10 of Europe’s bt statns for LGBTQ+ travellers this Pri season | Gay and lbian travel | The Guardian

Contents:

• 40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS
• 20 BT PLAC TO TRAVEL IF YOU ARE GAY
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS
• TOP LGBT-FRIENDLY PLAC FOR GAY SENR TRAVEL AND RETIREMENT
• THE WORLD’S 30 BT GAY-FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATNS 2020
• GAY WASHGTON DC
• GAY LAS VEGAS
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• GAY MIAMI

40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS

We love The Babylon, a gay-exclive hotel the center of beach rort towns of Pattaya and Phet are known for their gay beach and lively LGBTQ+ nightlife.

For a wild time off the beaten path, Piñata PV Gay Hotel offers stic charm and clothg optnal pool Cy ns a close send, particularly for the electric gay nightlife loted at the heart of the cy Zona Rosa, the area’s official gayborhood (which also has some of the bt shoppg). Durg the day, you n take the sights via an all-gay tour of the pal cy and surroundg areas () — highlights clu Frida Kahlo’s “Blue Hoe, ” Chapultepec Castle, and nearby Teotihuan. See the famed Oxford Street gay district wh a private tour om The Fabulo Wonr Mama (@thefabulowonrmama), a wealth of knowledge and humor who also posss some of the biggt peaks this si of the Grand Beach is perfect for workg on your tan or takg a surfg lson.

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Queer visors should head to Ibiza Town’s gay neighborhood, Calle la Virgen, wh s terraced rtrants and gay bars ial for fun tim, people watchg, and cisg for you’d rather not party like Paris Hilton but prefer to relax luxury and relative solu, leave behd Ibiza Town and head north to the Six Sens Rort. Travelers love the abily to enjoy the cy’s gay nightlife and quat rtrants along narrow stone pathways while also havg accs to betiful regnal beach and parks. Montréal is Canada’s top gay travel statn, famo for s inic gay village, French fluence, and unique mix of gay nightlife venu along St Cathere Street East.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

Explore the chic vib at Bar Renard, watch some sexy dancers at the famo Camp male strip club, or have some seedy fun at a nearby gay sna—Sna Oasis is my favore! Most of the cy’s excg gay nightlife is Le Marais, cludg the well-known Le Raidd, Everyone lov stoppg by Raidd for sexy “shower shows” where you n tch a ltle risqué performance.

Explore all the queer-iendly spac the Zona Rosa gay district, pese lol markets, or take advantage of beg the ta pal of the world and book a ta tour! Rambunct drag bnch rtrants like Hamburger Mary’s, evengs dancg at The Abbey, and pesg quirky ems at gay shops like Block Party WeHo are all classic experienc for LGBT travelers.

An epic gay rort statn, Torremolos is popular wh Spaniards and other southern Europeans, but gay travelers om other areas of the world typilly often don’t even know about ! The enormo gay nightlife center La Nogalera alive each eveng where you n make new iends, tch a drag show, and dance the night away at gay clubs like Centuryon. London has everythg a gay traveler uld want a cy—bougie hotels, flashy gay nightlife, an epic drag scene, cultural attractns, and world-renowned shoppg!

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It has the largt populatn of gay rints the USA, many of which are packed to the legendary gay neighborhoods of Chelsea, Hell’s Kchen, and the Wt Village. Meanr the world’s first gay art mm, soak up the sun among the massive LGBT crowd Sheep’s Meadow, or head straight to one of the 25+ lol gay sex parti.

Handsome men dancg at Klter and the Tanga party always e to md when I thk of Madrid—nowhere else the world have I walked to a packed multi-level gay club at 7:30 PM! Everyone lov beg the Castro, San Francis’s loud and proud gay neighborhood, where you’ll fd dozens of gay clothg stor, nightlife, and rtrants along Market Street. Stayg at one of Key Wt’s gay hotels is a mt—some of the most memorable experienc are gay pool parti at the Island Hoe or sunbathg the nu your hotel’s sunck area.

The most popular gay statn Europe, Sg attracts travelers of all ag wh s whewashed buildgs, of pretty beach, art galleri, lic tapas rtrants, and welg gay bars.

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It’s gag a reputatn as a gay party town wh Las Vegas-style drag shows, techno nightclubs, and beachsi pal of Jalis, Guadalajara, is often lled the “Gay Capal of Mexi” due to s embrace of the queer muny. Also worth a vis is the Royal Botanil Garns, the gay Oxford Street LGBTQ+ district, and the Sea Life Aquarium to observe Sphen and Magic (aka Sphengic), the world-famo gay pengu uple. Walk the cliffs outsi Bondi Beach and Manley, where at least 80 gay men were killed the latter portn of the last Queensland the Great Barrier Reef may be the most famo tourist statn, but the state is also home to Datree Rart.

On the cy’s pestrian-only streets the gayborhood Silom, you’ll fd gay bars cludg Circ, Balny, and Stranger Bar (nsired the epicenter of Bangkok drag culture).

THE WORLD’S 30 BT GAY-FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATNS 2020

The Gay Village’s Rue Sate-Cathere, be a walkg promena durg most summer months and the queers have bted out of the neighborhood, spillg to the surroundg historic district wh addnal LGBTQ-owned shops, spas, and the banks of the Great Lak, Toronto is said to hold the tle for the most diverse metropolis the world, where 230 natnali are reprented and the rints speak over 140 languag. Calgary is also known for s wboys, and the cy hosts the world’s largt gay roo associatn, so visors may be surprised at s metropolan neighborhoods and shocked ’s home to the biggt queer Canadian nightclub wt of Montreal, Twisted Element.

There are two gayborhoods: Davie Village, wh a wi variety of gay bars, rtrants, and stor; and Commercial Drive (also lolly known as The Drive), home to a thrivg lbian muny.

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Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: The heart of gay Sydney is the Darlghurst neighborhood, which is nveniently loted near Sydney’s central bs district and is easily accsible by the cy’s mass trans system.

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Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: The heart of Berl’s LGBTIQ+ activy is Schöneberg, which has had gay and lbian bars sce the 1920s, makg one of the olst gay boroughs on the pla.

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Its Gay Hostel is a unique lodgg opportuny that’s only available to LGBTIQ+ people unr the age of 38, creatg a safe space where you’re bound to meet some new iends. In Amsterdam, the gay scene is mostly ncentrated around the many gay bars the Reguliersdwarsstraat, and we’ve had many fun parti at the Amstel Fifty Four on Wedndays, the drks night of stunt associatn A.

There are great queer bars such as SilverFuture Nkölln and Faccla Krzberg, both wh their flare and social atmospher that make them great plac for tourists, whilst mega techno clubs and parti (what gui to gay Berl uldn’t clu Bergha?!

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Compared to other plac Mexi, was the cy where I saw the most signs of affectn public between same-sex upl, and there are plenty of gay bars, clubs and parti for everyone. The right to change legal genr has been place sce 2012 and anti-discrimatn laws are full force Rosar and the big pal cy, Buenos love Buenos Air bee has one of the bt gay scen across Lat Ameri, which is heavily supported by the ernment, particular Augt when has s BADiversa week every Augt. The gay scene of Buenos Air is que spread out, but the fol pot is the large, rintial neighbourhood of Palermo, pl a few plac dotted about super ol San Telmo and well-to-do Releta.

Hostels Auckland | Cheap flights to AucklandGran Canaria, Canary IslandsGran Canaria, remend by Stefan and Sebastien om Nomadic Canaria is an extremely famo statn throughout the year for European gays. From the 1960s, tourism really started to take off, attractg more and more foreigners and therefore even more tolerant love Gran Canaria bee there is a massive gay scene at Maspalomas and Playa l Ingl the southern part of the island.

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Gran Canaria also has several gay pri ftivals happeng throughout the year such as the Maspalomas Fetish Week October, Maspalomas Wter Pri November, Carnivals Febary (both Maspalomas and Las Palmas), Maspalomas Gay Pri May and fally numero bear parti October and another of our favoure experienc Gran Canaria was takg a boat trip (n by Canarias Gay) wh iends to the remote beach lled Gui Gui.

Hostels Gran Canaria | Cheap flights to Gran CanariaMilan, ItalyMilan, remend by Luigi & Daniele om Gayly love Milan bee has the bt GLBT scene Italy. Hostels New York | Cheap flights to New YorkRome, ItalyRome, remend by Luigi & Daniele om Gayly is an credible cy wh tonn of amazg plac to take photos and historil s that will take your breath away. You’ll fd yourself talkg to everyone and, wh the night g, you’ll want to disver one of the most popular Italian clubs: Mucssassa wter and Gay Village Pri tak place every June.

Hostels Rome | Cheap flights to RomeLisbon, PortugalLisbon, remend by Gian Lu om Viaggia e of the most amazgly gay-iendly ci I n remend for LGBT travellers Lisbon.