Gran canaria gay friendly
Welcome to Queer Gran Canaria
The volcanic Island of Gran Canaria, situated off the coast of Africa, is a gay man's hope - it's got sun, sea and sex in abundance and what's more it's a year round fantasy island. Gran Canaria is the number one gay travel destination in Europe.
Located just 4 hours from most Northern Europe's airports it's an easy destination to obtain that perfect tan. If you want to get a bit cultural head into the mountains where the scenery changes from volcanic dryness to pine forests and evergreen shrubs. More
Staying There - Gran Canaria Lgbtq+ Accommodation
Many gays from all over the world visits the warm and sunny island. Naturally the different accommodations anticipated on this, You can find several gay-only accommodations on the island. of course you can find gay-friendly accommodations as well. So you just can be yourself and no need to worry about what other people will think.
Currently, Happy Queer Travel offers the largest number of exclusively gay accommodation on Gran Canaria.
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Getting There - Flights to Gran Canaria
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Gran Canaria
Top male lover friendly hotels in Gran Canaria where you will feel at home
Gran Canaria belongs to the top 3 of homosexual island destinations of Europe together with Ibiza and Mykonos. Of these islands, Gran Canaria has perhaps the most extensive same-sex attracted scene. The gay scene of Gran Canaria has concentrated around the Yumbo Center in Maspalomas. On Gran Canaria you can find many gay only, gay friendly and adults only hotels. Most of them again
Gran Canaria belongs to the superior 3 of gay island destinations of Europe together with Ibiza and Mykonos. Of these islands, Gran Canaria has perhaps the most extensive gay scene. The gay scene of Gran Canaria has concentrated around the Yumbo Center in Maspalomas. On Gran Canaria you can come across many gay only, male lover friendly and adults only hotels. Most of them again located close by the Yumbo Center.
Hotels for gays Gran Canaria
Top gay friendly hotels in Gran Canaria where you will feel at home
AxelBeach Maspalomas, located on Gran Canaria, Spain, applications a unique experience in the heart of the island's
Gay Gran Canaria
Having read a local article today about a post deleted off Tripadvisor for being homophobic, I thought I'd try and clear things up a little for anyone who has either a) heard Gran Canaria and particularly Playa del Ingles is full of gays, outnumbering hetero couples 2 to 1 or b) have no idea that anywhere on the island caters for the queer market.
The young couple in scrutinize decided to stay in the Neptuno Hotel located next to the Yumbo center in Playa del Ingles. This is an "adults-only" hotel with around 25% gay clientel unless it's changed a lot since I was there earlier this year. From personal experience, I (gay) would avoid family-friendly hotels so that I could feel comfortable with my partner and not possess to "respect the fact there's kids around" (after all, they don't respect the fact that I'm around or they would be quiet and behave).
Generally the gay market is very good catered for in Maspalomas and Playa del Ingles with a good choice of gay-only accommodation. We're also a bit choosy and like good hotels; we can afford them as most o
The scale of gay tourism in Gran Canaria is immense; the pink pound (and the pink euro, krone, etc) accounts for 15% of the island tourist income; , visitors per year spending million euros. The Las Palmas carnival's drag queen competition is one of the limited gay events that gets television coverage all over Spain.
However, Gran Canaria's gay-friendly atmosphere isn't a latest marketing phenomenon; The Canary Islands were a beacon of tolerance in Spain way before the Yumbo Centre was built.
Yam leaves and sequins
Gran Canaria has celebrated carnival for hundreds of years and there's nothing like a month-long street party to inspire freedom. Even in more remote places, Gran Canarians were dancing to the beat of a other drum despite the continual supervision of the local priest. In the Guayadeque Valley, for example, immature people used meet slow at night to sway wearing nothing but yam leaves.
The long history of tolerance in Gran Canaria
Tolerance seems to be hard-wired into the Canarian psyche, although it does possess occasional clashes with some men's