Best vacation spots for gays
Category is… homo heaven! Here's our roundup of the top gay travel destinations in the USA, and the unwind of the planet for a fabulous vacation.
When it comes to vacations, we’re all for lie down and relaxation, but sometimes you just want to receive out there and live your leading gay life – am I right?
If you’re looking for somewhere gay, gayer, gayest for your next trip, we’ve got you covered. These are our twenty favourite homosexual travel destinations for many reasons, but primarily because of the welcoming locals, fabulous nightlife and some of the best parties and Pride festivals to bless this nice gay universe.
As our readers will understand, in our line of work, we’ve been lucky enough to trot all over the globe, seen some amazing places and, for the most part, had a lgbtq+ old time doing it. This list of the finest gay vacation hotspots covers locations in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. So wherever in the nature you're based, at least a scant of these fantastic gay destinations should be within your grasp. On that note, be sure to check out our guides to the gayest destinations in Europe as well as our guide to the top gay commute Beach culture has been an integral part of LGBTQIA+ travel for decades, since the emergence of destinations like Provincetown, Massachusetts; Mykonos, Greece; Key West, Florida; and Sitges, Spain, as sun-splashed havens. These days, gender non-conforming travelers flock to dozens of enticing beaches, from secluded spots where you can sunbathe au naturel to festive party playgrounds flanked by luxury resorts and gay nightlife districts. Some of the world's most amazing beaches are still relatively unknown. Try one of these 12 LGBTQIA+-favored seaside getaways as you plan your next coastal adventure. The second-largest urban area in Greece, this picturesque coastal metropolis on a sheltered gulf in the Aegean Sea promises an enticing blend of vibrant urban diversions — including buzzy restaurants and nightspots — and proximity to gorgeous golden beaches. Although many queer visitors to Greece focus their moment on Athens and Mykonos (and other islands), Thessaloniki has a sizable and increasingly visible LGBTQIA+ population. Beyond the opportunities for sunshine and relaxation, this nearly 2,500-year-old Macedonian port ci My love of highway trips started preceding. 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 love me could locate their fit. I wrote my college thesis on route trips, and driving myself to (and from) a summer semester at UC Berkeley as investigate. I guess I should have famous back then that I would terminate 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 Novel 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 travel the state with my partner, who flew out to Juneau to get together me. Closer to home, I loving taking weekend trips to cities and towns in the Hudson Valley, where I live. I love the US – even if I don’t always like my country’s laws and policies. I eventually did turn my adore of travel into a job, by t In September 2024Instagram 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 Foremost 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 2018. Since then, I’ve travelled with Danny, Oriol, Steve, Philippe, Nicolas, Thanh, my sister Florence. In 2021 I wrote ‘SINGLES DAY | Why everyone should travel alone sometimes‘ and reading it endorse I feel the cringe but I stand by its content. It’s 2024. I should do a proper solo trip again soon(ish). I feel ready. “Solo tour is an intimidating prospect to many of us but it’s one of the most rewarding experiences you can have. Solo travel is on the rise and it’s plain to understand why with the unmatched feel 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 reflect 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 reflection a lot about the past year. Namely the evidence that it’s probably been my gayest year ever. Is that even a thing? Who knows. I don’t care. But I feel like this was an important year for gay rights, and also for my own interest in gay travel. Yeah, that topic again. Journal is travel, 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 taste. 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 fancy myself—either solo or for gay couples. I never consideration I’d be the guy who ended up going to (and actually enjoying!) stereotypically gay destinations, but hey, here I am. Over the past ye12 under-the-radar LGBTQIA+ beach destinations
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