Our 7 Favoure Plac to Experience Gay Italy

 | Mr Hudson

Contents:

• SPIAGGIA D’AYALA | GAY BEACH GUI
• TORRE GUACETO | GAY BEACH GUI
• ITALY’S TOP GAY BEACH LISTED AS ONE OF EUROPE’S “BT” 40 BEACH
• THE BIG GAY PODCAST FROM PUGLIA
• PUGLIA: ITALY’S TOP GAY DTATN ONE MORE TIME
• BT GAY BEACH TO GO TO IN ITALY
• GAY ITALY
• GAY BARS
• PUGLIA GAY ACMODATN
• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
• THE BT GAY BEACH EUROPE
• OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH
• PUGLIA GAYTNS – CHOOSE YOUR PERFECT SMALL GROUP GAYTNS WH !

SPIAGGIA D’AYALA | GAY BEACH GUI

Most gay Italians g to Puglia for their fix of summer sun (many take extend month-long holidays, some will return home to the regn om the north’s larger ci, stayg for 2 - 3 months) have on their list of beach to vis.

Has touted Puglia as a leadg, laid-back gay hotspot and a “bohemian alternative” to the r gay scen of Mykonos and Ibiza. To this day, the regn is regularly listed as a top-five European statn acrdg to some of the most followed gay travel fluencers, cludg the Nomadic Boys.

TORRE GUACETO | GAY BEACH GUI

A poll on GaylyPla’s webse, one of Italy’s top sourc for LGBTQ+ travel spiratn, named Puglia as the natn’s top summer statn for Queer travelers 2021. The crowds that spill out and over the siwalks around Gallipoli’s gay bars at night are the same that h the nearby lidos at Baia Ver durg the day. Puglia’s Bt BeachIt’s no surprise that Puglia has two of Italy’s bt gay and naturist beach bee this regn is all about the sea.

Once you park your r nearby, the gay sectn of the clothg-optnal beach is still at least a 30-mute walk away.

Queer travelers ually nverge on two ma statns: Ostuni, the heart of the Valle d’Itria, and Gallipoli – also known lolly as “Gaylipoli” – Salento. Anima is an LGBTQ-iendly, gay-owned and operated, adult-only bed and breakfast set a betiful olive grove between Ostuni and Ceglie Msapi. La Ciclatera Sotto Il Mare is a gay-iendly fé wh a wonrful terrace overlookg Bari’s old port, and ’s the perfect place to enjoy somethg light to eat or a place where you n enjoy a pre-dner aperif.

ITALY’S TOP GAY BEACH LISTED AS ONE OF EUROPE’S “BT” 40 BEACH

And for a night of go-go boys and drag queens, head to Makumba Tribe Village, a well-known gay club Bari. Most gay guis direct you to the gay sectn of Torre Guaceto’s naturist beach om Punta Penna Grossa at the northern end of the rerve. But when you get to the tower the path to the gay sectn to the south is difficult to fd, to follow and, part, to pass through.

THE BIG GAY PODCAST FROM PUGLIA

Punta lla Sua, voted Italy’s top gay/LGBTQ+ iendly beach by Italy’s LGBTQ+ muny 2021, has been named as one of “40 of the bt beach Europe” by the UK’s The Guardian Newspaper.

Punta lla Sua was also voted our rears’ favore beach our 2020 Bt of Puglia poll, though our own personal favore gay beach is Campomaro’s D’Ayala beach. More | if you are visg Puglia for this summer here’s how to choose the perfect base for your stay Puglia | read our five gui to gay Puglia for LGBTQ+ travelers | check out our cy gui to Ostuni | stay for Salento Pri Lecce on Saturday 16 July 2022.

PUGLIA: ITALY’S TOP GAY DTATN ONE MORE TIME

Puglia retas tle as Italy’s 2022 top gay summer statn for LGBTQIA+ visors, ahead of Tny and Sicily. The heel of Italy’s boot and long time favore Italian summer statn is once aga nfirmed as Italy’s top gay summer hotspot.

BT GAY BEACH TO GO TO IN ITALY

For the send succsive year Gallipoli was crowned Queen of the Italian gay summer scene and voted Italy’s most loved LGBTQ+ iendly statn. As for Italy’s top gay summer statns, Gallipoli (28%) Torre l Lago (25%) and Milan (8%) rema the lead.

A new entry 3rd place, Communy 27 Rimi (20%) ph our personal favore gay beach, Puglia’s Campomaro di Magg‘s D’Ayala beach, out of the top 5. As always, the first two plac go to the queens of Italian gay summer: Gallipoli and Torre l Lago, which gas a few pots pared to last year.

Popular wh fai, due to the large touristic village behd the beach, is also a well known lol gay cisg area often equented by men who intify as straight but enjoy ocsnal sex wh other men om time to time. Lamafor beach, the last of Ostuni’s maras, has a discreet gay sectn and a reputatn as a popular gay cisg hnt (the actn tak place the trails nng through the pe fort behd the ve).

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But s seclud lotn means that tak a ltle time to get there – and most gay guis take you the long way round.

GAY BARS

Gallipoli has a well known reputatn for beg one of Italy’s top gay statns, drawg a smopolan and sophistited ternatnal gay crowd.

If you want a ol beach vibe, a gay iendly crowd and some fe sandy beach around Gallipoli head here. It’s a 5-mute walk om parkg your r to htg the gay sectn (the most extensive part of D’Ayala’s naturist beach).

This beach gui is an clive gui cludg fay iendly beach, gay beach and nudist beach, as well as other parts of Puglia’s ast where naturism tak place. All are a good months to pe the Italian Sicily to the maland, you n fd the bt gay beach to vis when Italy.

PUGLIA GAY ACMODATN

Versilia Coast is one of the most famo gay statns for Italian travellers and Torre l Lago is the perfect place to spend the day havg fun and relaxg. Gay MilanExplore the pal of world fashn and s fabulo gay RomeDisver The Eternal Cy's stunng landmarks, statu & lively gay FlorenceAll you need to know about this fascatg Italian cy and s gay Gay Group TripsTour the stunng landsp of Italy, visg veyards, lol eateri and cultural hotspots wh LGBT Gay Cise ClubsPlayg Harr?

Gay cise clubs Napl offer plenty of opportuni for men to make new iends and have some Italian Gay ToursOur roundup of the bt tours Umbria, cludg history tours, foodie tours and walkg Milan · Mid-Range + Budget HotelsMilan is renowned for s fashn, food and hot-blood Italian men who like to work hard and play Florence · HotelsAll our 2021 top Florence hotels for gay travelers are loted wh the the cy centre, close to the popular attractns, Michelangelo's David, boutique shops and gay 's On TodayWhat's On TomorrowAbout ItalyHomosexual activyLegalJanuary 1, 1890Same-sex marriageCivil unnsMay 11, 2016LGBT discrimatnvariAugt 1, 2020Equal age of nsentEqualTrendg Hotels ItalyNews & FeaturItaly EventsFeatured Venu. Puglia has bee known as one of the most tolerant of plac and many venu are now mixed and beg gay is somethg to be proud about.

Lido Pôr do Sol is a gay and mixed beach Lido set on the betiful sandy beach of Gallipoli the Baia Ver area. Calce is a mixed and gay bar or more a panote ncept shop set the historil heart of Ceglie Massapi the Itrian Valley. Fd your perfect Gay Acmodatn Puglia: Choose among our handpicked Gay owned or iendly Hotels, Villas and BnBs!

OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

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. 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.

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.

THE BT GAY BEACH EUROPE

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.

OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH

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.

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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.

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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. 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.