Gay bar in rom italien
Like most Italian cities, the Rome homosexual scene is petite; particularly since there are not many gay bars in Rome. When I first came here in , there were just the two staple bars on the queer street next to the Colosseum: Coming Out and My Bar.
But in recent years, the queer Rome bars possess started to accept off in popularity, and they are not all centered around the Colosseum (although close enough to the capital center).
On top of it, unlike in other European countries, Rome's gay bars often double as trattorias or place to get an aperitivo, but that is quintessential Italians for you, who are serious about combining alcohol intake with long, leisurely dinners 🤌.
The leading advice is to come early for dinner or aperitivo and leave tardy to head to some of Rome's gay clubs or gay parties.
So let's explore the permanent city's best male lover bars!
As this article focuses mainly on Rome gay bars, check out our Gay Guide to Rome, complete with other clubs and parites you should go in the Eternal City.
Best Queer Bars in Rome
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About Rome and its queer life
Rome is a controversial place for queer men. Remember your lgbtq+ fantasies when you watched those movies with Roman soldiers and gladiators? Look the whole world admiring the sculptures of gorgeous men by gay artists in Rome's museums? Capital of Italy, a enormous, free and democratic country? Don't expect too much from all that regarding the gay scene. Be it for reasons of mentality or because of the power of the Vatican, Rome has by far not the unseal and colourful queer animation as other capitals in Europe.
But the situation has started to change with new generations of more open and self-confident gay men and women. This is especially evident at the massive annual Pride manifestation in June and at the LGBT festivals in the summer. And, of course, there are also some good clubs and parties for gays in Rome.
As you can see on our Queer Rome Map, there are no particular gay areas in Rome, but a popular hotspot of the gay and lesbian group in the late evening and at night is the street in fron
Gay Bars in Rome
Maybe you wonder why this list of gay bars in Rome is so short. One reason is that pure bars just for drinking and socializing are less common in Italy. When Italians meet their friends, for instance, eating together plays a more important role.
If they depart out to the gay scene later on, it's rather to the parties or cruise clubs.
Some gay bars, partys and clubs in Rome need a membership card. Often that is the ARCO (Anddos) card. If you don't have an ARCO card yet, you can usually acquire it ( €) at the entrance of the venues that require the card. When you acquire the card you need to show your photo ID, after that you only need the membership card.
Coming Out
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Gay bistro-cafe and cocktail lounge. Its street terrace – from which you can see a part of the nearby Colosseum – is very popular and hectic in the late evenings, especially on Friday and Saturday. Rather young and middle-aged crowd.
During the day mixed clientele, mainly tourists.
Upmarket gay-friendly Bed & Breakfast on the second floor.
@ Via di San Giovanni
ledger Sep 30, pm
We're going to Italy this winter (Venice, Florence, & Rome). Other threads in this forum don't make the nightlife in any of these places sound very promising. Any suggestions for homosexual nightlife in Rome or Florence?
krug Sep 30, pm
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THis is the MOST amazing dining concept - I went to the one in Amsterdam, but Rome opened a several years ago and would be awesome. Very welcoming and tolerant of all dispositions, though not exclusively gay.
You can scan more about it on this thread here.
The nightlife in Florence is better than Rome. Bars in Rome are a bit spread out, and they make a regular program of overcharging the tourists. They give you a little slip of paper in which the write the drinks, then you pay at the door. First of all, they put down too many drinks. Then they try to charge you twice as much as they should for that. Believe me, they perform this with regularity. If you point out the error, do not look forward to any apology. They just shrug their sholders as if to say, &quo