Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Montreal | Frommer's

Contents:

• GAY VILLAGE
• MONTREAL GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE
• MONTREAL GAY CY GUI: A CY OF FUN, FTIVALS, AND FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MONTREAL
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MONTREAL
• EXPLORG GAY MONTREAL
• THE 10 BEST MONTREAL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MONTREAL
• THE TOP TEN GAYBORHOODS NORTH AMERI
• THE BEST THE VILLAGE (GAY VILLAGE) (MONTREAL) BEACH HOTELSVIEW MAPTHE VILLAGE (GAY VILLAGE) BEACH HOTELS
• DISVER MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS MONTREAL

GAY VILLAGE

Reportedly, North Ameri's first LGBT publitn, "L Mouch Fantastiqu" (The Fantastic Fil) was found here 1918; by the early 1970s a queer bohemian scene was flourishg (1974 die film "Montreal Ma" offered a glimpse); the first Montreal Pri march took place 1979 (memoratg the 10th anniversary of NYC's Stonewall rts), and Montreal's famed "gay village" me to be the 1980s, as gay bars, clubs, and rints overtook a formerly impoverished, crep sectn of the cy's Centre-Sud district along Sate-Cathere Street East. Rehgly, Montreal's gay village (which is closed to rs durg warmer months) remas a lively and ncentrated hub that's even more lerally lorful and easy to spot thanks to s overhead, 1 kilometer long "18 Shas Of Gay" - prised of 180, 000 lored recycled plastic r balls spend overhead. The gay-owned Spa & Palac offers "non-touristy tours" by bike and by foot, which are perfect for both newers and those who know the cy but would like a eper dive.

MONTREAL GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE

Book the four-hour, lunch-clive Beyond The Bike Lan tour that vers both rintial and popular tourist zon cludg the Gay Village, or nsir the two-hour Beyond The Village one that spotlights the gayborhoood and s history and landmark s. Get your selfi on the Gay Village durg daylight while takg s art stallatns and muny spac, cludg the Park of Hope (Parc L'poir) and AIDS Memorial. Montreal-based graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly has a fantastic store, Librarie Drawn & Quarterly, the buzzy Mile End district, a favore stompg ground of lol, acclaimed gay filmmaker and actor, Xavier Dolan.

Bota Bota Spa, suated on a multi-level ship the Old Port, is a iendly spot to unwd and get pampered (wh kid-iendly hours), though some mal might prefer one of Montreal's adults only gay snas, which clu the 24-hour Sna Oasis and four-floor Sna G.

MONTREAL GAY CY GUI: A CY OF FUN, FTIVALS, AND FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS

You'll fd most of Montreal's LGBTQ nightlife nveniently ncentrated s gay village along Ste. While the Gay Village's dg scene hasn't exactly proven as foodie-centric as other parts of Montreal (lols might feel that's puttg diplomatilly), there has been some improvement the past few years. A few blocks away, the chic 152-room gay-fave W Montreal is posed jt across om the Square-Victoria-OACI metro statn (look for s art nouve Paris-style entrance porti, a 1967 gift om the Cy of Lights) and received s own prehensive, multiln update 2015.

If you're keen to be based the Gay Village a gay-owned property, make rervatns at the five-room Sir Montlm Ge B&B.

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Wrten July 14, 2020Thomas VOakland, California15, 705 ntributnsBars and SnasI suppose this is the heart of the LGBT muny, and you n fd gay-owned bs along St.

Wrten July 18, 2021Gay Village BluI had the displeasure of visg the gay village recently. Montreal's gay village has seen better days and has clearly been eefall cle recent years. Vised June 2019Traveled on bsWrten June 20, 2019ZachsMontreal, Canada6 ntributnsGay Village lost 's edgeI startg visg Montreal about 5 years ago.

EXPLORG GAY MONTREAL

In those days the Gay Village was vibrant wh sexual energy and had an edge that was excg. It seems that Montreal's Gay Village will share the same fate as other ci North Ameri, where they have ma Masculy out of style thereby removg the generatg force that fueled this once vibrant and edgy place to be. Montreal is a betiful cy and the myth that "you n only be gay the village" is somethg the gay merchants society there created.

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THE 10 BEST MONTREAL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MONTREAL

LunaLoveLondon, Canada1, 053 ntributnsMay 2022 • CouplYou don't have to be gay to enjoy walkg around here. Mec Pl Ultra, or MPU for those the know, is a monthly dance party of electro/die/pop mic where all the gays and their alli let loose. MPU started out as an optn for gays that simply uldn’t fd anythg that appealed to them Montréal’s LGBTQ+ Village.

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As for gay ftivals, there are a number of them, om the huge Montréal Pri celebratns, to more timate events such as image+natn, a film ft specializg LGBTQ+ cema. Called The Village, the gay district occupi an area stretchg om Rue Sat-Hubert to Avenue Pape, the heart of all happeng around Rue Sate-Cathere (clost metro Bedry).

Gay snas Montreal are also popular, wh the two ma on beg the GI Joe Sna (1166 e Sate-Cathere Est), and for fans of leather and uniforms, Oasis, which is open 24/7 year-round (1390 e Sate-Cathere Est). The Camp (1111 Rue Ste-Cathere Est) and the Stock Bar (1171 Rue Ste-Cathere Est) are the two ma gay bars Montreal, wh strippers attractg fans of bulgg mcle-men. The Black and Blue Gay Ftival is a highly popular 5-day event that tak place annually durg the Canadian Thanksgivg weekend October.

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Complexe Sky is the largt gay club Canada and is one of the most popular gay bars Montreal.

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! Gay life here is generally open and accepted (gay marriage is legal throughout the provce), and gay travelers are heavily marketed to.

DISVER MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE

Travelers will fd the rabow flag promently displayed on the doors and webs of many hotels and rtrants all the cy's Tourisme Montréal webse,, has a "Gay and Lbian" lk unr "Tourist" that lists gay-iendly acmodatns, events, webs for queer meet-ups, and more. Of several lol queer publitns, the most thorough is Fugu (), which lists events, as well as gay-iendly lodggs, clubs, snas, and other rourc. In Montréal, many gay and lbian travelers head straight to the Village (also known as "the Gay Village"), a neighborhood east of downtown loted primarily along e Ste-Cathere t between e St-Hubert and e Pape.

Home to one of North Ameri's most famo gay neighborhoods -- simply known as the Gay Village, or Le Village Gai to the cy's predomantly anphone populatn -- Montreal even marks as such on s official tourism maps. Canada's send biggt cy also hosts a slew of gay-popular annual events and ftivals, and was the se of the first-ever World Outgam (a preement global LGBT sportg event) 2006.

Montreal's long gay history dat all the way back to 1869, when one Moise Tellier ran a shop on what's now Sat Antoe Street sellg appl and k -- but more legendarily was a place for gay gentlemen to renzvo. A century later the Stonewall era, most of Montreal's gay life was cltered at the cy center along Sat Lrent Boulevard. The 1970s and '80s saw LGBT tablishments move eastward en masse, creatg today's Gay Village the e-or-so stretch of Sat Cathere Street (or Rue Sate-Cathere) between Berri and Pape Streets.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS MONTREAL

At the bottom end of the Village are Circ and Stereo, both mixed gay/straight after-hours dance ns that rank on DJ Magaze's list of the Top 100 clubs the world. Like any neighborhood, the Village is nstantly evolvg -- but the recent sudn closur of 2 longtime Village mastays (lbian club Dgstore and gay megastore Priape) still stunned the lol LGBT muny.