Bt Gay Hotels Vienna, selected by misterb&b

Contents:

• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS VIENNA
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS VIENNA
• GAY MUNICH · MID-RANGE + BUDGET HOTELS
• THE BEST THGS TO DO INNER CY, VIENNAGAY CLUBS & BARS INNER CY

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS VIENNA

It’s billed as the olst gay bathhoe the world. Nohels, if you have never been to Kaiserbendl, is fely worth the experience jt to pretend that you are visg a gay bath hoe durg the time of the Emperor Franz Josef. From cktails to ffee ho, karaoke to opera, the imperial cy has somethg for everyone – cludg a growg number of gay and lbian fact, few other ci n claim to have Vienna’s rich queer history.

The cy has been home to gay archects, posers and even Emperors over the centuri, leavg behd a legacy of open-mdns and acceptance. And to help you out, we’ve put together the ultimate life ViennaLast year, Concha Wurst (currently the most famo Atrian the world – probably) took Europe by storm when she won the Eurovisn Song Contt Copenhagen, throwg the spotlight on gay life Vienna the the publicy was wele, thanks to the cy’s tradn of tolerance as an open-md, liberal pal.

Vienna has long been an tablished statn for gay and lbian travellers, wh an active LGBT muny and night-life.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS VIENNA

(However ’s worth notg that many tablishments rema welg for non-queer patrons too: thk gay-iendly, stead of gay-exclive. Gay marriage, however, is not currently regnised. ExploreAs most European ci, Vienna’s gay scene is relatively centralised and spread-out among different neighbourhoods.

GAY MUNICH · MID-RANGE + BUDGET HOTELS

However, there are certa plac most gay and lbian Wieners (no giggl please, that’s the technil term) tend to gravate towards. Naschmarkt is probably the clost thg Vienna has to a gay quarter. Several gay bars and f are found close by, cludg the well-known Café Savoy (see below).

A stone’s throw om Naschmarkt, you’ll fd Gumpendorferstraße (Gumpendorf Street), known for s lively rtrants and bars – several of which are popular amongst the cy’s gay rints, while the area around Lke Wezeile, jt down the river om Naschmarkt, has historic ti to Vienna’s LGBT muny and is still home to several f. However, if you are specifilly terted explorg the cy’s queer nnectns and homosexual herage, here are a few plac to check important stop for many when visg Atria is the Vienna State Opera, one the world’s premier statns for opera lovers. The buildg self was signed and built by two gay archects: Sirdsburg and van r Nüll.

Consistg of two palac and expansive garns, the betiful plex was built as a summer rince for Prce Eugene of Savoy, a celebrated ary strategist and closeted gay man. While Frd never rried on rearch exprsly on homosexualy, he was an early fenr of gay rights.

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Fally, all LGBT visors to Vienna should stop by Löwenherz, the largt gay and lbian bookstore Europe. Café Savoy scrib self as ‘one of the most betiful ffee ho Vienna – and one of the gayt, too. ’ No one is really sure why, but the fé has a long history as a gay favoure, possibly thanks to s signer – a stunt of gay archect Sirdsburg.

Another optn wh historic rout is Café Willendorf – a safe and mon hangout for gays, lbians and trans people.

The morn, stylish fé is found on the ground floor of Rosa Lilla Villa (see below), an important buildg for Vienna’s gay rights movements. The bar has a very great ambience and is a popular spot for tchg up wh olst gay club Vienna, Why Not is a b of an stutn, attractg a mixed young clientele of gay men and lbians. A proud queer bar, rather than a gay bar, Marea Alta is a popular cktail bar on Gumpendorferstraße.