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Gay Paris Cy Gui for gay travelers. Overview of the cy, gay scene, how to get there, travel tips, popular attractns Paris. Updated for 2021.

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LE MARAIS: "GAY PARIS" AND THE CONSTCTN OF AN LGBTQIA+ MEC

Where are the hottt gay clubs Paris the days? The Marais. * tip gay paris *

It is also Paris’s most well-known gay neighborhood.

The ma gay areas of the neighborhood are ncentrated along and around Rue Sate-Croix--la-Bretonnerie. But jt bee the Marais wasn’t the place to be gay Paris, don’t mean a gay neighborhood didn’t exist. Paris first beme a gay pal the 1920s wh s first “goln age” of gay life.

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Its stat as a gay haven was (and is) rivaled only by Berl on the European ntent. Many notable queer artists and wrers (such as Colette, Satie, and Gert Ste) champned the cy as a gay paradise, particularly for gay women. This first gay neighborhoods were centered on La Butte Montmartre and Pigalle.

After the war, Paris’s -vogue gay neighborhood shifted for the first time to Sat-Germa-s-Prés (on the Left Bank of the See). This lotn was nsired by some to be Paris’s first gay neighborhood, sce s existence was the first to be “known to Parisians. After spendg two s near l’Opéra, Paris’s first gay bar, Le Village, opened on Rue du Platre 1977 jt south of the Marais.

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Regardls of the reason, gay bs and life began to flourish jt a few blocks northeast Marais proper afterwards.

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WE ALSO LEAD ANIZED EVENG BAR HOPPG TOURS FOR ADULTS, EXPLORG PARISIAN GAY NIGHTLIFE.READ MOREPARIS, ILE--FRANCE, FRANCEEMAILVIS WEBSECONTACTSUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGSIAR EXPERIENCGAY PARIS: DISVER THE EXQUISE GAY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE MARAIS1HISTORIL TOURSOM $116.48 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*PARIS COOKG CLASS: LEARN HOW TO MAKE MARONS250FOOD & DRKOM $144.48 PER ADULTLE MARAIS/PARIS - THE HISTORIC, TRENDY, JEWISH, LGBT DISTRICT152ART TOURSOM $36.96 PER ADULTTHE 10 TASTGS OF PARIS WH LOLS: MONTMARTRE PRIVATE FOOD TOUR77FOOD & DRKOM $193.76 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)DISVER PARIS: HIDN MONTMARTRE TOUR145FOOD & DRKOM $45.87 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)LIKELY TO SELL OUT*MONTMARTRE WALKG TOUR: PARIS' BT ART, CULTURE AND FOOD948HISTORIL TOURSOM $40.32 PER ADULTPARIS A DAY TOUR WH LOUVRE, NOTRE DAME, EIFFEL TOWER AND MONTMARTRE34FULL-DAY TOURSOM $195.95 PER ADULTA MAGIL EVENG PARIS WH LOLS: PRIVATE CY WALKG TOUR74PRIVATE AND LUXURYOM $92.96 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)LIKELY TO SELL OUT*MONTMARTRE DISTRICT AND SACRE COR - EXCLIVE GUID WALKG TOUR 89HISTORIL TOURSOM $112.79 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)MONTMARTRE WALKG TOUR TO THE SACRE COR & SKIP-THE-LE TO MéE D'ORSAY33ART TOURSOM $51.23 PER ADULTTHE GAY LOLSBOOKG UNAVAILABLE ON TRIPADVISORWANT OTHER OPTNS YOU N BOOK NOW?SHOW OPTNSTRAVELERS TALK ABOUT“THE GUYS”(4 REVIEWS)“AMAZG AFTERNOON”(2 REVIEWS)“LE MARAIS”(2 REVIEWS)CONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.POPULAR MENTNSTHE GUYSAMAZG AFTERNOONLE MARAISWALKG TOURSIGHT5.044 REVIEWSEXCELLENT41VERY GOOD0AVERAGE1POOR2TERRIBLE0AARON DCHIGO, IL1 NTRIBUTN0GREAT SERVICE!!JAN 2023BOOKED THE DAY TO NIGHT TOUR WH THE GUYS AND HAD AN AWOME TIME. WE SPENT THE LATE AFTERNOON TOURG AROUND THE CY CENTER AND THE SEE BEFORE CHECKG OUT THE MARAIS DISTRICT, WHICH IS HOME TO PARIS' GAY SCENE SCE THE 1970'S. AFTER THE WALKG TOUR PORTN WAS FISHED, WE SPENT AN HOUR BAR HOPPG AROUND CHECKG OUT THE LOL SCENE. DEFELY REMEND BOOKG WH THE GAY LOLS!READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 14, 2023THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.EPYOUNGPROFSNALEL PASO, TX5 NTRIBUTNS0BT GAY TOUR PARIS!APR 2022 • COUPLWE HAD A GREAT TIME WH JONATHAN! WE BOOKED A TOUR WH HIM FOR OUR FIRST NIGHT PARIS AND WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO GET THE SI SOP ON THE CY'S HISTORY, MT-SEE PLAC TO VIS (AND AVOID), AND THE OVERALL GAY SCENE. HAD THE BT TOUR AND END UP A THE OLT DRAG SHOW ART THE END OF THE NIGHT!READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 15, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.LU G1 NTRIBUTN0WONRFUL AFTERNOON DISVERG LE MARAISMAR 2022SPENT AN AMAZG AFTERNOON DISVERG LE MARAIS WH JONATHAN. I REALLY ENJOYED HIS LOL SIGHTS AND HE TOOK ME THROUGH AREAS I WOULD NOT HAVE DISVERED ON MY OWN. OVERALL A GREAT EXPERIENCE I HIGHLY REMEND FOR ANYONE LOOKG TO DISVER THE CY THROUGH A LOL'S PERSPECTIVEREAD MOREWRTEN MARCH 31, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ADRIAN3 NTRIBUTNS1GREAT WELE TO A BETIFUL CY...MAR 2020 • SOLOJONATHAN WAS A GREAT HOST AND VERY ACMODATG, MAKG THE MOST OUT OF THE TOUR. IT WAS A PERFECT MIX OF HISTORIL AND PRACTIL RMATN LIVERED WH A SENSE OF HUMOUR (AND STYLE!) A LOVELY SIGHT TO THE PRETZELS AND ALL!READ MOREWRTEN MARCH 2, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.STEVEN_AND_TOMSAN FRANCIS, CA17 NTRIBUTNS0TOUR OF FONTAEBLE - THE PALACE OF THE KGSFEB 2020 • COUPLJONATHAN AND BRYAN WERE GREAT TO ORDATE WH THE PLANNG OF A DAY TOUR OUT TO THE FONTAEBLE AREA AND THE PALACE. ON THE BIG DAY, JONATHAN ARRIVED EARLY AND WAS GRAC AND ENTHIASTIC TO MAKE THE DAY A MEMORABLE ONE. WE HAD A R ARRANGED AND HIS WTY STORI MA THE HOUR EACH WAY EVAPORATE. THE FUN AND BEHD THE SCEN MENTARY WAS TERTG AND NOTEWORTHY AND WE LEARNED SO MUCH JT HANGG OUT DURG THE TOUR AND OVER LUNCH. WE’D FELY BOOK JONATHAN AND THEIR TEAM AGA! MERCI BEUP!READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 17, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.IVAN3 NTRIBUTNS0PROFNALY AND URTY : HIGHLY REMEND!OCT 2019 • COUPLMY BOYIEND AND I TOOK A TOUR OF MONTMARTRE WH JONATHAN AND WAS AMAZG! IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A GUI THAT KNOWS THE AREA SO WELL. WE HIGHLY REMEND THIS TOUR!!READ MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 6, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MRCHRISAGUILARMIAMI, FL87 NTRIBUTNS4BT THG FOR MEJUN 2018 • SOLOI HAD A WEDDG ITALY LAST SUMMER WH A LN IENDS OM MIAMI BUT WANTED TO VENTURE OUT ON MY OWN PARIS AND LONDON BUT NEVER BEEN BEFORE. THANKFULLY I FOUND THIS GUI WHO BEME MORE LIKE A IEND. IT WAS VERY RMATIVE, HISTORIL, AND THOROUGH BUT ALSO FUN, FUNNY, AND JT WHAT I NEED. BEG A GAY MAN ALONE PARIS ISN'T EASY SO WAS ALSO GREAT TO KNOW WHAT SCEN ARE FOR WHO AND WHERE THE GAY DISTRICT. I FELY REMEND THE GUYS AND NOW I N'T WA TO GO BACK!READ MOREWRTEN MAY 15, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.KHAVBALTIMORE, MD182 NTRIBUTNS3INFORMATIVE TOUR MAY 2019FUN TRO TO THE MARAIS! I HAD A GREAT WALKG TOUR, AND THE GUI WAS VERY PERSONABLE (WH PRIVATE TOURS THERE’S ALWAYS A RISK OF AWKWARD SILENC BUT EVERYTHG WAS GREAT!). LOVED LEARNG TIDBS ABOUT ARCHECTURE AND FIGURG OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT STYL. WOULD DO AGA WH IENDS READ MOREWRTEN MAY 8, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.VATN441525839121 NTRIBUTN2GREAT TRO TO PARIS AND MARAISSEP 2018 • COUPLMY HBAND AND I SCHLED A WALKG TOUR OF THE MARAIS WH BRYAN THE AFTERNOON WE ARRIVED ( PART TO KEEP AWAKE WHILE ALG WH JET LAG). IT WAS AN AMAZG AFTERNOON. HE IS VERY LAID BACK AND FUN BUT ALSO PROFSNAL AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT FRENCH HISTORY. HE LEFT WH AN UNRSTANDG AND APPRECIATN FOR THE ARCHECTURE AND HISTORY OF THE MARAIS THAT WE WOULD HAVE MISSED OUT ON OTHERWISE. ALONG THE WAY HE POTED OUT BARS, F, AND RTRANTS OF TERT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE VERY HELPFUL LATER ON OUR STAY. WHEN WE EMAILED LATER TO ASK ABOUT SOME MORE REMENDATNS, HE RPOND IMMEDIATELY. HE EVEN GAVE ME THE NAME OF HIS FRENCH LOGNE WHICH I TOTALLY PIED AND BOUGHT BEFORE I LEFT. THANKS BRYAN!READ MOREWRTEN OCTOBER 30, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.DANIEL GVERMONT54 NTRIBUTNS1ABSOLUTE MT, IF YOUR VISG PARIS AND YOUR GAY!!!!!!!SEP 2018 • COUPLWE SET UP A TOUR, JT TO GET ORIENTED TO THE MARIAS, SEE A FEW GAY BARS, POPULAR RTRANTS, HERE ABOUT GAY CULTURE PARIS. WE GOT WAY MORE. IMAGE SPENDG A FEW HOURS WH A GAY HISTORY PROFSOR, WHO IS SMART AS N BE, IENDLY, DOWN TO AND JT FUN TO HANG OUT WH. BRIAN, OUR GUI HAD SPELL BOUND AS HE WEAVED THROUGH PARIS HISTORY, CULTURE, WH A GOLD THREAD OF GAY THROUGH OUT. I MEAN SERLY, WHERE N YOU LEARN ABOUT GAY ROYALTY, BEHEADGS, BARON QUEENS, AND THE BT OF TODAYS GAY BARS, ALL ONE CY. THEN, AS IF HIS SPIR WAS STILL WH THE NEXT DAY, HIS ADVISE ALLOWED TO MANAGE A VIS TO VERSAILL THE SMART WAY, AND NOT BE SUBJECT TO A HIO TWO E LONG LE OF JAPANE SCHOOL GIRLS. WE AR STILL MENTG ON THGS BRIAN SPOKE ME ARE THE FOLKS YOU NEED PARIS!!!!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 27, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.12…SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 43DANIEL GVERMONT54 NTRIBUTNSWE ARRANGED AND PAID FOR A TOUR DURG OUR HONEYMOON PARIS, BUT NOW WE NNOT GET A RPONSE OM THE PANY. WE ARE LOOKG TO NFIRM AND FD OUT WHERE WE WILL MEET THE GUI. DO ANYONE KNOW HOW TO REACH THE FOLKS?TARAMCMILLEN1245SEATTLE, WA1 NTRIBUTNBRYAN EMAILED ME A UPLE DAYS BEFOREHAND. ALSO, HE WAS VERY QUICK TO RPOND TO FURTHER QUTNS.READ ALL REPLIVIEW ALLTHE GAY LOLS (PARIS) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

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It’s important to note that was gay bs (notably thanks to entreprenr David Girard) that created the Marais-As-Queer-Capal, and not the migratn of queer people’s livg quarters. Not that many gay people live the Marais. In fact, the Marais isn’t even necsarily thought of as a rintial gay neighborhood, rather a gay center.

Its shops and bars ter to a gay clientelle, but the rintial real tate wasn’t and isn’t overwhelmgly populated by gay people.

Unlike New York’s Hell’s Kchen (prevly Chelsea, and the Wt Village before that), the Marais was always a place LGBT people, notably gay men, spent their ee time. Helpful Vobulary When Talkg About Gay Life ParisUn marais - A swampUn hôtel particulier - A French mansn orlerally “a private hotel”L’âge d’or - The Goln age Un bar - A barAller boire un verre - To go get a drkPrendre un verre - To have a drkAller en boîte - To go to the clubFaire la fête (tf*) - To partyRearch has shown that the number of same-sex hoeholds holdg PACS (pacte civil solidaré, or civil unns) is evenly distributed throughout the cy, ditg that gay people live everywhere throughout Paris, not exclively the Marais. Perhaps this rintial centralizatn is why Paris’s gay muny is nsired to be ls overt and ls anized pared to New York’s or Berl’s.

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Dpe the Parisian gay scene potentially beg thought of as ls “out there” pared to other queer pals, s existence is still ccial to LGBTQIA+ inty and muny France and around the world.

Regardls of where the “gayborhood du jour” is, the queer spac help create a llective queer inty where people n be who they were born to be. Travel, French CultureJune 4, 2021JP Lguisticsgay paris, gay ance, pri, paris pri, ance pri, ance, Paris, paris travel, paris geography, geography. L Mots à la Bouche: Paris’ olst and bt stocked gay bookstore threw open s doors back 1980 and remas the bt place to purchase dited LGBTQ lerature, magaz and films.

TATA Burger satisfi for a be out of a penis-shaped double cheeburger and a si of queer ksch and iendly gay waers. There’s a heavy rotatn of themed nights and a crowd that lov to glter and have & Chat: For a more lowkey affair, grab a drk at Duplex, the Marais’ olst gay bar.

GAY PARIS · CY GUI

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Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Paris. LGBTQ Travelers: France is known for beg a particularly tolerant untry when to gays and lbians, which ma the acrimon blather surroundg the legalizatn of same-sex marriage 2013 all the more upsettg. “Gay Paree” boasts a large gay populatn, and had an openly gay mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, for over a .

The center of gay and lbian life is the Marais. The annual Gay Pri March tak place on the last Sunday June. Informatn and rourc n be found Paris’s largt, bt-stocked gay bookstore, L Mots à la Bouche, 6 e Ste-Croix la Bretonnerie, 4th arrond.

PARIS GAY GYM

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From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!

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Disver the bt gay and lbian venu Paris wh Time Out's sir gui to bars, clubs, shops and much more. * tip gay paris *

We spent the late afternoon tourg around the cy center and the See before checkg out the Marais district, which is home to Paris' gay scene sce the 1970's.

Defely remend bookg wh the Gay Lols!

We booked a tour wh him for our first night Paris and was really helpful to get the si sop on the cy's history, mt-see plac to vis (and avoid), and the overall gay scene.

PARIS GAY RTRANTS

Beg a gay man alone Paris isn't easy so was also great to know what scen are for who and where the gay district.

PARIS GAY SERVIC

Read our transparency report to learn 2018 • CouplWe set up a tour, jt to get oriented to the Marias, see a few gay bars, popular rtrants, here about gay culture Paris. Image spendg a few hours wh a gay history profsor, who is smart as n be, iendly, down to and jt fun to hang out wh. Brian, our gui had spell bound as he weaved through Paris history, culture, wh a gold thread of gay through out.

I mean serly, where n you learn about gay royalty, beheadgs, baron Queens, and the bt of todays gay bars, all one cy. After a long day of sightseeg, Paris’s gay nightlife is the perfect way to spend your eveng.

Explore Paris’s ma gay district, Le Marais, or head out to the cy and disver unrground parti and unique clubs.

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You’ll also fd plenty of gay-iendly acmodatn optns close to the cy’s bt gay areas. Gay Paris: is Paris a gay-iendly cy? Paris is a very gay-iendly cy and wel LGBTQ people om around the world.

Nohels, you should always rema vigilant, particularly as homophobic attacks have risen recent years. If need, the SOS Homophobie chary n help you fd assistance or report an cint.

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Le Marais: "Gay Paris" and the Constctn of an LGBTQIA+ mec — JP Lguistics - French, Italian, Spanish Class NYC .

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