Europe's most welcoming gay and gay-friendly hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses

More places to stay: Gay Welcome lists over 3,000 gay and gay-friendly hotels, B&Bs, guesthouses and holiday properties across Europe - far more than any other website. So you're more likely to find the right one for you. Reviews by gay travelers: Reviews by other gay people of the places to stay on our site will (eventually) allow you to quickly see which hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses actually offer a 'gay welcome' and which merely claim to. Our reviews will tell you 'how welcoming' a property is, and even 'how gay'. Easier to use: Our search page combines a map + listings - so you can quickly see exactly where each gay-only or gay-friendly hotel, guesthouse or B&B is located. We also provide more information and photos on each property than other websites - helping you make a more informed choice.

Gay Welcome doesn't just offer the world's most comprehensive listing of gay and gay-friendly hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses in Europe. Our site is also a one-stop-shop for anyone who wants to find out where and when to travel within Europe. Our destination guides allow you to browse the continent's favourite gay travel destinations - from big cities to the hottest beach resorts - helping you choose where to go.

Our 'News & Events' blog tells you about what's on the horizon in terms of cultural, sporting, clubbing and 'pride' events - so that you can make the most of your holiday. Who knows - reading about an upcoming event in some European city may just inspire you to hop on a plane and check it out. And like our gay accommodation reviews, our advice and news is written for and by other gay travelers. Our destination guides also link to you to key local websites so that you can see at a glance up-to-date listings and events at each destination, and even hook up with friendly locals :-). You'll also find 'Accommodation Guides' on our site, giving you advice on what types of gay and gay-friendly accommodation is available in Europe's biggest gay cities and resorts, and also tips on which hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses to book.

Gay Welcome was developed by GETA - the Gay European Tourism Association. GETA's mission is to make traveling to and within Europe as rewarding as possible for gay travelers. GETA is totally independent of big hotel chains, so you can confident that the reviews and articles on the Gay Welcome site are unbiased.

We really are open to your feedback. So let us know what you think about the Gay Welcome site, and whether you think it can be improved in any way. Do you find it easy to find gay and gay-friendly bed & breakfasts, hotels and guest houses on Gay Welcome? Is the information laid out clearly? Have you struggled with our map? What would you like us to add (or remove) from the site? Help us make it a resource that you find really useful - simply CLICK HERE to contact us. If you know of a great gay or gay-friendly hotel, bed and breakfast or guest house that isn't lsited on our site, let us know about it by filling in the small form on the right of this page.

From swanky city-centre hotels in London, Paris and Berlin, to rustic guesthouses in the south of France and the Greek islands, the range of gay and gay-friendly accommodation that exists across Europe is huge.

 

Most of Europe's gay cities and resorts will have a good range of exclusively-gay hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses catering to those who really want to 'let their hair down' on holiday and be with like-minded gay travelers. But increasingly, mainstream hotels, bed and breakfasts and guesthouses in Europe are making their gay guests feel more comfortable. Hotels are less likely than they were to give gay couples two single beds. Concierges are more likely to know where the nearest gay bars are. And the attitudes of other non-gay guests to lesbian and gay guests is also more positive.

 

That said, gay-only accommodation still remains quite popular. A lot of gay travelers seem to like to spend at least one of their holidays a year in the company of other gay men or women. Most of these exclusively gay properties are small. Except for the Hotel Axel chain (Barcelona and Berlin), most gay-only accommodation is either guesthouses and B&Bs. And most are located along the Mediterranean - summer properties with pools dotted along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts, the Canary, Balearic and Greek islands, and along the southern coast of France.

 

Finding gay-only hotels, guesthouses or B&Bs in city-centres can be more tricky. Most of the hotels in the bigger cities are very gay-friendly, and offer more facilities than a small, gay-only property. And in cities, location can be more important to travelers who are probably not be hiring a car. You'll find good hotels close to all of the gay 'quarters' on Europe's big city centres (all of which are marked with rainbow-coloured pins on our property search map).