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Paris, the city of light, is the perfect capital to let our love run away. No matter what your sexual orientation may be, Paris is a tolerant city that welcomes all kinds of love. For the gay community the French capital is an ideal holiday destination thanks to the amount of gay establishments there. The Marais neighbourhood (Fourth District), concentrates the majority of gay life, but other districts along the right bank of the Seine, near Châtelet and Hôtel de Ville, are also very popular among the gay population.
Marais is to Paris as Chueca is to Madrid or Soho to London: the gay quarters. There, both straight and gay can intermingle. In the area there are plenty of bars, restaurants and shops for all tastes, including many aimed at the gay market. On the Marais streets gays and lesbian couples can feel free to spread their love.
Beaubourg streets of Vieille du Temple and Rosiers are known as the “pink triangle”. This is a beautiful and charming area, where many communities and cultures live together: all kinds of people are intermixed with many artists and intellectuals, as it is a very cosmopolitan district of Paris. Besides being an area to party in Paris, this is also an ideal shopping area.
Lesbian girls often complain about the poor nightlife offers available to them, but not in Paris. In recent years women-only pubs and clubs have proliferated and the Ecouffes Street in the Southern Marais area is the lesbian area par excellence, with plenty of bars, shops and even a sex shop just for the girls.
Paris is one of the fashion cradles so who does not like to buy new designer clothes? The gay and fashion worlds have always been very close. Many gay tourists seek in Paris a shopping paradise that they don’t have in their hometowns.
For the lovers of good food, Paris also has delicious gastronomy. Try their gourmet food and the best French champagne. If you´re part of the gay world or would like to try new things, there are many restaurants and other gay friendly places like: Au Petit Tonnelier, A Casinha da Maria, Artishow, Gai Moulin.Le, Au P´tit Canaillou (see photo) etc. Discover the pink face of Paris and enjoy it!
