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Contents:

• WHY THIS GEIA MOUNTA TOWN HAS BEE A GAY-IENDLY HOT SPOT
• THE WORLD'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH CI AND RORTS
• 11 GAY-IENDLY SMALL CI BIG RED STAT

WHY THIS GEIA MOUNTA TOWN HAS BEE A GAY-IENDLY HOT SPOT

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

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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. Moreover, the hugely gay-popular beach rort town of Sg is practilly a suburb - 's jt 30 mut away by tra. Wh cy lims, the bbltone streets of De Waterkant district are led wh gay-popular bs, cludg several fun bars and rtrants.

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.

Many gay-iendly pani offer tours that be Cape Town wh a safari. Near the cy's uber-gay Boystown, also known as Lakeview, the GLBT set nverged for many years at Belmont Rocks, an area that no longer exists.