a tour of the cy, the tomb of Nikos Kazantzakis, the archectural diamonds the alleys of the cy, and a cup of ffee one of the tradnal ffee shops of the area will help you fall love wh the cy and s rich history. Malia is the smopolan center of the island, while Hersonissos is the center of the LGBTQ+ muny's night Hersonissos, is remend to vis the gay bar Roze Maandag the port and La Brasserie Herakln.

A gay Greek island the makg, if you om the betiful beach and the amazg hotels, Skiathos also offers a lively gay nightlife that will keep you excellent spirs for untls nights. Skiathos has 50 beach to explore, but the most popular for gay tourists are Big Banana and Small stunng sunsets full of romance, there is Agia Eleni Beach, as well as the fe sand beach of Lalaria and Koounari. NlAlthough Greece there are no purely gay beach, except Mykonos, is mon for the gay public to choose more alternative and private beach as a reference pot for their of the bt beach have been found Crete, which is nsired a popular tourist statn for the LGBTQ+ public Greece.

GAY TRAVEL GREECE: VATNS GREECE AND THE GREEK ISLANDS

Wh the clear crease social events, such as gay weddgs and receptns, the gay public more and more often choos luxury villas for their parallel holidays villas seem to attract the tert of the public, as they n meet the needs of more guts to a greater extent.

TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY

Although famo islands such as Mykonos and Santori rema firmly on the list of top optns, many alternativ the form of unknown Greek islands, such as Karpathos and Alonissos, are dynamilly enterg travelers' exploratn urse, no matter which Greek island you vis, a gay sailg trip is a mt! Participate Gay Events and Athens and Thsaloniki PriThsaloniki pri - creds:  Every year, both Athens Pri and Thsaloniki Pri attract many visors who e to participate the LGBTQ+ celebratns, wh the Pri para as the ma attractn, as well as a variety of events, parti, and activi throughout the cy.

Elysium Sunset BarThe bt view to see the sunset on the island of Mykonos is at the bar of the famo gay hotel over two s, has been tablished as the favore meetg pot of the island.

Also, the gay scene of Mykonos is now well-known the same time, four gay pri ftivals Greece take place every year the ci of Athens, Thsaloniki, Patras, and general, homosexualy is gradually beg more and more accepted by the Greek populatn, pecially the big fact, acrdg to the ILGA-Europe report 2016, which als wh asssments related to LGBTQ+ rights European untri, Greece that year was ranked fifteenth out of a total of 49 European particular, showed the largt percentage change annually pared to other European untri terms of the gree of improvement of LGBTQ+ rights pared to Safety GreeceWoman wrapped a pri flag - creds: BBC.

GAY HOLIDAYS GREECE & THE ISLANDS

Thankfully, The fight agast homophobia and transphobia is no longer nsired a luxury em enomilly veloped societi, nor is part of the agenda of a small group of Natnal Commtee for Equaly of LGBTQ+ unr the chairmanship of the former Print of the European Court of Human Rights, Alexandros Sisilianos, wh the participatn of reprentativ of three LGBTQ+ anizatns, is certaly a reason why people of this muny are safe the moment, Greece, after bills for the Cohabatn Agreement and the regnn of the genr inty of the prev ernment, is ranked among the European untri that -stutnally- regnize and wele the visibily of the LGBTQ+ ThoughtsAs you n see, there are many gay-iendly statns Greece you n clu your Greece vatn packag or your Greece erari. Hopefully, over time there will be more or more, and the time will e when the ‘gay-iendly’ label will no longer be tourism, there are no barriers, neher the untry of orig of travelers, nor the fancial abily to spend, nor sexual preferenc. Mykonos may have won over the gay crowds the ’70s onwards, but LGBT travelers to Greece now have a wi range of gay-iendly statns to choose om.

Whether you’re the tellectual type, the art lover or the beach bum, Greece is among the most welg gay-iendly untri Europe, and is slowly but steadily evolvg to a muny of openns and cln.

So y, many Greek same-sex upl live openly and publicly and happily among fay, iends and lleagu a society that is takg step – albe baby steps – towards gay liberatn. And some trivia: believe or not, a few years back exvatns on Astypalaia brought to light what is believed to be the world’s olst graffi pictg gay sex.

GAY AND LBIAN SAILG VATNS – GAY TRAVEL GREECE

The annual Gay Pri Para Athens and Thsaloniki and events which take place Athens every year June and the Internatnal Ersos Women’s Ftival held annually on the island of Lvos September are a great chance to mgle while on holiday.

✔︎If you haven’t ed gay-foced bookg apps or are visg an off-the-grid statn like a remote island or village the mountas, don’t be surprised if you book a room wh a double bed and upon arrival the host scrambl to change to two sgl. Gay Holidays Greece n mean a lot of thgs: Long nights the amazg gay bars of Athens, sunbathg at Elia Beach Mykonos - one of the most famo gay beach the world, romantic honeymoon alternative islands, gastronomic experienc and adventuro walks some of the most betiful and breathtakg landsp of the Mederranean.

THE BT GAY BEACH GREECE

But Greece has somethg even more important to offer to Gay Travellers: a distctive & unique gay scene and mentaly, which is not siar to any other untry around the world. Y, certa (ually more distant) areas of Greece, people n be a ltle b more nservative, however they would never act badly towards gay travellers.

In this article/gui, we will help you disver some classic rmatn about Gay Travellers who are planng their next holidays Greece, revealg at the same time a few ‘well-hidn’ secrets that will upgra your trip to an even more fascatg vatn. The Gay life of Mykonos is wily popular, sce this small Greek island is ranked among the bt gay statns the world, pecially for summer holidays. In Mykonos, you won’t have to go to a gay place to meet other guys, sce the island is full of gay travellers like you, who are enjoyg this spectacular place.