LGBT tour of the Gayxample

Contents:

• THE BT LGBTQ- AND GAY-FRIENDLY HOTELS BARCELONA, SPA
• GAY BARCELONA: OUR GUI TO THE BT LGBTQ SPOTS THE CY
• THE 13 BT GAY BARS BARCELONA
• GAY BARCELONA

THE BT LGBTQ- AND GAY-FRIENDLY HOTELS BARCELONA, SPA

Gay travelers Barcelona will have no shortage of bars, f, and clubs to vis.

GAY BARCELONA: OUR GUI TO THE BT LGBTQ SPOTS THE CY

The ma gay area is at the edge of the Old Town district, the lively Eixample neighborhood, which is home to some of Barcelona’s bt cultural attractns. Spa legalized gay marriage 2005, and trans people n legally change their genr wh or whout genr-affirmg surgery. Polls nsistently show that public opn on LGBTQ people is mostly posive, and you shouldn’t have any problems beg visibly gay and showg affectn public.

Spa’s pal, Madrid, has the hight LGBTQ populatn, but Barcelona also has a large, welg lol scene that gay travelers will fall love wh. The gay area Barcelona: Gaixample. “Gai” is the Catalan word for “gay, ” and “Gaixample” refers to the center of the Eixample district of Barcelona.

Some streets, such as Carrer la Diputació, have a higher proportn of LGBTQ tablishments than others, but if you go anywhere this area, you won’t be far om the bt of Barcelona’s gay nightlife.

THE 13 BT GAY BARS BARCELONA

The bt gay venu Barcelona.

GAY BARCELONA

The gay f, bars, and clubs are jt a taste of what Barcelona has to offer. If you’re lookg for another bar where alhol and art lli, then check out Mm Bar, a unique gay club filled wh replis of patgs and statu. Mm Bar is a great lotn for bar hoppg, close to a number of other gay and gay-iendly bars and clubs, such as Moeem and Dis Cy Hall.

While ’s not specifilly a gay club, hosts a gay party lled Dirty Dis every Friday, which is one of the most popular gay events Barcelona.

Barcelona’s gay events. Wh such a strong LGBTQ muny prence, there are plenty of other gay events Barcelona that are worth planng your trip around. Barcelona Gay Pri.

Spa’s Pri March has s roots the 1977 prott that took place on Las Ramblas Boulevard, anized by the Catalan Front for the Gay Liberatn. Tibidabo Amement Park hosts a “Gay Day at the Fair, ” and at night you n head to the Matée Pervert, Pri Edn Party, at the Input Club El Poble Espanyol.

Beyond the gay bars and clubs Barcelona, one of the cy’s biggt attractns is s betiful weather, and the yearly Circu Ftival brgs the party out to the sun.

The Barcelona Internatnal Gay Film Ftival is ually held mid-Augt and featur LGBTQ movi om around the world.

Gay hotels Barcelona. Cram Hotel is a popular gay-iendly hotel Eixample, close to gay bars and clubs. Axel Hotel is one of the most popular gay hotels Barcelona.

Many of the bt gay bars Barcelona are close by, and if you’re travelg alone, ’s an easy spot to meet fellow LGBTQ travelers. It’s the heart of the Gaixample district, close to many gay bars, f, and clubs.

It’s loted near gay bars, excellent rtrants, and Barcelona’s betiful Gothic Quarter. Ako Su Hotel isn’t que as close to gay bars as the other optns on this list, but ’s an excellent aparthotel-style optn Eixample. For lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr travelers, a welg place to stay is perhaps the sgle-most important element of planng a trip.

This roster foc on gay and lbian-owned properti, hotels wh out team members, major LGBT statns and hotel brands that exprsly support the LGBT muny. In 2019, NYC will mark a half century sce the Stonewall uprisg—the six-day-long rt that galvanized the gay civil-rights movement.

The good news is that most hotels all five boroughs wele all travelers and serve as reliably fortable, safe plac for gay guts. But for those who wish only to perch prime gay neighborhoods, aim for Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Hell’s Kchen, the East Village; Brooklyn’s Williamsburg, Bhwick or Park Slope; or Queens’s Jackson Heights. The history of the gay rights movement ns ep San Francis, the cy that many LGBT travelers nsir an sential statn.

Its first gay bar opened 1908 (although didn’t stay open for long, the precent was set), s first lbian anizatn started 1955, and Life Magaze lled the “gay pal of Ameri” back 1964. But travelers lookg to immerse themselv the cy’s go-to “gayborhoods” should aim for lodgg The Castro, Missn Dolor, Tenrlo, SOMA or Bernal Heights.

The Cy of Angels’ LGBT history began wh some of the world’s first gay protts, back the 1950s. A., Silver Lake and even Long Beach (on the cy’s southern edge) are home to gay-owned bs and clubs and year-round events.

Its two square prise arguably the gayt cy Ameri, hostg L. One of Ameri’s olst ci is probably s gayt, servg as New England’s ultimate LGBT statn sce the first women nkeepers met for a clambake on the beach back the early 1980s. LGBT travelers n book at a hotel or B&B P-town wh nfince that if ’s not gay-owned, ’s plenty iendly.

The French Quarter remas one of Ameri’s most all-welg, anythg-go neighborhoods, wh adjacent areas like the Marigny and Bywater emergg as easygog gay and lbian hubs. LGBT travelers flock to the sert oasis of Palm Sprgs for huge annual events like the Dah (that would be the annual Dah Shore Weekend, arguably the world’s biggt lbian event) as well as for s year-round gay appeal.

Chigo’s gay neighborhoods, like Anrsonville and Boystown, are home to cute shops and flirty nightclubs.

For a dose of vtage character the Wt End, book at The Burrard, a 1956 motor hotel that’s renovated wh 21st century ameni and sassy flair to tempt gay globetrotters. Among the tree-led streets of Polan ris the W Mexi Cy, where you n enjoy the brand’s morn dér as well as s gay-iendly atmosphere and hoe team.

The full English experience clus a warm wele for LGBT travelers London wh this gay-iendly Red Carnatn-brand hotel. The Chterfield is Mayfair, near the Royal Parks, Trafalgar Square and btlg Soho, where lots of London gay nightlife (and day life) hums.