Gay Bars in Milan

A bar on Via Panfilo Castaldi in Milan's Porta Venezia neighbourhood, one of the city's most established stretches for gay nightlife.

A bar on Via Sammartini, in the Stazione Centrale neighbourhood, drawing a predominantly male crowd looking for a relaxed drink before or after a night out.

Chiringay is Milan's seasonal open-air gay hangout in Porta Venezia, operating during the warmer months near the Giardini Indro Montanelli area. It is a casual outdoor stop for drinks and people-watching, and is especially useful for summer evenings before the rest of the nightlife picks up.

A bar on Via Lecco in Milan's Porta Venezia neighbourhood, drawing a predominantly male local crowd.

A bar on Via Alessandro Tadino in Milan's Porta Venezia neighbourhood, one of the city's most concentrated stretches of gay nightlife.

MONO is a retro-styled gay bar on Via Lecco that works particularly well for aperitivo and early-night drinks before moving on elsewhere. It has been operating since 2007 and is known for cocktails, a laid-back mixed LGBTQ+ crowd, live DJs and its outdoor terrace.

A bar in Milan's NoLo neighbourhood, the area north-east of Loreto that has become one of the city's more relaxed alternatives to the Porta Venezia circuit.

Red Cafè is a small Porta Venezia bar right on the Via Lecco corner that is regularly folded into Milan's gay nightlife crawl. It is best understood as a scene-adjacent stop rather than the city's most explicitly gay venue, but it is well known and well located for travellers exploring the district.

A bar on Via Lecco in Milan's Porta Venezia neighbourhood, one of the city's main concentrations of gay venues.