La Batterie beach, Cann - A Gui to the Bt Gay Beach

Contents:

• GAY CANN TRAVEL GUI
• THE BEST CANN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CANN
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS CANN
• THE WORLD'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH CI AND RORTS
• PLAG GAYS à CANN
• BEACH GAY DI CANN
• GUI SAT-TROPEZ & VAR GAY BEACH GAY

GAY CANN TRAVEL GUI

But the sunny and sophistited French Riviera () is ial for a romantic getaway, and the most gay-popular muni – Cann and Nice – abound wh betiful beach, chic shoppg, exceptnal art mms and atmospheric f and open-air markets. Nice () – the largt cy the regn, wh about 350, 000 rints and an ternatnal airport wh direct flights om North Ameri – also supports an active LGBT anizatn, AGLAE () which sponsors Gay Pri each July and produc a gay gui to that’s distributed ee at many bs. At the base of the hill, Old Town’s narrow streets, classic archecture, teemed galleri and open-air flower and food markets nta a number of the cy’s gay-equented bs.

A uple of the many beachsi rtrants along here fly rabow flags to wele their sizable gay clientel: the beach at Castel club (), which li the shadows of Castle Hill, and the beach club n by the trendy HI Hotel (), a favore see-and-sun spot of the Nice A-listers. The Riviera’s other gay hub, Cann () – which is renowned for s legendary film ftival each sprg – curv gently around a sheltered bay, s glamoro hotels and swanky beach bars stng like jewels along La Croisette promena. Fally, there’s Espace Jean Marais, a gallery celebratg the sculpture (and film reer) of the celebrated gay actor, Marais, who was the lover at one time of Jean Cocte.

THE BEST CANN GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CANN

Be sure to walk through the cemetery which artist Marc Chagall is buried – he lived here late life, as did the gay Amerin novelist Jam Baldw.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS CANN

The town also has some favore gay rtrants, cludg breezy Rtrant le Vegaluna () along the beach; see-and-be-seen Le Sparklg et son Club (), which is also fun for pre-clubbg cktails; and Barbarella (), a romantic spot wh siwalk seatg at Old Town. If you’re seekg a lunch spot Vallris, try zy, gay-owned Le Clos Cosette, which turns out tradnally Provenl cuise, or fashnable Cafe Marianne (). Nice also has a few very popular gay snas, cludg the small but que clean and attractive L Bas Douch, and the large and always-crowd Sna du Chate ().

In Cann, the timate and rather ancient Zanzibar tavern mak a nice startg pot, perhaps before headg to the cy’s top gay venue, trendy Le Night Dis (). In the leafy, vg Juan l Ps sectn of Antib, the gay-iendly Hotel Juana () and Hotel Bell Riv () – which have the same owners and are wh walkg distance of each other – make excellent bas for explorg the entire Riviera.

Up the hilly Vence, the gay-owned La Maison du Frene () is an exquisely rated B&B whose stunng rooms are hung wh bold, playful ntemporary art – ’s a perfect hiaway for a romantic vatn. Nice has the bt variety of lodgg optns, which clu reasonably priced gay B&Bs like Blue Angels () and ThyJeff Guthoe (), both of which are close to the tra statn – the owners of the latter also n a cheerful gay fe nearby, Le ThyJeff. Also nsir the upsle four-room gut hoe, Mas s Oliviers (), a gay-owned retreat set amid quiet garns the foothills above Nice – ameni clu a pool, fns room, and two terrac wh lovely views.

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

Among larger properti, the chic and artfully sign HI Hotel () – wh s bold lor schem, rooftop pool, and stellar shi rtrant – is a favore of trendy and discerng gay travelers. 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. 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.

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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. 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.

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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 cy is pecially popular as a gay statn durg Midsumma Ftival, a three-week LGBT arts and cultural ftival held om mid-January through early Febary. 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). You'll fd gay bars, snas, and f mostly or Old Town, and along the curvg wateront gg the Mederranean, rabow flags note a gay prence at Co Beach as well as at Castel Plage.

S., and Canada, the romantic Mexin Riviera rort of Puerto Vallarta mak for an approachable, relatively affordable, and fectly fun and lively gay getaway om late fall through early sprg ( quiets down here nsirably durg the hot summer months). The gay scene here has grown steadily over the past uple of s, wh the most popular GLBT beach and several welg hotels, rtrants, and bars centered upon the charmg and historic Zona Romanti district.

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R Janeiro jtly renowned for s sugary beach, and a party-driven, ftive gay scene that's ncentrated chiefly around trendy Ipanema and the more touristy Copabana areas, both of which ont the ocean and are ial for glazg, joggg, or playg the sun and sea. Ipanema, wh s lonial-style buildgs and tree-led streets, is pecially charmg; you'll fd a number of LGBT-popular f and bars around here, as well as a stunng gay beach jt off Rua Farme Amoedo. One of the regn's most betiful beach, Fort Doto County Park, has a b of a gay followg, and there's also a great gay beach at Treasure Island, lled Sunset Beach.

Petersburg Gay Pri, the largt the state, the area is home to a diverse mix of gay-iendly lodgg choic, om grand hotels to elegant bed-and-breakfasts pl Florida's largt gay rort. The cy's btlg Hillcrt neighborhood is a hub of gay nightlife and retail, and you'll also fd plenty of GLBT-equented bs nearby North Park and Universy Heights. Head for the oceanont muni of Pacific Beach and La Jolla, and you'll disver a geo stretch of gold-sand beach, wh the gay-popular Black's Beach among the most spectacular.