Gay-Athens/Gay-Greece

Contents:

• GREECE GAY TRAVEL
• GAY-FRIENDLY TOURS GREECE
• GAY GREECE TRAVEL GUI
• GREECE: AEGEAN SEA GAY CISE
• GAY TRAVEL GREECE: VATNS GREECE AND THE GREEK ISLANDS
• GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+
• GAY IOS TRAVEL GUI: THE ALTERNATIVE TO SANTORI

GREECE GAY TRAVEL

Nearby is the Gazi neighborhood where the majory of the Athenian gay hangouts n be found, like Soda2.

Mykonos Town is also the beatg heart of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh gay bars like Jackie O’, Babylon, Porta, Kastro’s and Elysium. LGBTQ+ travelers will also want to check out the XLSIOR gay ftival that tak plac Mykonos Town late Augt, sometim early September.

Athens has the largt LGBTQ+ muny Greece, particularly the Gazi neighborhood, which has an array of gay bar and clubs like Soda2. It also hosts an annual gay and lbian film ftival lled Outview. Mykonos island has one of the most famo LGBTQ+ scen the world and be a gay mec durg the summer months, which culmat wh the XLSIOR Ftival.

GAY-FRIENDLY TOURS GREECE

Stefan and Sebastien are a gay uple who met London 2009. The boys wre about their travels on their Nomadic Boys gay travel blog. Mykonos may have won over the gay crowds the ’70s onwards, but LGBT travelers to Greece now have a wi range of gay-iendly statns to choose om.

Whether you’re the tellectual type, the art lover or the beach bum, Greece is among the most welg gay-iendly untri Europe, and is slowly but steadily evolvg to a muny of openns and cln. So y, many Greek same-sex upl live openly and publicly and happily among fay, iends and lleagu a society that is takg step – albe baby steps – towards gay liberatn. Is Greece a Good Choice for Gay Travelers?

GAY GREECE TRAVEL GUI

Not so much for the crazy gay life and partyg (re: Mykonos) but now more so for the feelg of nnectn and muny.

A mt for all travelers and a favore for gay holidaymakers, particularly the seclud v along the Mt Peln’s astle. ►Folegandros – Ty and far away, Folegandros has been wng over the gay crowds the last uple of years wh s isolated beach and hikg trails.

And some trivia: believe or not, a few years back exvatns on Astypalaia brought to light what is believed to be the world’s olst graffi pictg gay sex. Take a Gay Cise to Greece or Hire a Sail Boat.

GREECE: AEGEAN SEA GAY CISE

The annual Gay Pri Para Athens and Thsaloniki and events which take place Athens every year June and the Internatnal Ersos Women’s Ftival held annually on the island of Lvos September are a great chance to mgle while on holiday. There’s so much to see and do and wh the help of gay bookg s you n arrange acmodatn. ✔︎If you haven’t ed gay-foced bookg apps or are visg an off-the-grid statn like a remote island or village the mountas, don’t be surprised if you book a room wh a double bed and upon arrival the host scrambl to change to two sgl.

✔︎Believe or not, nudist travelers are more likely to face more unrelentg star than gay upl. And of urse, don’t miss the gay nightlife (which I promise to ver a future post).

Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728). Wh ’s distct archecture, betiful ocean landsp, and lectable food, gay Greece travel not only provis a stunng experience, but is also highly affordable. Straight and gay tourists love Greece travel maly bee is warm, cheap, and luxur, all while havg world-class food and iendly lols.

GAY TRAVEL GREECE: VATNS GREECE AND THE GREEK ISLANDS

Whether you are a beach bum or a ser adrenale junkie, gay Greece travel will fascate you. Greece will also offer you unlimed cultural pursus filled wh gay pri ftivals, exhibs, and most importantly: fun-packed holidays!

The st of acmodatn durg your gay Greece travel will highly pend on where you will be stayg.

GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+

Homosexualy is wily accepted throughout Greece, pecially ’s gay pal: Mykonos. You will fd gay ftivals and parti happeng throughout the year Greece! Although Greece is wily gay iendly, still pays to be reful.

Some of my favore gay statns Greece are Athens, Mykonos, and the island of Lvos! If you’re travelg to a gay iendly area Greece, make sure you’re ready to meet some amazg guys or girls. This is one of the top gay statns the world.

GAY IOS TRAVEL GUI: THE ALTERNATIVE TO SANTORI

Homosexualy punishable by ath some Ain natnsAttu ntrasts wh progrsive stanc on women, refugeA member of the South Ain Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr and Intersex muny  Durban, South Ai.

From where to party, where to stay and what to do, here’s your gui to gay Athens. Drive 30 mut om the center of Athens and you’ll fd Limanakia, one of the most famo gay beach all of Greece. Gay bars, nightclubs, and iendly rtrants Athens.

Unlike many other queer nightclubs and bars the cy, Noiz is not solely dited to drawg gay men. Alternative Athens’ Gay and Lbian Athens Nightlife Tour. If you’re lookg for a tour that specifilly vers every popular LGBTQ+ statn the cy, sign up for Alternative Athens’ Gay and Lbian Athens Nightlife Tour.

On this tour, you will have time to vis several queer nightlife stutns — om popular gay bars to fashnable baret loung. The remas of ancient Greece fascate still today, and s art and s we n trace the origs of Wtern culture and the begngs of gay and lbian history. On this tour we will return to our roots-both as heirs of the glor tradn that is Wtern civilizatn, and as gay men and women who regnize ourselv the Greek past.

It is on a very quiet street but jt a few mut walk to everythg central Athens: Parliament Square, the ma shoppg street, the ma gay bar, some of our favore rtrants—and of urse the historic Plaka neighborhood and the Acropolis (of which there are splendid views om the rooftop pool. Gay history is all around : we see the llissos-the river where Socrat disurs on male-male love Plato’s dialogu; the remas of the vast temple built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian (the first great fan of Greek homosexualy); the statue of Lord Byron, the bisexual English rake whose heroic ath dramatized the Greek revolutn agast the Ottoman Empire; and several other sights that unrsre the gay theme that ns through ancient Greek history. We learn about the glory of classil Athens, while focg on the central role of same-sex relatns Athenian culture: particular, we learn about Harmodi and Aristogeon, the gay uple that served as Ancient Athens’ Uncle Sam.

Ls well known than Olympia, Nemea is of special tert to for the astonishg homoerotic graffi om 2500 years ago prerved on s walls. On our way back to Athens, we stop at a rarely vised se that is rich gay history: the ln monument of Chaironeia. DAYS 8 -9 – A short two-hour ferry ri tak to Mykonos, perhaps the lovelit of the Greek islands, famo for s betiful whe village, s turquoise sea, s beach-and s gay nightlife.

And on Day 9, we will have one last lovely Greek seafood dner to toast our new iends, this betiful untry, and s fabulo gay past! Catch the sun settg over Santori’s cliffs, start your day wh a dive to the warm Aegean Sea, sip Ouzo the shadow of the Acropolis, explore the famoly gay island of Mykonos… so many optns, all guaranteed to be unfettable. A btersweet parture om Santori is ma a b sweeter once we arrive the famoly gay island of Mykonos.

This island, however is more than jt bars and gay beach, 's also narrow whe-washed streets you'll want to get lost , 's the hole--the-wall piano and jazz bars where people mgle om all over the world, and 's the s of past civilizatn that has thrived this area for thoands of years.

The areas of Greece that we'll be visg are que open-md and most people will be welg of homosexualy. That said, the Greeks are largely fluenced by the Orthodox church, and public displays of affectn (gay or straight) are generally owned upon.

To be approved as a Detours acmodatns provir, a guthoe mt: be lolly owned (to support the lol muny), be an amazg lotn (close to the beach or other hot spots), AND be gay-owned or gay-iendly.

All of our trip lears are gay and all are well-traveled and experienced the statn they're leadg , so they'll be a great part of your experience! In Athens there are lovely and lively central neighborhoods such as Monastiraki and Gazi where gay mglg blossoms earnt, wh a large number of excellent clubs, f and bars offerg qualy entertament attractg bright, betiful crowds.

Top island statns like Mykonos and Santori as well as several other optns that have bee more gay-acmodatg over the years such as Skiathos and Paros, also offer the idyllic batn of stunng lotns and top notch venu wh an excg and enticg. Greece's northern pal, Thsaloniki, is also beg a popular statn for gay tourists, somethg enthiastilly backed by the cy's progrsive Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, wh some great events (cludg an annual ternatnal gay film ftival) and lol as well as holiday packag geared to gay travelers om around the world now on offer. Legal and social regnn and support for gay rights Greece uld be said to have been officially born 65 years ago, when gay sex was fally crimalized.

Acrdg to rearch on gay rights 49 European untri nducted by ILGA (the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn).

In 2005 discrimatn agast gay dividuals was prohibed the workplace (but not the armed forc) and 2006 male prostutn was legalized.

A great social triumph was celebrated by the gay muny December 2015, when the ernment passed - wh a wi parliamentary majory - a legislatn grantg gay upl full marriage rights, offerg same-sex upl the optn of havg civil partnerships, th offerg them full marriage rights, but not necsarily.

Meanwhile, however, homosexualy is still nsired a s by the Greek Orthodox Church. "Homophobia is still rampant the church, state, police and all polil parti wh meagre exceptns, " says gay psychotherapist and wrer Leo Kalyvorias, who has been volved gay rights activism for many years, "but this don't mean LGBT people don't live full happy liv, at least major urban centr. Although a passnate gay uple smoochg bang the middle of a village square is likely to be owned upon (or give an old man at a nearby kafenen a stroke), LGBT dividuals Greece- both the lol and pecially the tourist variety are generally weled wh open arms.

"Beg openly gay and PDA n be dangero certa areas but not tourist rorts, where lols have a laxer attu, " Kalyvorias says. Guys certaly get the better al when to optns for gay liftyle Greece, as bars, clubs, snas and f ter more to their sir.

Any gay visor worth his salt will know that post-dtrial Gazi, the area you will fd upon emergg om Kerameikos metro statn on the blue le, is the gay village of the pal, wh numero optns for all levels of entertament om dk 'til dawn and some hidn gems like art galleri or sign shops, as well as the popular Alexanr Sna, which also serv as a limed-space acmodatn. Eiris Square Monastiraki is another gay hotspot, where you n sip ffee or a drk at Rooster, or choose among a plethora of bars, rtrants, f and clubs as well as enjoyg lic Greek and ethnic street food, and stor sellg trendy vtage clothg and lorful flea market goods. Swimmg: Limanakia B Vouliagmeni is a popular nudist/gay hangout.

Bookstore: An all-gay bookstore, Colorful Pla, (Antoniadou 6, Victoria Sq) Maly sells Greek language lerature but also has a variety of gay foreign prs, DVDs and gay gui books to Greece. Gay Tour: Athenian Love Stori: a tour that tak you on a journey of ancient homoerotic love Athens.

Top Events: Athens Gay Pri - Every June, and recently celebrated s 10th anniversary.