14 gay-iendly ci that LGBT travellers love - Hostelworld Travel Blog

Contents:

• MILAN GAY DISTRICT
• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• MILAN'S VIBRANT GAY, FRIENDLY, & GAY-FRIENDLY SCENE
• GAY MILAN
• THE 5 BEST MILAN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MILAN
• GAY MILAN TRAVEL GUI – INTRODUCTN
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS MILAN
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

MILAN GAY DISTRICT

You might fd a certa ncentratn next to the Central Statn, the Porta Venezia area or on the so-lled “Gay Street”: the Via Sammarti hosts some gay plac close to each other but don’t expect to be the vibrant center of Gay Milan’s nightlife. The dtri have acted as a gay mag for geo Italians, and a new generatn of men now live their liv proudly out the open. Ignas Tour LGBT HotelsIgnas Tour has selected a LGBT Friendly Hotel Collectn near the ma gay and lbian areas of the cy.

On the face of LGBT Italy looks somewhat downbeat, but squt a ltle harr and you’ll soon fd a diverse range of gay venu suable for dancg, cisg and dulgg steamy sna meet-cut.

OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

From the sizzlg beach hangouts of Puglia to the lourful cliff towns of Tny, the are our seven favoure plac to experience gay Italy.

The bt beach Puglia ter to all orientatns and n be hard to distguish between gay and straight lols.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

All e tanned and sntily drsed, treatg the beach as nature’s twalk and msg wh our ually reliable gaydar. Here you’ll fd some of the bt gay hangouts, wh the ultimate gay beach Italy wh a short ri of Gallipoli.

At night, the town be all the more gay-iendly, particularly at gay bars like Shatulle where both lols and ternatnal gather good pany.

MILAN'S VIBRANT GAY, FRIENDLY, & GAY-FRIENDLY SCENE

While gay-n bs are few and far between, most nightlife the town is to be nsired gay-iendly, wh Iso Gut Hoe holdg a great reputatn among the LGBTQ+ muny. Said to be one of the most gay-iendly ci the regn, Catania go hand hand wh Taorma for gay travellers seekg culture, herage and low-key partyg. A btlg port cy ma famo by s proximy to Mount Etna and UNESCO-listed baroque archecture, Gay Catania attracts a young and dynamic crowd who breathe life to the old town wh rabow buntg and artsy muny spac.

One of the town’s most historic gay hangouts is Via Alsi, an alternative bar and rtrant which has weled LGBT people sce the 1970s. The climax for gay Sicily and the queer lendar arriv late June each year when gays and advot take to the streets for Catania Gay Pri Para.

As culture grows more liberal, the vibrancy of the gay muny grows wh , allowg for a sctive mix of gay dance parti, snas and cisg spots among the pal’s many cultural hotspots. A beach day is also an optn while Rome; simply travel southwt for epic sunset views on goln sand beach, stoppg at Ostia, Anz, Sperlonga or wherever tak your your troductn to Gay Rome by fanng out east om the Colossm along Via San Gvanni, a social street led wh gay-iendly bars, clubs and rtrants.

GAY MILAN

Align your vis wh the summer-long Gay Village ftival, one of the most important events the cy’s gay lendar which se Par l Nfeo and surroundg neighbourhoods bee overn wh LGBT street parti, live mic, performance art, film screengs and more. On all other ocsns, start off any one of Rome’s highbrow cktail bars and microbreweri, lowerg the tone later on at an unrground fetish party, wild gay club or good ol’ fashned gay dis.

Get to know gay travel Italy more pth before you travel, startg wh our Rome travel | Photo: Josh Stewart5. Drawg parisons wh Mykonos and Sg, Torre l Lago is a beachsi town offerg lh landsp, gged ast and a ton of gay-iendly nightlife offergs to keep you by. Walk the promena to fd the village’s ma llectn of gay bars, pubs and clubs, an area which serv as both the lotn of the annual Mardi Gras event and gateway to the town’s biggt gay beach.

THE 5 BEST MILAN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MILAN

MilanMol of the term ‘smopolan cy break’, Milan tops the lists of top gay Italy travel statns, thanks to s stat as the high-fashn pal of the world. Home to the largt – not to mentn the most glamoro – gay muny the untry, Gay Milan offers a vibrant space for LGBTQ divas and fashnistas om all rners of the angl the cy centre nod to some era of archecture; be art nouve around Corso Magenta, ratnalism Piazza San Babila or the futuristic skyle shaped by the lik of Zaha Hadid and César Pelli. While much of the cy’s nightlife is gay-iendly, the clubs and bars around the Porta Venezia district are muny outposts that host nightly gay-themed events.

To fd out about the next big gay event, pick up a ee py of Zerodue or Milano Pri magaz om stor and fés around town, readg more about the bt gay bars Milan has to offer wh our full Milan travel gui. Dpe the gay muny here beg somewhat spread out leavg the party scene muted, the Gay Amalfi Coast shows self small nods of acceptance towards same-sex upl and offers romantic vatns for all. The gay scene Milan may not be as open as other large European ci, but is more visible than elsewhere Italy.

Milan�s ma gay nightlife ed to be centred around Via Sammarti street, near the Milan Central Statn. Today, while a few gay venu rema on Sammarti, the Milan gay scene has ma a new home Porta Venezia district, particularly on Via Lec street. The gay bars here (LecMilano, MONO Bar among others) are loted wh easy walkg distance of each other.

GAY MILAN TRAVEL GUI – INTRODUCTN

• Afterwards don't lose the opportuny to dance the night away at a Gay Party one of the most popular gay dis of the cy.

In 2001, the Netherlands beme the first untry the world to legalise gay marriage and the untry is known for s tolerance.

In Amsterdam, the gay scene is mostly ncentrated around the many gay bars the Reguliersdwarsstraat, and we’ve had many fun parti at the Amstel Fifty Four on Wedndays, the drks night of stunt associatn A. There are great queer bars such as SilverFuture Nkölln and Faccla Krzberg, both wh their flare and social atmospher that make them great plac for tourists, whilst mega techno clubs and parti (what gui to gay Berl uldn’t clu Bergha?!

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS MILAN

You’re also never gog to stggle to feel accepted as this is undoubtedly one of the bt gay ci around. Compared to other plac Mexi, was the cy where I saw the most signs of affectn public between same-sex upl, and there are plenty of gay bars, clubs and parti for everyone.

KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Fally, ’s not far om the famo Pacific beach towns Banras Bay, cludg the super gay Puerto Vallarta.

It was the first untry Lat Ameri to legalise gay marriage July 2010, which clud full adoptn rights. The right to change legal genr has been place sce 2012 and anti-discrimatn laws are full force Rosar and the big pal cy, Buenos love Buenos Air bee has one of the bt gay scen across Lat Ameri, which is heavily supported by the ernment, particular Augt when has s BADiversa week every Augt.

The gay scene of Buenos Air is que spread out, but the fol pot is the large, rintial neighbourhood of Palermo, pl a few plac dotted about super ol San Telmo and well-to-do Releta. The two ma queer tango ongas the cy are La Marshall ( San Telmo) and Tango Queer ( Releta) Air Gay Ftival tak place every November.

Each year Auckland hosts a week of Pri events, one of which is lled The Big Gay Out (as if New Zealand wasn’t already the most epic spot).

Hostels Auckland | Cheap flights to AucklandGran Canaria, Canary IslandsGran Canaria, remend by Stefan and Sebastien om Nomadic Canaria is an extremely famo statn throughout the year for European gays. Durg the harsh, reprsive Fran years, the ernment turned a bld eye to homosexualy as the island was too far away om the maland to bother wh. From the 1960s, tourism really started to take off, attractg more and more foreigners and therefore even more tolerant love Gran Canaria bee there is a massive gay scene at Maspalomas and Playa l Ingl the southern part of the island.