Gay Greece | 5 Amazg Gay-Friendly Dtatns Greece | Two Bad Tourists

Contents:

• TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY
• THE BEST CORFU GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CORFU
• LGBTQI+ TRAVELERS: A GUI TO GAY ATHENS
• GAY GREECE: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
• GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+
• TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS

TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY

Of urse, Mykonos is the one gay haven Greece, but LGBT+ visors should also fd great optns and welg lols all 5 lotns. Though not typilly known as a gay statn, Athens is very well known to all kds of travelers who e to immerse themselv the cy’s renowned history. Many LGBT+ visors may simply pass through the cy on their way to more gay-iendly Greek statns like Mykonos, but they’d be mistaken to skip Athens entirely or only drop to tch a glimpse of the Parthenon on their way to a more relaxg beach town.

Gazi is one of the more popular neighborhoods and you’ll fd plenty of gay and gay-iendly venu this area. Over time, has bee slightly ls gay-foced as ’s bee gentrified but as a first-time visor, ’s still the place to start.

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As the pal cy of Greece wh nearly 4 ln people livg the metro area, you’ll fd a large selectn of gay and gay-iendly rtrants, f, bars and clubs. One of the most popular and biggt gay events is XLSIOR scribed as Europe’s hottt annual summer gay circu ftival. Geranium Rince is loted jt 500m om Mykonos town and is another gay hotel available at a slight lower price.

The old town is imprsive wh Ltle Venice lg the water and s gay beach are great for relaxg and mglg. We won’t tell you not to go to Mykonos due to this, bee ankly you should and you’ll probably love , pecially wh how gay-iendly is.

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Bis Santori, which is probably the most popular and touristy island of them all, Mykonos probably holds the tle of 2nd for the general visor but fely tak the lead of the Greek Island gay hotspot. Mykonos has for s been a getaway for gays as beme open and more liberal than Athens and all of the surroundg islands. Unlike Mykonos, you won’t fd any gay specific venu but the atmosphere is pretty open and gay-iendly overall.

Drive 30 mut om the center of Athens and you’ll fd Limanakia, one of the most famo gay beach all of Greece.

If you’re lookg for a tour that specifilly vers every popular LGBTQ+ statn the cy, sign up for Alternative Athens’ Gay and Lbian Athens Nightlife Tour. On this tour, you will have time to vis several queer nightlife stutns — om popular gay bars to fashnable baret loung.

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Nearby is the Gazi neighborhood where the majory of the Athenian gay hangouts n be found, like Soda2. Mykonos Town is also the beatg heart of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh gay bars like Jackie O’, Babylon, Porta, Kastro’s and Elysium. LGBTQ+ travelers will also want to check out the XLSIOR gay ftival that tak plac Mykonos Town late Augt, sometim early September.

Athens has the largt LGBTQ+ muny Greece, particularly the Gazi neighborhood, which has an array of gay bar and clubs like Soda2. Mykonos island has one of the most famo LGBTQ+ scen the world and be a gay mec durg the summer months, which culmat wh the XLSIOR Ftival.

A 34-year-old Portugue man was arrted by the police while vatng Turkey bee he "looked gay", Portugue media reported. Mykonos may have won over the gay crowds the ’70s onwards, but LGBT travelers to Greece now have a wi range of gay-iendly statns to choose om.

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Whether you’re the tellectual type, the art lover or the beach bum, Greece is among the most welg gay-iendly untri Europe, and is slowly but steadily evolvg to a muny of openns and cln.

So y, many Greek same-sex upl live openly and publicly and happily among fay, iends and lleagu a society that is takg step – albe baby steps – towards gay liberatn. Not so much for the crazy gay life and partyg (re: Mykonos) but now more so for the feelg of nnectn and muny. A mt for all travelers and a favore for gay holidaymakers, particularly the seclud v along the Mt Peln’s astle.

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►Folegandros – Ty and far away, Folegandros has been wng over the gay crowds the last uple of years wh s isolated beach and hikg trails.

And some trivia: believe or not, a few years back exvatns on Astypalaia brought to light what is believed to be the world’s olst graffi pictg gay sex. The annual Gay Pri Para Athens and Thsaloniki and events which take place Athens every year June and the Internatnal Ersos Women’s Ftival held annually on the island of Lvos September are a great chance to mgle while on holiday. ✔︎If you haven’t ed gay-foced bookg apps or are visg an off-the-grid statn like a remote island or village the mountas, don’t be surprised if you book a room wh a double bed and upon arrival the host scrambl to change to two sgl.

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Athens may not be at the top of the “most gay-iendly ci worldwi” but s LGBTQI+ scene has seen a lot of new addns and chang over the past years.

Especially if you are planng to stay and explore the central neighborhoods of the cy, you’ll have no problem spottg gay-iendly f, bars and events and mglg wh the lol crowds. Home to several gay-iendly plac, Gazi has had the reputatn of Athens’ most gay-iendly neighborhood for over a . Athens is home to an abundance of gay bars and f spread throughout the most central neighborhoods like Kerameikos, Syntagma and Monastiraki, rangg om unrground hip bars to zy all-day f and flashy cktail bars.

In most s, gay bars and clubs are found the neighborhoods of Kerameikos (Gazi), Monastiraki and Psyrri downtown Athens.

Jt a few mut away om Gazi Square, S-Cape is a relatively spac gay nightclub that featur several dance floors and bars where guts n socialize and dance unr the sounds of electronic techno mic.

Shamone Club is a splashy gay nightclub that equently hosts dance performanc, live Dj sets and themed parti the neighborhood of Kerameikos. From alternative cultural spac and galleri to unpretent f and bars, this gay gui to Athens has all. Athens Pri has as s ma objective the SLK visibily and pri, ALKE and the Associatn for the Support of Consecrat foc on stutnal claims, such as the expansn of polil marriage and habatn to gay upl, the creatn or extensn of laws to protect the people of Lebanon om hatred and vlence and full medil support for transsexuals volved genr reassignment, while the Lbian Group of Athens publish the extraordary magaze “Dalika” and engag screengs, parti century discsns aimed at the strength of lbian inty.

This is due to the number of shops that have been opened recent years and are maly targeted at gay clients, makg Athens acquire s own lorful areas. The Apartment is a Gay Club Metaxourge wh mastream sounds and parti that promise you unfettable nights of fun!

Shamone is the most famo entertag gay club wh theme nights, big parti, famo sgers and live shows and drag shows artists.

Wh a tramark of the Whe Tower, Thsaloniki holds tense thrills for gay tourists, sce great cultural events such as the Thsaloniki Pri or the Panorama Gay Ftival are enthiastilly supported. One of the most popular gay bar wh mastream mic for all tast, drag shows and cktails om sunset to sunrise.

If you want to meet Greek bears, Big Bar nearby serv up a mellow mood, welg staff, gay anthems and themed nights—along wh rivers of beer. Noiz will keep you dancg until the early morng wh a mostly lbian crowd; while Soda2 is one of the most tablished gay clubs town wh a mastream mob and two stag.

(Disver our top 10 wners)The gayt ntent on earth wh a wildly liberal streak through s wtern and northern natns, Europe is always a good ll. Gay marriage and same-sex unns are legal almost 30 of the natns, allowg for untls pri celebratns to jo and a warm wele om tablished LGBTQ muni each.

On an afternoon Schöneberg, you’ll jo proud gay upl walkg the same historic streets where LGBTQ artists and activists once began the fight for gay rights, as early as the 1890s fact.

As a rult, Berl’s gay scene is said to have boomed the 1920s before sufferg the wake of totalarianism durg the 30s and 40s. You’ll fd a number of monuments around the cy memoratg the many LGBTQ victims of WWII, wh the Schwul Mm documentg the art, culture and history of Berl’s homosexual muny, which was long centred , Nollendorfplatz is still the place to be if you’d like to see the cy’s bt fetish clubs and leather bars, wh September brgg wh the Folsom Europe BDSM and subculture ftival.

Madrid, SpaAnother of the gay-iendly European ci, known for s passnate greetgs and tanned Don Juans, Madrid is certaly a thrill. As well as s progrsive lols and large gay muny, the cy self is a playground for gay travellers, most notably the Chue neighbourhood where there’s always some kd of event happeng.