Gay Greece | 5 Amazg Gay-Friendly Dtatns Greece | Two Bad Tourists

Contents:

• 7 GREEK GAY-FRIENDLY ISLANDS
• GAY MYKONOS
• GAY HOLIDAYS GREECE & THE ISLANDS
• GREECE GAY TRAVEL
• MYKONOS GAY HOLIDAY GUI -EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
• 'GAYTNS': A GUI TO LGBT+ VATNS GREECE
• GAY CRETE
• THE BT GAY BEACH GREECE

7 GREEK GAY-FRIENDLY ISLANDS

Of urse, Mykonos is the one gay haven Greece, but LGBT+ visors should also fd great optns and welg lols all 5 lotns. 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.

Over time, has bee slightly ls gay-foced as ’s bee gentrified but as a first-time visor, ’s still the place to start. 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.

GAY MYKONOS

One of the most popular and biggt gay events is XLSIOR scribed as Europe’s hottt annual summer gay circu ftival. Geranium Rince is loted jt 500m om Mykonos town and is another gay hotel available at a slight lower price.

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.

GAY HOLIDAYS GREECE & THE ISLANDS

Mykonos has for s been a getaway for gays as beme open and more liberal than Athens and all of the surroundg islands. Unlike Mykonos, you won’t fd any gay specific venu but the atmosphere is pretty open and gay-iendly overall.

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. Milos is gradually beg one of the most popular islands for gay travelers, pecially for those love, acrdg to Gay Star News.

GREECE GAY TRAVEL

But be aware that Mykonos be ls by and gay outsi s high season, which ns om approximately the end of May until the mid of September. Over the years, more and more gays vised Mykonos, givg rise to more and more hotels and gutho that tered to the gay market. The lols are generally warm and welg, and thanks to s of gay tourism, they are pretty open-md and suffer om fewer sexual hibns.

MYKONOS GAY HOLIDAY GUI -EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

In addn to special parti that happen almost nightly durg “high season, ” Mykonos is home to several “permanent” gay nightspots, which vary greatly terms of who you’ll fd there and what happens there. Sce all of Mykonos is relatively gay, won’t e as a shock that most of all of s beach are at least partially gay and isn’t unmon to spot them cisg or swimmg naked along random stretch of sand or rock. Although, the most popular gay beach both si and outsi of the high season are Elia Beach and Super Paradise beach!

Hostg some of the most major artists the gay circu scene, XLSIOR brgs you the “crème la crème” of the gay world.

'GAYTNS': A GUI TO LGBT+ VATNS GREECE

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

Especially Mykonos, there are plac that have been particularly shaped to match the needs of the ternatnal homosexual society.

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.

GAY CRETE

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. This has been a very important step for the nsolidatn of equal rights for the gay muni which are alive and kickg on sular Greece.

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. 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.

THE BT GAY BEACH GREECE

In fact, a new kd of tourism, the gay and lbian tourism, has ma s appearance the last years Greece and the islands. The Greek society is not so open-md as for gay and lbian relatnships and their teractns wh straight people.

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.