7 Greek Gay-Friendly Islands

Contents:

• 7 GREEK GAY-FRIENDLY ISLANDS
• GREECE: AEGEAN SEA GAY CISE
• GAY HOLIDAYS GREECE & THE ISLANDS
• 'GAYTNS': A GUI TO LGBT+ VATNS GREECE
• GREECE GAY TRAVEL
• GAY TOURIST INFORMATN CENTRE
• THE 10 CLOSEST HOTELS TO AMSTERDAM GAY PRIVIEW MAPHOTELS NEAR AMSTERDAM GAY PRI
• GAY COUPL AMSTERDAM - AMSTERDAM FOM
• 20 GAY GREEK GODS

7 GREEK GAY-FRIENDLY ISLANDS

There are many islands which are famo for their gay-iendly and lbian-iendly featur, offerg amazg opportuni for all upl who are terted.

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. 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.

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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.

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.

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We won’t tell you not to go to Mykonos due to this, bee ankly you should and you’ll probably love , pecially wh how gay-iendly is. 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.

GREECE GAY TRAVEL

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. The island hosts events such as the Mykonos Gay Ftival and the Mykonos Bear Weekend, which attract thoands of LGBT visors om all over the ncln, Mykonos is a popular statn for LGBT travellers due to s open and acceptg atmosphere, lively nightlife scene, betiful beach, and a variety of events and ftivals that ter to the muny. ‘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. The same stands for other areas and islands for gay holidays, such as Lvos island, Malia Crete island, Kavos Corfu island, Faliraki Rhos island and Gazi neighborhood Athens. Of urse, this do not mean that if a gay person go another Greek island or area, there will be any kd of discrimatn; jt means that the aforementned are the rorts where most gay people go and where anized gay facili exist.

GAY TOURIST INFORMATN CENTRE

Apart om gay-iendly hotels and gay and lbian clubs, there are also travel agenci that anize gay tours around Greece and the Greek islands. Surf our webs to learn more about the gay and lbian statns Greece and the islands, to book gay-iendly hotels and get rmed about gay facili Greece. 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.

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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. 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. 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.

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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.

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. 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.

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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.

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. We generally market the gay sailg trips for men sce many of our guts prefer 'clothg optnal’ days on the boat and don’t always feel fortable about beg naked ont of women. Keep md that while Greece is generally gay-iendly and welg the plac we're visg, none of our stops (bis Athens) specifilly have gay bars or gay-specific venu.