Top 10 Gay and Lbian Vatns Europe

Contents:

• 9 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI IN EUROPE
• GAY EUROPE TRAVEL GUI
• TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN VATNS EUROPE
• THE MOST EXCG EUROPEAN CY FOR SGLE GAY TRAVELER - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• THE WORLD’S 30 BT GAY-FRIENDLY TRAVEL DTATNS 2020
• LGBT TRAVEL IAS: TOP 12 GAY FRIENDLY CI

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It’s one of only five untri to make queer rights equal at a nstutnal level and holds first place on ILGA-Europe’s Rabow Europe Inx, which ranks untri on LGBTQ+ my last vis, a gay gui showed me round the wdg medieval streets of Valletta and Rabat, potg out sential bars and rtrants om Michel-starred Noni to the Monaliza Lounge drag bar, as well as the nightclub Michelangelo lively Paceville. This spir filters down to Dubl’s many LGBTQ-iendly tablishments: two personal favour are iendly bnch spot Social Fabric Café Stoneybatter, one of the cy’s most tertg neighbourhoods, and Street 66 bar, a eful cktail spot before a night at inic LGBTQ+ stutn The southsi is gay-owned Gutter Bookshop (named after the famo Osr Wil quote), and the weekly “big gay dis” Sunday Social at Farrier & Draper; or cross the river for the Outhoe LGBTQ+ muny rource fe on Capel Street and PantiBar, owned by drag queen, activist and performer Panti Bliss. Enjoy bnch at Osr bar and fe, before a beer at one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjor, which hosts drag and Sunday jazz ssns venu clu Bøssehet Christiania, home to theatre, performanc, exhibns and parti – a well-suated boutique hotel is SP34 (doubl om £133) the Lat Quarter.

Nearby Delmoni’s (known lolly as “Del’s”), has been Merchant Cy’s “gay triangle” sce stay nearby, try the good-value Bnswick hotel (doubl om £50), on a street wh venu marked by rabow flags. Photograph: Nick Maslen/AlamyOn my last vis to Birmgham the rabow flag seemed to be everywhere, and the historic Gay Village, wh s bars, shops and f, is hugely visible, centred largely on Hurst Street. Start wh bibimbap at the thoroughfare’s Korean rtrant Topokki before drks at Missg, Siwalk or lbian bar The Fox and dancg at the legendary Nightgale Club, the olst gay club the cy, datg back to summer’s hot LGBTQ+ event is Fierce’s Healg Garns of Bab (27 June - 17 July): part of Birmgham 2022 Ftival, ’s an artistic rponse to this summer’s Commonwealth Gam, celebratg “what the Brish Empire tried (and failed) to stamp out”.

Mykonos’s rep as queer heaven dat back to the 1970s, when Jackie Onassis beme a regular visor (she first vised 1961), before blossomed as gay rort the 1980s, wh acmodatn sprgg up for the largely male 2022, you n hang out at tablished hotspots Jackie O, bar Porta or Kastro’s, and stay at the Super Paradise (doubl om £249), handy for the island’s ma LGBTQ+ beach. Photograph: Subodh Agnihotri/AlamyFor many gay men of a certa age, Fland is extribly associated wh leather-clad inic hero Tom of Fland, whose books pict a ggedly sexualised masculy durg a time pre-1971 when homosexualy was still illegal. Now you n take a tour of where thor Too Laaksonen lived his whole adult life, passg the Kansalaistori (People’s Square) ont of parliament, once a clanste meetg pot for gay karaoke fans should check out Mann’s Street, a boozy stutn; other fun spots are Street Pri the Kamppi district, and Kvääristö, a jot for queer women, transgenr, and non-bary people.

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You might even be able to jo the Helski Homovaas (Helski Gay Invasn), whose purpose is to “shake up the gay scene” by takg over random straight bars. 5ln people each year, cludg 300, 000 overseas self is one of the most LGBTQ-iendly untri the world: same-sex sexual activy was ma legal 1979, and was the third untry to legalise gay marriage, 2005.

First stop has to be Chue, Madrid’s “gaybourhood” wh bars and venu dotted around Plaza Chue (also don’t miss the recently refurbished Merdo San Antón for tasty food stalls and a rooftop terrace). The island Mederranean natn is known for s iendly lols, betiful beach and vibrant gay scene after a ncerted effort to shift attus a untry domated by Roman Catholic were the bt LGBTQ+ statns cid? However, public attus lag behd legislatn wh 84 per cent of the public tellg the World Valu Survey they didn’t thk homosexualy was jtifiable between 2017 - remag Nordic untri, already famo for their high happs rankgs, are also high-ranked for their progrsive polics.

However, the Rsian ernment has already drawn ternatnal ire for s ‘Gay Propaganda law’ which, siarly to now-repealed Sectn 28 the UK, bans discsg homosexualy Pri paras are banned Rsia’s major ci and there are also reports of ‘gay-hunters’ attackg gay men the street. All Pri week activi were banned Istanbul, the untry's largt cy, this has also been claimed that the Turkish ernment told Netflix to remove a gay character om one of their scripts or risk losg their license for filmg the untry. While attracts visors om all mographics their mass durg peak season, the island has plenty to offer the LGBT muny, om s host of gay bars and nudist beach to s annual ternatnal gay ftival, XLSIOR.

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One of the most famo gay-iendly bars the district is lled Havana, which occupi 2 floors, featur a legendary bar, and has a distctive dtrial appearance. If you’re more terted shoppg than partyg, head over to Löwenherz, one of the world’s largt gay and lbian bookstor wh over 12, 000 LGBT tl on s shelv.

While Lbos isn’t actually that openly gay iendly, for the past several s hors of lbians began visg the island to honor the 6th century BC poets Sappho, born the beach area of Skala Ersos, which has bee a mec for the ternatnal lbian muny. Schoeneberg is the tradnal center of gay Berl, but the muny extends to numero gay hostels and B&B’s, clubs, rtrants, f, ftivals, monthly parti, and signer boutiqu. Swzerland is ell known as one of the most open md untri Europe, and Geneva is epicenter of gay culture wh numero gay-owned and gay-iendly bars, clubs, hotels, and gutho.

What uld be better than loungg a summer day away on a dreamy gay beach along the Mederranean, or sippg a cktail wh lol gay guys a cy square well to the night? While this pt-sized island may be bt known for s picturque archecture, dreamy beach, and idyllic lotn the Med, s evolvg gay scene is also startg to turn heads. While Dubrovnik, and Croatia the ma, may not offer the same LGBTQ scene as that found other European gay statns like Barcelona or Berl, remas liberal enough to still enjoy a relaxg gaytn here.

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Throughout the year, Maspalomas is host to many gay parti and events, and e Augt, you n enjoy Dunas Ftival - a five-day party offerg lavish pool parti, live DJs, and go-go dancers. Greece should be on everyone’s travel gaydar summer, and if you are lookg for an active gay scene upled wh dreamy beach and lively gay parti and ftivals, Mykonos is your solutn. Even if most gay and lbian life is centered around the cy’s Eixample district, why not stead wele the warm season wh lol gays at one of Barcelona’s gay beach?

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Wh a long-standg reputatn as one of the world's most liberal ci, Amsterdam is a welg place for LGBT travellers, wh a host of gay-iendly tablishments jt wag to be explored. Wanr along picturque nals and admire the cy's distctive archecture before checkg out the btlg gay bars the Amstel and Kerkstraat areas, and along Regulliersdwarsstraat.

Denmark was the first untry the world to legally regnise same-sex partnerships, so s edgy pal Copenhagen naturally ranks high on any list of gay-iendly statns. Copenhagen is also home to the olst openly gay bar Europe, and has even named the space next to Cy Hall Tower 'Rabow Square' to honour the ongog battle for equal rights.

The sun-drenched Greek island of Mykonos has long been a popular statn for LGBT travellers, so much so that the tourism dtry now largely revolv around a gay dience. There's plenty of gay-iendly acmodatn, bars and eatg plac around the island, as well as the famo Super Paradise Beach, a popular hang-out for gay and straight visors alike. The Gay Village area around Canal Street is home to a great assortment of LGBT-iendly bars, rtrants and fés, and the annual Manchter Pri is one of the biggt celebratns of s kd the UK.

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If you're lookg for somethg a b more low-key, check out the cy's many gay-iendly fés, which are perfect for a spot of people-watchg, Sndavian-style. Sunny Madrid is home to Europe's largt LGBT muny and biggt gay pri celebratn, the Madrid Orgullo, which ns for a week each July and draws around 2 ln visors. There's a thrivg gay scene the Schöneberg district, wh plenty of gay-iendly bars and other tablishments lg the streets around Motzstrasse, Fuggerstrasse and Nollendorfenplatz, not to mentn attractns such as the Schwul Mm – one of the world's most important mms dited to LGBT life and culture.