Greece Gay News
Short pieces on gay Greece, written by the two of us who live here and book these trips for a living. Dated, checked, and rewritten when the facts move.
4 September 2026
Gay escorted holidays in Greece, or a trip built round your own group
Two ways to travel with other people, and they suit very different travellers. What a fixed departure with strangers actually gives you, what bringing your own people gives you instead, and how to tell which one you are.
Read it →21 August 2026
Greece is safe for gay travellers, and ranks level with Sweden
Greece scores 68 per cent on the 2026 Rainbow Map, eleventh in Europe and level with Sweden and Luxembourg. What that number measures, what it does not, and what actually changed for couples on the ground.
Read it →7 August 2026
XLSIOR 2026: an honest brief on gay Mykonos festival week
20 to 25 August, roughly 30,000 people, and an island that behaves differently for six days. What to book now and what to ignore.
Read it →5 August 2026
Athens Pride 2026 said it concerns you, and gay Athens is listening
June's march took the theme ΣΕ ΑΦΟΡΑ, It Concerns You. What that says about Greece in 2026, and why autumn is a good time to see Athens.
Read it →3 August 2026
Gay marriage in Greece, two years on. What changed for couples, and what did not.
February 2024 made Greece the first Orthodox majority country to legalise same sex marriage. The law is real, and it is also unfinished.
Read it →31 July 2026
Santorini capped the cruise ships, and gay Greece trips just got better
A daily ceiling of 8,000 cruise passengers, a fifth fewer ships than last year, and a levy of up to €20 a head. Good news if you are staying on the island.
Read it →24 July 2026
The best week in gay Mykonos is not in August
Same sea, same bars, same island. Fewer people, lower prices and a version of the place you can actually enjoy.
Read it →17 July 2026
Gay island hopping in Greece: how to book the ferries properly
Book earlier than feels necessary, use the right port, and know when the fast boat is worth double.
Read it →10 July 2026
Where to stay in gay Athens: Koukaki, Gazi, Metaxourgeio or Monastiraki
Koukaki, Monastiraki, Metaxourgeio or near Gazi. The one you pick decides how your nights go.
Read it →3 July 2026
Which Greek island to pair with gay Mykonos
The best Greek holidays pair one loud island with one quiet one. Here is how to choose the quiet one.
Read it →26 June 2026
Santorini has no gay scene. Go anyway, and here is why.
There are no gay bars and no gay beach. There is also nobody who cares, and it is still the most beautiful island in Greece.
Read it →19 June 2026
Thessaloniki Pride 2026, and the gay Greece nobody puts on a list
The 14th Pride ran 15 to 20 June under the theme Crack the Code. The city deserves more than a Pride weekend.
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