Turns out, Barbieland isn't as gay as s queer fans had hoped

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST MILAN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MILAN
• MILAN GAY DISTRICT
• GAY MILAN
• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
• GAY MILAN
• GAY MILAN TRAVEL GUI – INTRODUCTN
• MILAN'S VIBRANT GAY, FRIENDLY, & GAY-FRIENDLY SCENE
• MILAN GAY BARS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MILAN
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS MILAN
• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

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

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. Be ready for an extraordary walkg tour Milan wh our Gay/Lbian Tour Gui observg s highlights like Sla Theater and Cathedral Square wh the view of Milan's most famo landmark and one of the biggt church the world.

Enjoy this Gay Tour of Milan wh Leonardo da Vci’s Secrets wh the vis to the Domin nvent adjog the church of Santa Maria lle Grazie which ho one of the most important masterpiec the world: the “Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vci, an enigmatic and myster masterpiece still source of bat (skip-the-le entrance fee clud). Enjoy an enlightened Milan and an amazg walkg tour through Milan’s gay & lbian bars and clubs to live on your sk the magic atmosphere and LGBT scene of the cy. Gay people Milan do not need to make any extra preutns regardg public displays of affectn this progrsive cy and should have no issu explorg s timels bety!

MILAN GAY DISTRICT

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

GAY MILAN

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.

OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

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.

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.

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.

GAY MILAN

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.

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.

GAY MILAN TRAVEL GUI – INTRODUCTN

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.

Hotel Central Statn (via Gvanni Battista Sammarti, 15; 39-2-6707-1766), gay-iendly budget hotel rooms and dorm beds, bar, breakfast, WiFi; near the Sammarti Gay Street scene.

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

Hotel Charly (Via Settala, 76; 39-2-204-7190), twenty fortable gay-iendly rooms, central and quiet lotn, garn, big buffet breakfast optn, WiFi accs and bar. Afterle (via Sammarti, 25), gay party bar; small bar open nightly except Mondays and larger club open Fridays/Saturdays wh male strippers, drag shows, ntts, horny young guys. Chirgay by Tropil Island (Bastni di Porta Venezia), April through September outdoor bar, evengs until 5am at Park Giardi Indro Montanelli; drks and snacks, iendly and cisy, mostly male crowd.

Confed Club (via Sammarti 25), Friday to Sunday gay club, vio and chill-out rooms, dancg, go-go boys, nu strippers, live sex shows, karaoke, theme party nights.

Glter‬ at Club 747 (piazza Carlo Erba), wter months lbian/gay and mixed Saturday dance parti, Trash, Indie, Dance, Pop, Vol Hoe, and R'n B mic.

MILAN GAY BARS

One Way (via Cavallotti 204; Sto San Gvanni), Saturday gay dis party, ee entry to those unr 23, mostly men, go-go boys, bear nights, var theme parti. Patchouli (rso Lodi 51), fe/bar, nightclub at Porta Romana; gay Wednday Verge Carla nights wh drag show, DJ mic, go-go boys, "bella gente, " and terrace chill-out area. Popstarz gay/alternative club kidz electropop/die/retro dance party of 20 years - movg around on Wednday and Saturday nights once a month or so, lookg for new permanent venue.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MILAN

Tblue Sna (via Ernto Breda 158), newt of Milan's gay snas, bs, large Jacuzzi, pool, bar/lounge; open daily until midnight, until 2am Saturdays. While the rt of Italy might have been cryogenilly ozen six centuri ago, Gay Milan is face-paced, fashn-forward, cidly avant-gar and extremely…well, GAY!

Sadly Italy one of the worst untri Wtern Europe for gay rights, and while same-sex unns were legalized 2016, Italy is the only untry the Wtern world wh a ban on same-sex marriag.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS MILAN

Dpe this, Italy n generally be nsired a gay-iendly natn and public opn are creasgly culturally liberal, and gay travelers are unlikely to experience any outright prejudice or problems wh displays of affectn public. Havg said this: by day Gay Milan is packed wh sexy Italian boys and girls piickg tranquil parks, sippg ffee quat curb-si f or roamg art galleri but by night is when thgs really e alive.

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

Even excludg the nightlife, the world-class mms, hte uture shoppg, inic archecture, fe dg; the utterly toxitg atmosphere will give tourists more than enough reason to vis Gay Milan whether ’s for a night, a week or to live full-time! Leonardo Da Vci’s legacy Milan is well known and many historians agree that he was a gay artist leavg his mark many masterpiec of the cy, cludg The Last Supper, hoed by the refectory of the nvent of Santa Maria lle Grazie. There are also many wonrful lser-known plac where an tert LGBTQ+ history uld lead you, such as Florence's Bargello Mm, which ntas an earlier Renaissance statue of David by the artist Donatello—the first ee-standg male nu sce Classil Antiquy, and a super-sexy homoerotic nu at that.

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Here you will fd that the urbane gay muny of divas and fashnistas liv alongsi the raw unrground sub-culture of artsy and alternative typ, wh plenty of space left over for the unapologetilly there is cidly a clter of outright gay bars and small clubs the Porta Venezia district, many venu around town tout themselv as gay-iendly tablishments that attach neher expectatns nor lims to the crowds that flow through their doors.

There is also no shortage of gay-themed events schled at var lol throughout the cy, which are guaranteed to attract a diverse set of party-goers. For all s ference to the 'old-fashned' way of dog thgs, Italy's gay culture has even taken the digal leap recent years, makg e of popular apps such as Grdr and Tr to tablish ntact and arrange a accs to a slew of gay events and hotspots, register for a membership rd wh Arcigay (), Italy's first and largt natnal gay anizatn.