Gay Europe 2023 Travel Gui - Hotels, Bars, & Events

Contents:

• GAY EUROPE TRAVEL GUI
• 9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE
• GAY HOLIDAYS EUROPE
• GAY HOLIDAYS
• EUROPE'S GAY-ONLY HOTELS
• GAY HOLIDAYS EUROPE
• GAY & GAY-IENDLY SKI HOTELS
• THE 10 BT GAY SKIG VATNS
• GAY SPA - OUR 6 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE LGBT SPA

GAY EUROPE TRAVEL GUI

It’s one of only five untri to make queer rights equal at a nstutnal level and holds first place on ILGA-Europe’s Rabow Europe Inx, which ranks untri on LGBTQ+ my last vis, a gay gui showed me round the wdg medieval streets of Valletta and Rabat, potg out sential bars and rtrants om Michel-starred Noni to the Monaliza Lounge drag bar, as well as the nightclub Michelangelo lively Paceville.

This spir filters down to Dubl’s many LGBTQ-iendly tablishments: two personal favour are iendly bnch spot Social Fabric Café Stoneybatter, one of the cy’s most tertg neighbourhoods, and Street 66 bar, a eful cktail spot before a night at inic LGBTQ+ stutn The southsi is gay-owned Gutter Bookshop (named after the famo Osr Wil quote), and the weekly “big gay dis” Sunday Social at Farrier & Draper; or cross the river for the Outhoe LGBTQ+ muny rource fe on Capel Street and PantiBar, owned by drag queen, activist and performer Panti Bliss.

Enjoy bnch at Osr bar and fe, before a beer at one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjor, which hosts drag and Sunday jazz ssns venu clu Bøssehet Christiania, home to theatre, performanc, exhibns and parti – a well-suated boutique hotel is SP34 (doubl om £133) the Lat Quarter.

9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE

Nearby Delmoni’s (known lolly as “Del’s”), has been Merchant Cy’s “gay triangle” sce stay nearby, try the good-value Bnswick hotel (doubl om £50), on a street wh venu marked by rabow flags. Photograph: Nick Maslen/AlamyOn my last vis to Birmgham the rabow flag seemed to be everywhere, and the historic Gay Village, wh s bars, shops and f, is hugely visible, centred largely on Hurst Street. Start wh bibimbap at the thoroughfare’s Korean rtrant Topokki before drks at Missg, Siwalk or lbian bar The Fox and dancg at the legendary Nightgale Club, the olst gay club the cy, datg back to summer’s hot LGBTQ+ event is Fierce’s Healg Garns of Bab (27 June - 17 July): part of Birmgham 2022 Ftival, ’s an artistic rponse to this summer’s Commonwealth Gam, celebratg “what the Brish Empire tried (and failed) to stamp out”.

Mykonos’s rep as queer heaven dat back to the 1970s, when Jackie Onassis beme a regular visor (she first vised 1961), before blossomed as gay rort the 1980s, wh acmodatn sprgg up for the largely male 2022, you n hang out at tablished hotspots Jackie O, bar Porta or Kastro’s, and stay at the Super Paradise (doubl om £249), handy for the island’s ma LGBTQ+ beach.

Photograph: Subodh Agnihotri/AlamyFor many gay men of a certa age, Fland is extribly associated wh leather-clad inic hero Tom of Fland, whose books pict a ggedly sexualised masculy durg a time pre-1971 when homosexualy was still illegal. Now you n take a tour of where thor Too Laaksonen lived his whole adult life, passg the Kansalaistori (People’s Square) ont of parliament, once a clanste meetg pot for gay karaoke fans should check out Mann’s Street, a boozy stutn; other fun spots are Street Pri the Kamppi district, and Kvääristö, a jot for queer women, transgenr, and non-bary people.

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You might even be able to jo the Helski Homovaas (Helski Gay Invasn), whose purpose is to “shake up the gay scene” by takg over random straight bars.

5ln people each year, cludg 300, 000 overseas self is one of the most LGBTQ-iendly untri the world: same-sex sexual activy was ma legal 1979, and was the third untry to legalise gay marriage, 2005. First stop has to be Chue, Madrid’s “gaybourhood” wh bars and venu dotted around Plaza Chue (also don’t miss the recently refurbished Merdo San Antón for tasty food stalls and a rooftop terrace).

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The island Mederranean natn is known for s iendly lols, betiful beach and vibrant gay scene after a ncerted effort to shift attus a untry domated by Roman Catholic were the bt LGBTQ+ statns cid? However, public attus lag behd legislatn wh 84 per cent of the public tellg the World Valu Survey they didn’t thk homosexualy was jtifiable between 2017 - remag Nordic untri, already famo for their high happs rankgs, are also high-ranked for their progrsive polics. However, the Rsian ernment has already drawn ternatnal ire for s ‘Gay Propaganda law’ which, siarly to now-repealed Sectn 28 the UK, bans discsg homosexualy Pri paras are banned Rsia’s major ci and there are also reports of ‘gay-hunters’ attackg gay men the street.

All Pri week activi were banned Istanbul, the untry's largt cy, this has also been claimed that the Turkish ernment told Netflix to remove a gay character om one of their scripts or risk losg their license for filmg the untry. Wh a long-standg reputatn as one of the world's most liberal ci, Amsterdam is a welg place for LGBT travellers, wh a host of gay-iendly tablishments jt wag to be explored.

Wanr along picturque nals and admire the cy's distctive archecture before checkg out the btlg gay bars the Amstel and Kerkstraat areas, and along Regulliersdwarsstraat.

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Denmark was the first untry the world to legally regnise same-sex partnerships, so s edgy pal Copenhagen naturally ranks high on any list of gay-iendly statns. Copenhagen is also home to the olst openly gay bar Europe, and has even named the space next to Cy Hall Tower 'Rabow Square' to honour the ongog battle for equal rights.

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The sun-drenched Greek island of Mykonos has long been a popular statn for LGBT travellers, so much so that the tourism dtry now largely revolv around a gay dience. There's plenty of gay-iendly acmodatn, bars and eatg plac around the island, as well as the famo Super Paradise Beach, a popular hang-out for gay and straight visors alike. The Gay Village area around Canal Street is home to a great assortment of LGBT-iendly bars, rtrants and fés, and the annual Manchter Pri is one of the biggt celebratns of s kd the UK.

If you're lookg for somethg a b more low-key, check out the cy's many gay-iendly fés, which are perfect for a spot of people-watchg, Sndavian-style. Sunny Madrid is home to Europe's largt LGBT muny and biggt gay pri celebratn, the Madrid Orgullo, which ns for a week each July and draws around 2 ln visors. There's a thrivg gay scene the Schöneberg district, wh plenty of gay-iendly bars and other tablishments lg the streets around Motzstrasse, Fuggerstrasse and Nollendorfenplatz, not to mentn attractns such as the Schwul Mm – one of the world's most important mms dited to LGBT life and culture.

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It also has an electric gay scene centred on Príncipe Real and Bairro Alto, where you'll fd an eclectic mix of bars, clubs and outdoor drkg areas. Acrdg to the latt “Rabow Europe” report - which is published each year by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Intersex Associatn (ILGA) - Malta is the most LGBT-iendly untry on the on the ILGA’s analysis of laws and polici 49 untri - examg everythg om hate crime and hate speech to legal genr regnn - Malta received a sre of 92 out of 100, wh the next most acceptg natn (Denmark) only srg 73. Azerbaijan me at the very bottom of the list, wh a sre of jt two out of homosexualy is not illegal Azerbaijan, gay marriage and gay adoptn are banned, nversn therapy is legal and there are no protectns agast employment or hog discrimatn for LGBT+ people.

Homosexualy is also legal Turkey, but has bee more religly nservative recent years, wh legislatn around “offens agast public moraly” sometim ed regards to LGBT+ me surprisgly low at number 33, wh a sre of 24 out of 100, while Hungary - which recently proposed banng material which says “enurag genr change or homosexualy” schools - me at number 30 wh a sre of 29. ”Calum McSwiggan, creator of YouTube channel EatGayLove says: “Checkg whether your very existence is nsired illegal a statn is the realy for LGBT+ people - many s ’s a matter of safety, pecially for trans people and those travellg as part of a same sex uple. HomeHolidaysGay HolidaysManage My BookgFAQFlight + HotelHotelsDtatn(s) or Hotel nameIbizaGran CanariaMykonosBarcelona1 Room, 2 Adults, 7 NightsAre you lookg for a romantic getaway wh the special man or woman your life?

THE 10 BT GAY SKIG VATNS

Work on your tan on the betiful Mederranean beach of Sg and Barcelona, soak up the laid-back Greek atmosphere of Mykonos, h the famo all-night clubs of Ibiza, or cise the many gay bars of the lively Yumbo Centre the rort of Playa l Inglés, Gran Canaria. Or why not jet off to Mexi and gay-iendly rorts like Cancun, where you n sizzle on geo Caribbean beach and h the bars and clubs when the sun go down? Whatever your budget and whatever your scene, whether you're lookg for a gay sgl holiday, upl pe or you want to travel wh a group of iends, let fd your perfect cheap holiday!

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You serve book wh Most popular Gay hotelsView all Gay hotel alsYour gui to Gay holidaysTime to exploreWe loveTime to exploreGay holidays to SpaSpa is one of the top gay holiday statns Europe for the LGBT muny, pecially the ultra-stylish Mederranean cy of Barcelona. Spend a lazy day on the beach, stop for a cktail at one of the gay-iendly xirguos (beach bars), then h the shops before headg on to dner at one of the cy’s signer tapas bars and rtrants.

GAY SPA - OUR 6 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE LGBT SPA

Come early July to take part the Pri procsn, wh a big para followed by an even bigger outdoor dance half an hour away by tra is Sg, a pretty whewashed town that is sleepy and low-key wter, but transforms to a huge, gay party town when summer hs. Wh s long, goln beach, whewashed streets packed wh bars and shops, and fantastic nightclubs and beach bars, Sg jtly serv s crown as one of the most popular gay statns Europe. Don’t miss rnival Sg, which featur geoly rated floats and some tly eye-poppg holidays to the Canary IslandsFor guaranteed year-round sunshe, fantastic beach and a fabulo choice of gay bars, clubs and rtrants, head to the Canary Islands.

Playa l Inglés and Maspalomas on Gran Canaria are the most popular gay rorts, thanks to a batn of long, sun-drenched beach (cludg some nudist beach) and an explosive nightlife offerg a jaw-droppg choice of pool parti, foam parti, party cis and more. As the first untry the world to legalise gay marriage back 2001 and home to the world’s olst LGBTQ+ anisatn, COC Nerland, the Netherlands’ mment to equal rights is well tablished. This effervcent metropolis offers almost everythg you uld want when lookg for the bt gay holidays Europe, cludg credible culture - see the extravagant works of Antoni Gdi, pl mms voted to Pablo Pisso and Joan Miró - a lively gastronomic scene, cludg 19 Michel-starred rtrants, and a goln sand beach.