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Contents:
- AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
- 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
- 9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE
AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
Disver Europe's gayt ci cludg Berll, Madrid, Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Manchter, Bssels, Brighton & Barcelona. * lgbt friendly european cities *
While attracts visors om all mographics their mass durg peak season, the island has plenty to offer the LGBT muny, om s host of gay bars and nudist beach to s annual ternatnal gay ftival, XLSIOR.
14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
* lgbt friendly european cities *
Via San Gvanni Laterano was officially signated a gay-iendly neighbourhood 2007 and has now rightfully earned the nickname of ‘Gay Street.
One of the most famo gay-iendly bars the district is lled Havana, which occupi 2 floors, featur a legendary bar, and has a distctive dtrial appearance. If you’re more terted shoppg than partyg, head over to Löwenherz, one of the world’s largt gay and lbian bookstor wh over 12, 000 LGBT tl on s shelv.
It’s one of only five untri to make queer rights equal at a nstutnal level and holds first place on ILGA-Europe’s Rabow Europe Inx, which ranks untri on LGBTQ+ my last vis, a gay gui showed me round the wdg medieval streets of Valletta and Rabat, potg out sential bars and rtrants om Michel-starred Noni to the Monaliza Lounge drag bar, as well as the nightclub Michelangelo lively Paceville. This spir filters down to Dubl’s many LGBTQ-iendly tablishments: two personal favour are iendly bnch spot Social Fabric Café Stoneybatter, one of the cy’s most tertg neighbourhoods, and Street 66 bar, a eful cktail spot before a night at inic LGBTQ+ stutn The southsi is gay-owned Gutter Bookshop (named after the famo Osr Wil quote), and the weekly “big gay dis” Sunday Social at Farrier & Draper; or cross the river for the Outhoe LGBTQ+ muny rource fe on Capel Street and PantiBar, owned by drag queen, activist and performer Panti Bliss. Enjoy bnch at Osr bar and fe, before a beer at one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjor, which hosts drag and Sunday jazz ssns venu clu Bøssehet Christiania, home to theatre, performanc, exhibns and parti – a well-suated boutique hotel is SP34 (doubl om £133) the Lat Quarter.
9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE
The cy’s olst gay bar The Waterloo dat back half a century, while another classic spot is the Unrground bar, equally fun for drag or karaoke. Nearby Delmoni’s (known lolly as “Del’s”), has been Merchant Cy’s “gay triangle” sce stay nearby, try the good-value Bnswick hotel (doubl om £50), on a street wh venu marked by rabow flags. Photograph: Nick Maslen/AlamyOn my last vis to Birmgham the rabow flag seemed to be everywhere, and the historic Gay Village, wh s bars, shops and f, is hugely visible, centred largely on Hurst Street.