Gay destinations

Europe is our home continent where we grew up and have travelled around extensively. When it comes to gay travel, Europe has some of the most gay friendly places on the planet with terrific gay scenes and some of our favorite gay parties.

Read on to find out more about our gay adventures across Europe, from clubbing in the super exclusive super club Berghain in Berlin, partying at Barcelona Identity festival, enjoying the gay XLSIOR festival in Mykonos, exploring the picturesque canals of Amsterdam and loads more!

How safe is Europe for gay travellers?

Overall, Europe is one of the safest places in the earth for LGBTQ travelers, particularly in the West and Northern part of the continent. This is where you’ll find some of the best European male lover travel destinations such as the Netherlands, Sweden, Iceland, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Finland, Norway, France, Denmark, the UK and France.

Sadly, parts of Central and Eastern Europe are extremely conservative and homophobic, especially Poland, Georgia, Moldova and Belarus. However, there are some pink havens in East/Central Euro

My love of highway trips started prior. As a teenager growing up in a suburb of Boston, I discovered Jack Kerouac&#;s classic road trip novel On the Road. The book opened a door to queer history and to places where offbeat weirdos appreciate me could discover their fit.

I wrote my college thesis on route trips, and driving myself to (and from) a summer semester at UC Berkeley as study. I guess I should have acknowledged back then that I would complete up writing about travel for a living!

I&#;ve taken two cross-country route trips – one during college, and one when I moved to California.

I&#;ve also taken shorter road trips: New York to Florida, New York to Atlanta by way of Kentucky (state #44) and Tennessee, and Unused York to Michigan (state #43).

I spent a month living in a ghost town in Alaska for a writer&#;s retreat, and stayed on for an extra two weeks to investigate the state with my partner, who flew out to Juneau to gather me.

Closer to home, I loving taking weekend trips to cities and towns in the Hudson Valley, where I live.

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If you had to pick just one continent for gay explore, Europe has to be the number one answer. It has so much to offer including some of the most lgbtq+ friendly, progressive and welcoming cities and countries in the earth. There are many amazing same-sex attracted destinations in Europe! [no_toc]

Some countries in Europe, such as Spain and Sweden, go beyond straightforward acceptance or tolerance.

They have developed to a point where the LGBTQ community is truly integrated into society, gay couples are not labelled ‘gay couples’; they are just another couple in the street – as it should be.

There are many well-known gay travel destinations in Europe, from the gay hot spots in Spain such as Madrid, Barcelona and Sitges, to Berlin in Germany, the gay mecca of Mykonos in Greece and our UK home of Manchester.

But many lesser-known cities and countries in Europe are now tracking suit to welcome gay travellers into their countries which is a step in the right direction!

Why is European Gay Journey so easy?

So why is queer travel in Europe so straightforward and progressive in the first place? Here are

In September Instagram pushed me a post by Travel Gay, a website listing &#;the best gay bars, nightclubs, saunas, spas, beaches, shops and more, along with interesting travel ideas and fabulous offers&#;. There I saw the undated post (date your articles and posts, people) &#;LGBTQ+ Solo Travel: the Finest Cities to Visit?&#; by Adam Reid. Being a solo gay traveller, it caught my attention. 

Now, while I&#;m still very much a homosexual, it has been a while since I last travelled solo. My last solo trip was Tel Aviv in Since then, I&#;ve travelled with Danny, Oriol, Steve, Philippe, Nicolas, Thanh, my sister Florence. In I wrote &#;SINGLES DAY | Why everyone should commute alone sometimes&#; and reading it back I perceive the cringe but I stand by its content.  

It&#;s I should carry out a proper solo trip again soon(ish). I perceive ready. 

&#;LGBTQ+ Solo Travel: the Best Cities to Visit?&#;

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