Gay Interrail Europe Trip through France, Germany & Swzerland

Contents:

• 14 POPULAR GAY TOUR & VATN COMPANI
• THE GAY LOLS: THE PARISIAN LGBTQ TOURISM COMPANY OFFERG A DIFFERENT SI OF FRANCE
• FRANCE: GAY RIVER CISE
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• GAY FRANCE TRAVEL GUI
• GAY FRANCE

14 POPULAR GAY TOUR & VATN COMPANI

Bookg gay tours wh a reputable gay tour pany is a popular way for LGBTQ travelers to explore the world a welg, gay-iendly environment.

THE GAY LOLS: THE PARISIAN LGBTQ TOURISM COMPANY OFFERG A DIFFERENT SI OF FRANCE

Some gay tour pani offer typil day tours and excursns, but many of the pani I mentn below anize gay vatns rangg om several days to more than a week. While some tours foc on LGBT history and gay neighborhoods of ci, many gay tours are simply about providg experienc where gay travelers n explore new plac together and feel genuely wele.

Whether you want to explore the magil landsp of Iceland, the hidn treasur of Lebanon, meet elephants Thailand, or even make the journey to Antarcti, Out Adventur has an epic selectn of gay tours to choose om. Even ls-than-gay-iendly untri, Out Adventur supports the queer muni they vis along the way, notg that we n all still enrich lol liv and learn about their experienc.

Gay tours wh Detours Travel have a “laid-back, no-strgs-attached” approach, meang their excursns offer gay travelers plenty of flexibily along the urse of the trip.

FRANCE: GAY RIVER CISE

Wh affordable vatn packag, helpful ctomer service, and a tstworthy and well-tablished brand, ’s easy to see why Detours Travel is one of the top gay tour pani the world. The IGLTA (Internatnal LGBTQ Travel Associatn) named their Hall of Fame Award for founr Hanns Ebensten regnizg the first gay tour—a week the Grand Canyon 1973. Gay tours of Israel’s Dead Sea, the biggt historic attractns of Rome, or the gay scen of ci like Tel Aviv and Madrid are jt a few optns to choose om.

Every gay vatn anized by Brand g is virtually all-clive, wh unlimed beverag, shore excursns, airport transfers, signature Brand g entertaers, and much more.

Bookg wh Zoom Vatns, gay travelers n expect to stay upsle, gay-iendly acmodatns, have accs to a private ncierge, and tour lol attractns via privately anized and secure transport.

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

Their gay tour packag clu everythg need for a fortable and seamls trip, cludg private airport transfers, daily breakfasts, cktail hours, and plenty of guid excursns. Coda Internatnal Tours signs small gay group tours statns that appeal to travelers seekg to relax, have fun, and benef om the experience of beg exposed to foreign cultur and people—all wh flair and sophistitn. Coda is the ial gay tour pany for anyone seekg an all-clive travel experience where everythg is refully planned, and the overall experience is maximized.

Gay travelers love bookg wh Coda bee they stay refully selected hotels, sample lol cuise, disver hidn gems, and meet other cur people.

GAY FRANCE TRAVEL GUI

Gay tours wh MrGaytn are filled wh ctom entertament throughout the week, nsistg of edians, drag queens, sgers, baret performers, and more.

Takg pri servg the LGBTQ+ ternatnal muny Italy Gay Travels’ missn is to brg like-md people together to make long-lastg iendships and credible lifetime memori. Usg gay tour guis, Cape Town Gay Tours provis spirg, tailor-ma tours, nsirg the exceptnally high standards that clients both serve and expect. Be a day explorg the Pensula to the tip of Ai, a day explorg the Welands, a day the cy and on Table Mounta, a day safari, a week drivg the Garn Route, or a few nights on safari, they’re a gay tour pany wh somethg for everyone.

GAY FRANCE

Learn about the history of the gay and lbian muny Florence as well the love liv of great Renaissance masters like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vci, Botticelli, and Donatello. The small towns and villag around the Alps mounta range bee ski rort hotspots, wh annual gay ski weeks takg place like the European Gay Ski Week.

France was one of the first untri to legalize homosexualy 1791 and has long had place proactive anti-discrimatn legislatn for employment, genr inty and hate speech. Stefan and Sebastien are a gay uple who met London 2009 and have been travelg extensively together Asia, Lat Ameri, North Ameri and Europe.

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

“I am a gay man, and here I am harpg on Hler and Marie Antoette all the time when there are so many stori of people like me the past, pecially Paris, that we n tap to. After gettg his PhD om the Sorbonne, and spendg years mullg on Parisian history, 2015 Bryan cid he wanted to share somethg a ltle different wh Parisian tourists, and The Gay Lols was born.

” The pany, which Bryan ns wh the help of a Canadian sign stunt named Jonathan, now offers tours of Paris’s gayborhood, the Marais, as well as other areas like Montmartre wh their own rich LGBTQ history.

All tours are private, set at €150 for sgl, or €240 for upl for 2 hours (though you’ll ually get to hang out for a drk at a lol gay bar afterwards).

S., or olr folks travelg wh iends and relativ, but, as Bryan mentns, “I’ve had everyone om lbians om South Ai to a gay man om Pakistan. ” The sgl tours lend themselv well to visors g om plac where they may not have accs to a thrivg gay muny, whether be Sdi Arabia or Middle Ameri.

“For a lot of people, pecially g om plac like Texas or Oklahoma, they’re like, ‘We don’t have gay bars, what do you do when you go to a gay bar?

After rabow crosswalks were faced wh homophobic graffi 2018, Bryan mentns, “It did lnch this whole nversatn about natnal inty, and why are we labelg thgs wh rabow lors, bee that’s puttg your gay inty before your French inty.

“France is so centralized Paris, and so the gay muny France is also very centralized Paris… You n’t go to Lyon and fd rabow flags.

“So many of those rabow flags have gone away and have given themselv over to high-end boutiqu… There’s not gonna be a new gayborhood Paris anytime soon. Gay tours are a great way to break all down to memorable experienc and meet potential lifelong iends – or even a special someone – along the way. Be hikg across the glaciers Iceland or a naked cise Indonia, we thought we’d highlight some of the bt gay tours around the world you should nsir jog.

It’s particularly eful if you’re too by to plan your own trip or if you’re a gay solo traveler bee you’ll quickly make new iends your group as you travel together. We remend a few different tour operators that do gay group trips and they all offer great erari and experienc that you’ll surely love and won’t fet.

Although we will be jog a large ship wh other guts, our small gay group trip will offer daily group dners together, group shore excursns, private cktail parti, group activi and more!

We partner directly wh a Europe-based gay sailg pany to be your hosts on this awome gay sailg trip and you’ll also have a certified skipper to pilot the boat.

Out Adventur has taken this opportuny to expand their gay group tours and they offer two separate tours, Cultural Cuba and Cuba New Year Fita, both takg place over 2023.