Honolulu, Waikiki, and Oahu Gay Gui and Photo Gallery

Contents:

• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS HONOLULU
• HONOLULU, WAIKIKI, AND OAHU GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY
• GAY HONOLULU TRAVEL GUI
• 6 BT GAY-FRIENDLY HOTELS IN HONOLULU, HAWAII
• FD & PARE GAY WELG HOTELS WAIKIKI, HONOLULU
• GAY HONOLULU
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS HONOLULU
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS HONOLULU
• TOP 10 BT GAY RORTS NEAR HONOLULU, HAWAII

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS HONOLULU

Disver Gay Waikiki & the Oahu Gay Scene.

Sportg several gay bars, rtrants and TAG-approved, LGBT-iendly hotels, gay Waikiki is the place to be! The Oahu gay scene is primarily centered Honolulu and the Waikiki neighborhood of Honolulu is a popular tourist statn for LGBT travel and straight tourists alike.

Be sure to check out Queen’s Surf Beach, by far the most popular gay beach Hawaii! This relatively seclud stretch of sand has ltle-to-no hotels facg the beach which mak popular as a gay beach Hawaii.

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A preferred spot wh gay men, you’ll certaly fd lbians and even a few straight sun worshippers here.

The area surroundg Queen’s Surf Beach is so nsely populated that there’s no nudy allowed and no cisg, but ’s a great place to meet, mgle and set up cktail dat at any of the gay Waikiki bars. Fd addnal Oahu gay rourc, activi, nightlife and gay and lbian weddg rmatn here.

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From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! When you thk of gay-iendly, stunngly betiful, tropil getaways, Hawaii leaps immediately to md. And the pal cy of Honolulu, wh s vibrant though rather heavily veloped Waikiki beachont, ntas the heart of the state's gay scene.

This dramatilly suated cy on the island of Oahu has several gay bars, a great dg scene, and proximy to many notable attractns.

6 BT GAY-FRIENDLY HOTELS IN HONOLULU, HAWAII

Here's a gay gui to Honolulu through pictur. Queen's Surf gay beach, Waikiki. By far the most popular gay beach Hawaii, and one of the most scenic and well-known the world, Queen's Surf Beach is a relatively seclud stretch of sand the heart of Waikiki, but along a sectn wh no direct hotel ontage - this acunts for the fact there's more privacy and fewer fai here than to the north or south.

The beach here draws a mostly gay-male crowd, although certaly not exclively so, as plenty of lbians and straights seekg secln tan their his here, too. Queen's Surf is easy to reach - 's jt a short walk along the beachont south of where Kapaluhu Avenue tersects wh Kalaka Avenue at the beach (not far om Hula's gay bar). As the day progrs and the sun sets, many of the beachgoers here walk over to nearby Hula's gay bar for some post-beach socializg and hobnobbg.

Hula's Bar & Lei Stand, the famed gay nightclub the Waikiki Grand Hotel. Diamond Head Beach - Lighthoe Beach Gay Sectn. Although 's neher as popular nor as gay-intified as Queen's Surf Beach at the southeast end of Waikiki, the seclud Diamond Head Beach (jt off 3300 Diamond Head Road, below the lighthoe, and requirg a b of a hike down to the sand) do have a b of a gay followg.

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5-e walk om the more central tersectn of Kapahulu Avenue and Kalaka (near Hula's gay bar and Queen's Surf Beach). Bacch Waikiki, a trendy gay we bar and lounge on Lewers Street.

A view of Waikiki beach and s strg of high-rise hotels at night, om the gro (jetty) that extends om the Outrigger Reef on the Beach Hotel ('s to the left of the Halekulani Hotel, the property pictured here on the very left - the Reef is one of the most luxur of the several Waikiki hotels that make up the gay-iendly Outrigger cha).

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One of the most tertg aspects of stayg at Oahu's gay-iendly JW Marrtt Ihilani Rort is the chance to teract wh mare life, cludg the hammerhead sharks (as shown here) that swim around the rort's mare pools. Honolulu has s own gay surf club, whose ntact rmatn is listed wh 's rource page. Jt a short drive or slightly longer walk northeast om Honolulu's ltle gay epicenter around Kapahulu and Kalaka avenu, you'll fd a slew of expensive, funky eateri that form somethg of an offbeat Rtrant Row along Kapahulu, wh Wala Shave Ice (3113 Mokihana St., jt off of Kapahulu Ave., 808-735-8886) one of this area's five mt-tast.

The ABC Store pictured here is at the rner of Lemon Road and Paoakalani Avenue, right by the fab Hotel Renew and a block om Hula's gay bar. So while there certaly aren't any ABC Stor wh a specifilly gay missn, this one arguably draws more "fay", bee of s lotn, than any other ABC Store Hawaii.

Fn gay bar, on Kuh Avenue.

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Gay Catamaran Cis, offered by Hula's gay bar. Honolulu's Hula's gay bar offers the cis. This part of the beach, which is onted by numero high-rise rorts, tends to be que crowd - gays and lbians tend to ngregate farther southeast (toward Diamond Head), at Queen's Surf Beach, and also well around the pot at Diamond Head Beach.

Reef on the Beach hotel, part of the gay-iendly Outrigger brand. Havg pleted a multi-ln renovatn 2009 that took several years and cludg a top-to-bottom overhl, the Reef on the Beach (2169 Kalia Rd., 808-923-3111) hotel now ranks among the gay-iendly Outrigger brand's most allurg and appealg acmodatns - ed, 's safe to ll this the Outrigger's flagship hotel (although the nearby Outrigger Waikiki is also very imprsive). Honolulu Zoo, Kaplani Park at Kapahula Avenue (by Hula's gay bar).

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Next to Kaplani Park, and across om two of Waikiki's most proment gay hangouts - Queen's Surf Beach and Hula's gay bar, the Honolulu Zoo (151 Kapahulu Ave., 808-971-7171) is a popular and easily accsed attractn. In Between gay bar, off Lewer Street by the Waikiki Joy Hotel. In Between gay bar.

On a relatively quiet street rner jt a block om Waikiki's goln-sand beach and also a very short walk om Hula's gay bar and Queen's Surf gay beach, the hip and trendy Hotel Renew (129 Paoakalani Ave., 808-687-7715) don't look all that snazzy om the outsi. Guts at this very gay-iendly hotel are greeted wh plimentary beverag and scented ld towels on arrival.

There's a particularly gay-popular ABC Store next door, if you're short on batteri, sundri, or madamia nuts. Bamboo Hotel & Spa, part of gay-iendly Aqua Hotels.

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A stylish and hip member of Honolulu's gay-iendly Aqua Hotels brand, the Bamboo Hotel & Spa (2425 Kuh Ave., 866-971-2782) is jt a five-mute walk om Waikiki Beach and very close to the gay bars Angl and Fn. The hotel is close to the gay-popular sectn of Diamond Head Beach, and also to Doris De's Shangri La.

Followg a massively amb renovatn by the gay-iendly Starwood hotel group, Waikiki's vnted (and uber-pk) Royal Hawaiian Rort (2259 Kalaka Ave., 808-923-7311) reopened January 2009 as part a Starwood Luxury Collectn property. Jt behd the sand at Queen's Surf gay beach Waikiki, adjacent to the tree-shad green lawn that also draws plenty of GLBT sunworshipers, there's a paviln ntag a snack bar and public rtrooms. Max's Private Club, a gym and gay bathhoe on the edge of Waikiki.

The stretch of sand you see the very distance, where the ast bends around Diamond Head, is the gay-popular Diamond Head Beach. Waikiki Joy Hotel, part of the gay-iendly Aqua Hotels brand. Jt a short walk om the beach and near such gay bars as the In Between, Angl, and Fn, the upsle but reasonably priced Waikiki Joy Hotel (320 Lewers St., 808-923-2300) is one of a few properti Hawaii's popular Aqua hotel brand that's well-regard among gay and lbian travelers.

Queen's Surf lawn, behd the gay beach. In addn to the goln sand sunng area at Waikiki's scenic Queen's Surf gay beach, there's a verdant, palm-shad lawn behd the promena and next to the snack bar and rtrooms paviln. This expansive stretch of lawn is also major draw for gay sunbathers, although typilly not as crowd as the beach below the promena.

The llectn of mid-price to upsle galleri, boutiqu, and rtrants - which clus outposts of popular chas like Roy's, Ruth's Chris Steak Hoe, and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf - adjos the elegant and very gay-iendly Embassy Su Honolulu is a block om the beach. One of the more luxur members of Honolulu's gay-iendly Aqua Hotels brand, the Waikiki Wave (2299 Kuh Ave., 866-971-2782) is jt a five-mute walk om Waikiki Beach and very close to the gay bars Angl and Fn. If you're seekg secln but still wish to be wh strikg distance of the gay scene, luxe shops and rtrants, and fascatg cultural attractns of Honolulu, this is an excellent base.

Another vantage pot of the gay-popular Queen's Surf Beach, this one taken om a b southeast of the ma actn, the grassy lawn, and the snack bar and rtrooms paviln, lookg north toward the bit stretch of hotel velopment along Waikiki Beach. A happy exceptn to this adage is the Ocean Hoe Rtrant (808-923-2277), on the ground floor of the gay-iendly Outrigger Reef rort Waikiki. Hokondo Waikiki Beachsi Hostel, a gay-iendly hostel close to the beach.

If you've jt managed to afford a plane ticket to Hawaii and not much else, and fdg a cheap, gay-iendly place to stay is an issue, nsir stayg at the rock-bottom-priced Hokondo Waikiki Beachsi Hostel (2556 Lemon Rd., 808-923-9566 or 866-478-3888), which has a terrific lotn jt two blocks om the beach (very close to the gay sectn at Queen's Surf), and not even a block om Hula's gay bar. This posh shoppg mall wh branch such far-flung statns as Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Sydney, Saipan, San Francis, and New York ntas plenty of gay-fave shoppg brands, cludg Cartier, Chloe, Calv Kle, Vera Wang, Bulgari, Armani, Marc Jabs, Swarovski, Dunhill, E Pucci, Fendi, Tumi, and Pl & Joe. Velvet Vio adult bookstore and ar, next to In Between gay bar.

Jt above the zy and cisy In Between Waikiki gay bar, the Velvet Vio (2155 L'ula St., 2nd floor, 808-924-0868) is one of Honolulu's most popular adult vio ars - a reliable spot to pick up gay porn ( the form of magaz and DVD/movi), pl var toys and trkets. The tw-towered Embassy Su Honolulu - Waikiki Beach Walk (201 Beachwalk St., 800-EMBASSY) is an excellent, gay-welg lodgg optn that's a block om the beach and adjacent to the many shops and rtrants of the handsomely revalized Waikiki Beach Walk.

Adjacent to the gay-iendly Embassy Su Honolulu at the Waikiki Beach Walk shoppg and dg district, there's a popular outpost of the famed cha of upsle Hawaiian eateri, Roy's Fn Cuise (park at the Embassy Su, 201 Beachwalk St., 808-923-7697. Volleyball urt, on Waikiki Beach near Queen's Surf gay sectn. Jt a short walk wt of Queen's Surf Beach's gay sectn, there's a volleyball urt overlookg the Waikiki actn.

This urt is also a very short stroll om Hula's gay bar. This outpost of the cheap and simple plate-lunch and barbecue rtrant is at 2280 Kuh Avenue, a uple of blocks om Angl and Fn gay bars.