CIAO!The World of Gay Travel - 1974 - 2/Number 6

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Ciao! is a gay travel magazine delivering detailed guides and listings for destinations readers want to visit. Each issue includes comprehensive articles, accurate place information checked shortly before publication, and rich photo coverage of nightlife venues, beaches, streets, and maps. The magazine also features travel tips, book reviews, world news and notes, recipes, and a recurring comic strip, with subscription details and reader notices included.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages56

Reading Time1 h 26 min

AccessFree to download

Editorial

Travel features

Photo gallery and picture pages

Travel tips and dining

Recipes and book reviews

Gay world news & letters

# CiCCWORLDTRAVELFOR ADULTS ONEY THE Sexually Oriented Material Nof To Be Sold To MinorsDecember 1974 $3.00 The Gay Lire lyHelsinkiHoustonDenver Palm Springs Raao/city Music HallWintertime Tanning TipsRome's Via CondonHollywood HotelPhoto Feature King of the RoadComic Strip: Xavier...The Gay CucarachaTravel TipsBook ReviewWorld NewsRecipesPicture Gallery NOVEM BER/DECEM BER 1974 VOLUME 2/NUM BER6 Editorial:Travelull........ .....by Jon Lorrimer 5See Gay America first! Citadel of Showbiz...… .. ……..by David Bartel 5Ciao!visits Radio City Music Hall. Palm Springs.................by Dakota Jonson 7Playtime in the desert. Helsinki..................by David Parker 8The mystique of Tom of Finland...shattered! Houston.. ...… ...…..by Ralph W.Davis 10They grow'em long down there! Hollywood's Chateau Marmont......by Walter Norris 13The stars revel in its homey comfort. Denver... . . …….by Ralph W.Davis 15Mountains of muscle in Colorado. The Silken Staircase...............by Jon Lorrimer 18300 yards of elegance and glamor. Tanning W ithout Torture..... ...by Roger Watson 20How to work up a midwinter suntan. Gay Dining... … …...by The Editors 24In an East Indian mood? Recipes from Around the World.........by The Editors 25Love that chocolate! Book Review.... …. …...by The Editors 26Woof!Woof!Take me along! Gay W orld News &Notes...............by The Editors 27Hot flashes from where it's happening. Gay World Travel Tips..... . by The Editors 27Hints to help make the going easier. Letters from Our Malebag..……....by The Readers 30News and just plain gossip. Xavier...The Gay Cucaracha!.....by Spreadeagle Studio 31Our new comic strip. Photo Feature of the Month.....by World Wide Fotos 32Here's our King of the Road! Ciao!Gallery.. . ... ....by The Editors 39Super studs of the world. Photos on these pages:Western Photography Guild. Color credits:Front cover,Visual Communication.Page 28,Zeus.Page 29,Wolfgang Selitsch.Back cover,WolfgangSelitsch. Staff:Publisher,George Desantis;Editor-in-chief,Jon Lorrimer;U.S.Editor,David Parker;Worid Editor,David Bartel;Photo Editor,Lou Sanchez;Art Director,A.Jay;Foreign Correspondents,GilesBaker(London),Pierre Villeneuve(Paris),Tullio Squillace(Rome),Azo Aip(Istanbul),Roger Bentiey(Nairobi),Crichton Stenhouse(Tokyo),Jerry Roberts(Quebec);Sales Director,AI Edwards;Advertising Director,Paul Franklin;Circulation Manager,Bud Phelps. COPYRIGHT ◎1974 by QQ Publishing Co.,Inc.,Suite 602,450Seventh Ave.,New York,N.Y.10001.Al rights reserved.Copyright under the Universal Copyright Convention,the InternationalCopyright Convention,and the Pan American Copyright Convention.Todos los derechos segun la Convencion Pan Americana de Proprie-dad Literaria Artistica.May not be reproduced in any form whatso-ever.Violators willbe prosecuted.Title trademark registered inU.S.Issued bi-monthly.Subscription rates:$12.00 for 6 consecu-tive issues in U.S.;$15.00 in Mexico and Canada;$17.00 all othercountries. NOTICE TO OUR READERS:If in reading other magazines(anylanguage)you find any article,photograph,etc.,which has alreadyappeared in Ciao!please send us a copy.We will send you the pur-chase price plus a year's subscription to Ciao!by way of thanks.(Ads and certain photographs in Ciao!owned by established phy-sique studios are not the property of Ciao!and do not apply.) The World's 3Greatest Gay Magazines!QQ MAGAZINE For Gay Guys QQ MAGAZINE IS THE FLAGSHIP OF OUR COMPANY.NOW IN ITS SEVENTHYEAR ITHAS NEVER MISSED A PUBLICATION DATE-AND IS READ BY MORE THAN 95,000GAY GUYS THE WORLD OVER.IT IS A QUALITY PUBLICATION THAT DOESN'T CUTCORNERS EVERY ISSUE IS PACKED WITH MORE THAN 20 COMPREHENSIVEARTICLES ON ALL SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO GAY GUYS-SEX TECHNIQUE,GAYLIB,HEALTH,TRAVEL,ETC.,PLUS THE GREATEST PHOTOS FOUND ANYWHERE OFRUGGED MEN IN SINGLE AND DUAL POSES(UNDRAPED,OF cOURSE),PLUS THEONLY GAY COMIC STRIP IN THE WORLD一"THE SUPER ADVE

FAQs

Ciao!的内容重点是什么？

内容聚焦“gay travel”，每期提供约20篇详细文章与目的地清单，帮助读者了解去哪里、怎么去以及当地体验。

杂志的旅行信息是否可靠？

清单（名称、地址与描述）标注为“保证准确”，并在刊发前约两周进行核对。

除了旅行文章，杂志还包含哪些栏目？

包含旅行提示、照片/图文合集、书评、世界新闻与趣闻、食谱以及固定的连环漫画等内容。

Aug 26, 2026

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