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Our roundup of the best gay holiday destinations in Europe to inspire and help you verb your next gaycation.
Every gay traveler, at one point, looked up at a rainbow and dreamt of seeing the world. ‘There must be somewhere better than this drab old town?'…each of us often wondered in our respective beige suburbs growing up…
Fast forward 20 years, and we're both living our dream of seeing the world, one incredible continent at a time. Europe is hands down our favorite. We are biased, of course, as this is where we're from – Stefan is British/Greek Cypriot, and Seby is from France.
We've traveled extensively around Europe when growing up, as adv as together as a gay couple. Of course, some places stood out to us more than others, so we list out what we found to be the best gay holiday destinations in Europe from our first-hand experience:
1. Sitges in Spain
For us, Sitges is the numero uno gay holiday destination in Europe. It's a small coastal town, around 45 minute prepare ride from Barcelona. For decades, it's been a famous LGBTQ mecca, full of m
Gay Travel Index: Most LGBTQ+-friendly verb destinations
For many people, camping is the epitome of freedom. The freedom to let yourself be driven by the desire to travel, to go exactly where it is most beautiful and to spend the night in your own home on four wheels where you like it best. Unfortunately, this feeling of freedom is not always a given, especially for travellers from the LGBTQ+ community. Unfortunately, people still encounter intolerance, prejudice, restrictions and sometimes even persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Travellers from the LGBTQ+ community therefore often own to choose their travel destinations even more carefully - even when it comes to camping. How free and safe are people from the queer community in different holiday destinations? Where can they feel safe and welcome and meet like-minded people? The Spartacus Gay Travel Index takes a closer look at holiday destinations in Europe and around the world and assesses how LGBTQ+-friendly or unfriendly they are 🏳️🌈
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The World&#;s 10 Greatest LGBTQ-Friendly Countries For Travellers
Based on our 15 years of experience travelling to over 70 countries.
We’ve experienced warm welcomes in conservative countries and pockets of homophobia in liberal lands (admittedly, even Canada and the USA have problem spots). But at the end of the day, as part of the LGBTQ+ community, where will you have the most adj as a traveller? The team has discussed&#;and here’s our list of the world’s top 10 most LGBTQ-friendly countries to contemplate for your next gaycation!
Spain
Since Ancient Rome, the men of Spain have ‘enjoyed’ one another’s company. Of course there was the homophobic Christian Dark Ages, but the fall of Dictator Francisco Franco gave us the progressive Spain we know today. Same-sex activity became legal in (for a second time, after that whole Fascist moment), and things have continued to progress since then.
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Same sex marriage and adoption have been legal since , and trans people can ‘self identify’, meaning they can legally change gender without surgery or sterilization
Best Places for Gay Holidays
Sorry for the radio silence here, but after having returned home to the USA for the holidays, I’ve had a lot of time to think and to reflect — mostly about the past year and a bit about the future. And in making some of my plans for the next year, I’ve thought a lot about the past year.
Namely the fact that it’s probably been my gayest year ever. Is that even a thing? Who knows. I don’t care. But I experience like this was an essential year for gay rights, and also for my own interest in gay travel.
Gay travel?!
Yeah, that topic again. Travel is journey, yes. But this year I’ve also realized just how many of my own trips and experiences are almost certainly chosen because of my own sexual preference. Where I’ve traveled to isn’t necessarily anything to do with the fact that I’m gay, I guess, but these are the places that I’ve found that are actually great for other gay travelers like myself—either solo or for gay couples.
I never thought I’d be the guy who ended up goi