14 gay-iendly ci that LGBT travellers love - Hostelworld Travel Blog

Contents:

• THE WORLD'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH CI AND RORTS
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• 40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS
• THE BT GAY SNAS EUROPE

THE WORLD'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH CI AND RORTS

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" But they did: Max (Clive Owen) and Horst (Lothaire Blute) brg each other to ecstasy whout ever makg a sgle move Bent, about gay men who fall love a Nazi ncentratn mp. G Van Sant, 1991It's tenrns that fuels the sexualy this pick, Van Sant's beloved tale of a gay narleptic street htler (River Phoenix) who is sperately love wh his bt iend, Stt (Keanu Reev).

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

The women gave vampir their gay be onscreen long before Te Blood or even Anne Rice's Interview wh the Vampire, and the inic actrs did wh a sensualy newer blood suckers n only hope to top. Derek Jarman, 1991Gay-leang Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe would appreciate Jarman's adaptatn of his work about Kg Edward II's love affair wh bchero nobleman Piers Gavton. Although urban statns tend to be most popular wh gay travelers bee of their rich cultural offergs, vibrant nightlife districts, and chic shoppg and dg, a number of the world's most gay-popular ci also enjoy picturque settgs on the water.

From megaci wh skyscrapers on the ocean to relatively smaller statns on tranquil bays and lak, here's a ndown of the world's 20 bt gay urban beach statns (populatn 150, 000 or greater). Wh outstandg mms, distctive archecture (cludg several treasur by Antoni Gdi) a lively gay nightlife scene centered mostly around the sophistited Eixample district, and an abundance of stylish rtrants and hotels, Barcelona is a terrific statn for urban, yet there's a sweepg and betiful gay beach, Barceloa, jt mut om the cy center.

It's jt a short drive south along the ast to vis some of the Southern Hemisphere's most betiful beach, cludg swank Camp Bay, which li the shadows of the Twelve Apostle mountas, and Clifton, which has a scene-y gay beach.

40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS

And as 's set on the eastern shore of Zealand Island, on Ørund (a stra that divis the North and Baltic seas), Copenhagen is close to a number of priste, wdswept stretch of sand, cludg such gay hangouts as Bellevue and Ishøj beach.

For many years known primarily as Florida's "sprg break" pal, Fort Lrdale began an amb transformatn to a more sophistited rort statn startg around the early 1990s, which cid wh efforts to urt gay and lbian travelers.

Sce that time, more than a dozen gay men's rorts have opened wh a few blocks of the cy's betiful oceanont beach, as have several luxury high-rise hotels. 5 ln rints—prisg the Kowloon Pensula, New Terrori, and Hong Kong Island—is neverthels que forward wh regard to gay and lbian issu when you nsir the regn as a whole. This dramatilly suated cy on the island of Oahu has several gay bars, a great dg scene, and proximy to many notable attractns, om Queen's Surf gay beach to Pearl Harbor.

THE BT GAY SNAS EUROPE

One of the world's leadg gay and lbian statns, Los Angel is much more than a sgle metropolis - rather, 's an entire llectn of both sprawlg and many s scenic neighborhoods and adjacent ci. Here and funky Venice Beach, to the south, you'll fd que a few rtrants, hotels, and bars wh a mixed gay/straight followg, along wh one of the Wt's classic gay dive bars, Roosterfish. The regn has been eclipsed by nearby Fort Lrdale recent year's as the state's top gay statn, but you'll still fd plenty of gays and lbians livg and playg the parts - and visg durg the several big gay circu parti held South Beach each year, om Wter Party to Whe Party to Miami Gay Pri.

The largt cy on the famoly swank and sophistited French Riviera, Nice (populatn 350, 000) is not que a gay playground on the same plane as such Euro-queer hot spots as Ibiza and Mykonos, but this stylish cy wh an outstandg variety of tony rtrants and shops do have a growg gay prence (this is also te, by the way, of nearby Cann, which is smaller but also is beg creasgly popular wh gay travelers).