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Lonely Planet The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide

Discover more than 50 queer-friendly places around the world guided by the communities that live there. Packed with travel tips, inspiration, interviews and honest insights from LGBTQ+ locals to help you plan your next inclusive adventure from island escapes and family-friendly festivities to trailblazing trips and off-the-beaten path experiences.

Discover more than 50 queer-friendly places guided by the communities that live there.

Packed with insights, itineraries, and inspiration, this panoramic compendium will introduce you to LGBTQ+ locals who share, in their own words, the things that make their destination sparkle - with lesser-known attractions and off-the-beaten-path destinations that are inclusive and welcoming to LGBTQ+ travellers.

Inside The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide:

• 50+ LGBTQ+ travel destinations around the world where the queer community can thrive outside of just Pride parades, including: The USA, South America, Europe, South Africa, Asia, Canada, and Australia
• Insider recommendations and travel tips from LGBTQ+ locals and tastemakers highlighting queer-owned businesses and queer-friendly experiences
• Intimate interviews bring you into LGBTQ+ communities with honest, helpful insights for queer travellers planning to visit their hometowns
• Handy 'Know Before You Go' boxes for each destination share details on the local languages, currency, Pride celebrations, and information on when to go
• Stunning photography and beautifully illustrated maps featuring colour-coded points of interest
• Additional LGBTQ+ travel hit list for travellers with specific interests that include adventure; art; family-friendly festivities; island escapes; trailblazing experiences
• Essential travel information for first-time and seasoned travellers covering rights, practical safety tips, advice for emergencies, and more
• Author Alicia Valenski is a queer, neurodivergent travel writer paving the way for more inclusive, diverse, accessible travel information and inspiration to be available to the global LGBTQ+ community and beyond

Discover personal portraits of what it means to be a queer person around the world with The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide. Packed with unique and surprising travel experiences, this book makes the perfect self purchase treat or thoughtful gift for the queer traveller in your life.