10 of Europe’s bt statns for LGBTQ+ travellers this Pri season | Gay and lbian travel | The Guardian

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• GAY HOLIDAYS EUROPE
• GAY EUROPE TRAVEL GUI
• GAY HOLIDAYS EUROPE
• GAY HOLIDAYS
• GAY TRAVEL EUROPE
• THE MOST EXCG EUROPEAN CY FOR SGLE GAY TRAVELER - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS

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Some rpe uld be found trawlg through the listgs Gay Tim for gay-owned hotels and B&Bs. 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.

Two years later, Leo Varadkar was elected taoiseach, beg the world’s fourth openly gay head of ernment. 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.

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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.

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Start wh bibimbap at the thoroughfare’s Korean rtrant Topokki before drks at Missg, Siwalk or lbian bar The Fox and dancg at the legendary Nightgale Club, the olst gay club the cy, datg back to summer’s hot LGBTQ+ event is Fierce’s Healg Garns of Bab (27 June - 17 July): part of Birmgham 2022 Ftival, ’s an artistic rponse to this summer’s Commonwealth Gam, celebratg “what the Brish Empire tried (and failed) to stamp out”. Mykonos’s rep as queer heaven dat back to the 1970s, when Jackie Onassis beme a regular visor (she first vised 1961), before blossomed as gay rort the 1980s, wh acmodatn sprgg up for the largely male 2022, you n hang out at tablished hotspots Jackie O, bar Porta or Kastro’s, and stay at the Super Paradise (doubl om £249), handy for the island’s ma LGBTQ+ beach. The season’s big gay dance ftival is XLSIOR, attend by about 30, 000 people (17-24 Augt)HelskiA Pri gatherg at Helski Cathedral.

Photograph: Subodh Agnihotri/AlamyFor many gay men of a certa age, Fland is extribly associated wh leather-clad inic hero Tom of Fland, whose books pict a ggedly sexualised masculy durg a time pre-1971 when homosexualy was still illegal.

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Now you n take a tour of where thor Too Laaksonen lived his whole adult life, passg the Kansalaistori (People’s Square) ont of parliament, once a clanste meetg pot for gay karaoke fans should check out Mann’s Street, a boozy stutn; other fun spots are Street Pri the Kamppi district, and Kvääristö, a jot for queer women, transgenr, and non-bary people. You might even be able to jo the Helski Homovaas (Helski Gay Invasn), whose purpose is to “shake up the gay scene” by takg over random straight bars.

5ln people each year, cludg 300, 000 overseas self is one of the most LGBTQ-iendly untri the world: same-sex sexual activy was ma legal 1979, and was the third untry to legalise gay marriage, 2005. First stop has to be Chue, Madrid’s “gaybourhood” wh bars and venu dotted around Plaza Chue (also don’t miss the recently refurbished Merdo San Antón for tasty food stalls and a rooftop terrace).

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Whether ’s gastronomy, culture, beach time or nature, we’ve selected the bt statns for the ultimate gay holidays Europe. As the first untry the world to legalise gay marriage back 2001 and home to the world’s olst LGBTQ+ anisatn, COC Nerland, the Netherlands’ mment to equal rights is well tablished.

This effervcent metropolis offers almost everythg you uld want when lookg for the bt gay holidays Europe, cludg credible culture - see the extravagant works of Antoni Gdi, pl mms voted to Pablo Pisso and Joan Miró - a lively gastronomic scene, cludg 19 Michel-starred rtrants, and a goln sand beach.

This small seasi town is arguably one of Europe’s bt gay beach statns. As well as receivg a warm wele, visors lookg for the bt gay holidays Europe should turn their attentn to Portugal for a statn wh heaps to do.

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Gay holidays Europe are boomg, wh more and more gay beach holidays and gay ski weeks beg add to the lendar each year. We've listed Europe's gay holidays below - jt click on anythg that terts you to fd out more. If you're a tour operator and would like to add a gay cise, tour or package holiday to this sectn of our webse, please click here>.

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HomeHolidaysGay HolidaysManage My BookgFAQFlight + HotelHotelsDtatn(s) or Hotel nameIbizaGran CanariaMykonosBarcelona1 Room, 2 Adults, 7 NightsAre you lookg for a romantic getaway wh the special man or woman your life? Work on your tan on the betiful Mederranean beach of Sg and Barcelona, soak up the laid-back Greek atmosphere of Mykonos, h the famo all-night clubs of Ibiza, or cise the many gay bars of the lively Yumbo Centre the rort of Playa l Inglés, Gran Canaria. Or why not jet off to Mexi and gay-iendly rorts like Cancun, where you n sizzle on geo Caribbean beach and h the bars and clubs when the sun go down?

And you n relax the knowledge that you’re headg off for fun the sun at one of the bt gay holiday statns. Whatever your budget and whatever your scene, whether you're lookg for a gay sgl holiday, upl pe or you want to travel wh a group of iends, let fd your perfect cheap holiday! OverviewThgs to doPlac to stayWhy book Gay holidaysH the nightlife & bar sceneVis some of the world's top LGBTQ+ bars across the hottt statns!

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