Europe's Top Gay Hotels & Rorts 2023 - Travel Gay

Contents:

• JW MARRTT GUANASTE RORT & SPA
• GAY MIAMI
• WHERE COMFORT MEETS INCLN: THE 20 BT GAY HOTELS IN THE WORLD!
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NEW YORK
• 14 OF THE BT GAY-ONLY HOTELS & GUTHO THE WORLD
• GAY HOTELS AND RORTS 2023
• EUROPE'S TOP GAY HOTELS & RORTS 2023

JW MARRTT GUANASTE RORT & SPA

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.

GAY MIAMI

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.

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.

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.

WHERE COMFORT MEETS INCLN: THE 20 BT GAY HOTELS IN THE WORLD!

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.

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.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NEW YORK

The Chterfield is Mayfair, near the Royal Parks, Trafalgar Square and btlg Soho, where lots of London gay nightlife (and day life) hums. The cy’s origal Axel Eixample is a slick boutique acmodatn the heart of the gay scene, while s TWO Hotel Barcelona by Axel jt is a few blocks over.

Fillg out a bed historic duplex and eight-story tower is this 23-room, gay-centric hotel wh an timate cktail bar and urtyard, origal artwork and 24-hour room service. Simple, elegant and affordable are key words for this Berl n, loted two blocks om the Schwul (German for gay) Mm the cy’s central LGBT neighborhood of Nollendorfplatz. South Ai was among the world’s first natns to adopt marriage equaly back 2005, and Cape Town remas a lightful (and affordable) statn for gay travelers.

One of s top hotels, the inic pk Mount Nelson, occupi a historic tate that’s been elegantly mornized by Belmond—a longtime member of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn IGLTA and a proud supporter of the LGBT muny worldwi. Occupyg a nverted film-pany headquarters, this boutique acmodatn is parked among Surry Hills’ enclave of gay bars and entertament venu Sydney. We know that no such list is ever que plete bee of variabl such as changg ownership, “gayborhood” migratn and bee every traveler’s opn is different.

14 OF THE BT GAY-ONLY HOTELS & GUTHO THE WORLD

To fd more most, queer-iendly lodgg, the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA), Purple Roofs, Patroc, World Rabow Hotels, TAG Approved Acmodatns, Damron and LGBTQ-travel blogs and guis are terrific rourc.

GAY HOTELS AND RORTS 2023

While the ncept of a gay hotel vari a b pendg on the statn and property owner, the one thg they all have mon is a visn of creatg a safe space where LGBT people n be themselv the pany of other LGBT guts. While stayg at a gay hotel might not be the preference for everyone, some travelers enjoy the open environment where you n relax and be yourself.

It’s te there are many gay-iendly hotels that are not necsarily gay-themed or signed for the LGBT muny, but those properti simply n’t provi the same type of unique experience offered by a gay hotel. And even if the cy don’t have a ‘gayborhood, ’ the properti are typilly loted prime lotns where you n easily vis the statn’s most popular attractns and gay nightlife. The entire hotel is full of LGBT guts and all staff has been extensively traed to provi you wh a welg and gay-iendly experience.

EUROPE'S TOP GAY HOTELS & RORTS 2023

The ncept of LGBT-specific travel started the ’70s and was pneered by Hans Ebensten, who began takg gay men on tours raftg through the Grand Canyon as well as to Carnival R Janeiro. Durg those tim, the acceptance of LGBT people wasn’t what is today so many gay travelers really need a safe space if they wanted to travel wh their same-sex partner and not fear judgment or harassment. In many plac like North Ameri or Wtern Europe, the ncept of a gay hotel might not serve the same need as did before sce LGBT acceptance is now more wispread.

However, even wh the abundance of gay-iendly, mastream properti, many people still seek out those safe spac and enjoy the experience of a gay-only environment.