Gay Portugal | LGBTQ+ Travel Gui, Portugal Gay Rights & Safety Tips

Contents:

• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON
• GAY LISBON
• GAY LISBON GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO LISBON
• GAY LISBON: INSIR TIPS FOR THE QUEER CAPAL OF PORTUGAL!
• PORTUGAL GAY
• GAY LISBON, PORTUGAL – A COMPLETE TRAVEL GUI
• PORTUGAL GAY TRAVEL
• WHERE ARE THE BT GAY AREAS LISBON?
• THE 10 BEST LISBON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LISBON
• LISBON GAY DISTRICT: BAIRRO ALTO
• GAY LISBON TRAVEL GUI
• LISBON, THE EUROPE'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CY
• GAY PORTUGAL
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS LISBON
• THE LATE BIRDS LISBON - GAY URBAN RORT

THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON

Portugal, and particularly Lisbon, has always been a fairly gay-iendly statn, but ’s rarely featured as one of the “mt vis” statns. All that has begun to change, however, particularly sce Portugal hosted the Eurovisn 2018 and planted Lisbon firmly on the gay map.

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Homosexualy was crimalised  1983 and gay marriage has been legal sce 2010: Portugal was actually the 6th untry Europe, and the 8th untry the world, to make gay marriage legal. It’s also home to a wi variety of gay acmodatn, tours, bars, clubs, snas, beach, and even a sports club. Gay-iendly acmodatn LisbonOther acmodatn optnsLisbon gay toursAnnual Gay Events LisbonGay bars & clubs LisbonGay PartiGay SnasGay Beach near LisbonOther thgs to do LisbonCommuny servic & health clicsLGBT Safety Lisbon.

The Late Birds Lisbon – Set an 18th Century buildg wh twelve gutrooms, a lounge, garn, and swimmg pool, The Late Birds Lisbon is probably Lisbon’s most popular gay urban Rabow Rooms Gay Men’s Gut Hoe – Hostel-style boutique acmodatn wh bunkbed dorms and private rooms, this is another popular place to stay Lisbon. It is suated near the Saldanha metro stop, and the attractns, shops, and nightlife of the cy centre are ls than 20 mut by metro or 30 on Anjo Azul – Hotel Anjo Azul is a small, boutique hotel that attracts a large number of gay guts.

GAY LISBON GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO LISBON

Although often advertis self as a gay hotel, the clientele is ually a mix of both gay and straight – Gay Homtays is a specialist webse that lists gay or gay-iendly hom where you n stay wh the – Airbnb, but for gay-owned and gay-iendly acmodatn. Chiado and the Bairro Alto, both close nearby, are also very popular wh lol Portugue and visg gays while Alfama, the olst and most tradnal neighbourhood Lisbon, is probably the most popular neighbourhood wh visors overall.

Lisbon Gay Tours – Specialist gay tour pany that offers sightseeg tours of Lisbon, Stra, and the beach districts of Casis and Estoril. Lisbon Beach Tours – Specialist gay tour pany offerg walkg tours, trips to Casis and Stra, trips to Maa and Ericeira, fado evengs, we tastg evengs, and more. Arraial Lisboa Pri – Usually the week after Pri, there’s a large party  Praça do Comérc that has a lot of bars, entertament, and Lisboa / Internatnal Queer Film Ftival Portugal – September se the Gay and Lbian Film Ftival, Queer Lisboa, e to Portugal’s pal.

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Constctn Club – A gay and hetero-iendly nightclub that specialis  Teck-Hoe, Hoe, and Electronic – A popular gay and lbian bar that’s popular wh the alternative and arty crowd, Purex has a small dancefloor and sometim has live DJs. Shows are on daily at 3 – A gay cise and fetish club wh private bs, a BDSM zone, showers and naked staff.

Espaço 40e1 – Suated the Bairro Alto, this is que a small but welg bar that’s famo for s 106 – A fun mic bar that’s suated the Prcipe Real Bar – A small gay cktail bar loted the Bairro Alto Bar – Loted Cais do Sodré, Lisbon’s former red light district, this lively bar is famo for s nightly strip show which tak place between 1 and 3 C– One of the most popular gay cise clubs, Bar C hosts regular themed parti and fetish nights.

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Conga Club – One of the largt alternative parti Lisbon, Conga Club featur a mix of gay and gay-iendly clientele. Together – One of the biggt events Lisbon, a Together party is always one of the hottt events any gay Lisboeta’s diary. Trombeta Bath – Probably the most popular gay sna Lisbon, this Bairro Alto tablishment has a dark room, lots of bs, a massage service, steam room, and hot tub.

SnApolo 56 – This is not specifilly a gay sna, but a very gay-iendly sna that is aimed at people who are open to new experienc. In practice this means you’ll fd gays, lbians, and straight men and women although ’s maly a mix of gay and bisexual men. Lisbon don’t have as many gay beach as the Algarve, and maybe that’s a good thg bee means that everybody go to one beach: Beach 19.

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Durg the day, the foc is maly on tanng while be more cisg foced the do Me – Loted Simbra, around 45 mut om Lisbon, this is one of the most ma naturist beach near Lisbon and ’s popular wh both gay and straight visors. Meetups – There are several LGBT meetup groups Lisbon: there’s a meetup for hikg gays, surfg, nu hangout, and several general LGBT meetup groups.

Portugal is also one of the saft plac the world to vis, gay or straight, and ranks alongsi untri like Iceland and New Zealand for safety.

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Lisbon is a multicultural pal cy that attracts all kds of people om all over the world, cludg plenty of gay and lbian travellers. atmosphere, sandy beach nearby (cludg a predomantly gay beach that's nsired one of Europe's bt gay beach), great cultural attractns, and timate.

WHERE ARE THE BT GAY AREAS LISBON?

On the whole, 's a fairly morn and acceptg cy (gay marriage beme legal Portugal 2010), although the untry remas one of the most closeted Wtern Europe. As for gay-iendly hotels, there's the romantic Palacete Chafariz Del Rei Alfama, Solar dos Mouros offerg cy views by the stle, and the hip Bairro Alto Hotel, a boutique hotel by Bairro Alto.

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Lisbon Gay Pri, also known as Arraial Lisboa Pri, is an annual LGBTQIA+ event that celebrat diversy and equaly the cy. Although Lisbon has always been a gay-iendly statn wh a vivid gay nightlife, flew unr-the-radar for que many years, not managg to make to the top "mt vis" gay statns. 2018, however, was a game-changg year for Lisbon, as hosted the Eurovisn Song Contt for the first time, so s queer-iendly attu was clear to the worldwi gay muny.

The gay nightlife has been expand, and many of the gay bars and clubs now anize equent events and parti. All that bed wh the cy's exquise archecture and abundance of activi to do, have ma a perfect getaway for all typ of gay travellers, om gay fai, to upl and solo backpackers.

However, as we know that there is not a better way to disver Lisbon rather wh the help of a lol, we cid to make a rearch on where do gay lols hang out durg day and night, and prent them to you. Travelg wh your partner means that you have to keep a balance on the gay plac that you are gog to vis (unls you are searchg for somethg else). This is why, we are not gog to foc on the gay bars and clubs of Lisbon (if you are terted that, you n check out the sectn “if you are travelg solo or wh iends).

LISBON GAY DISTRICT: BAIRRO ALTO

Quirky bistros to vis for a cktail or a light lunch durg the eveng, and laid-back, gay bars for late night out.

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Other great, gay-popular spots to enjoy bnch are Heim Cafe, where you n enjoy their lic breakfast assortment, berry-topped pank, and waffl drizzled homema ramel. So, if you are searchg for gay fe Lisbon, you won't fd any, however, the most popular f town attract mixed crowds, wh a 50% rat of gay and straight people. Le Pet Prce Culture Cafe is another excellent spot that was spired by the homonymo book of Antoe Sat-Exupery.

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Chas Bar is another excellent gay bar wh a relaxed atmosphere that mak a perfect start for a night-out. This is why on this sectn, we are gog to foc on the popular gay bars, clubs, and some nghtier plac for a ltle more fun.

For sgl and solo travellers, we remend Beach 19, Lisbon's popular gay nu beach, loted at the south end of Costa Capari. Lisbon is more of a "bear" cy, and most of s popular gay bars and clubs attract bears and their admirers.

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Tr3s Lisboa, for example, is one of the top 3 gay bars of Lisbon, and 's open to all bears and their admirers. From the gay snas, Olissipo Bath and SnApolo 56 are the on operatg now, while there is a semi-monthly meetg of men lled "Queer Lt" at Mise en Scene.

If you are visg Summer, keep md that Costa da Capari is a great gay-iendly beach where you n relax durg the day, while you kids are playg at the beach.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS LISBON

Jt don’t fet, before schlg your trip Lisbon, check out this amazg gay urban guthoe, The Late Bird’s Lisbon, which is highly remend due to s central lotn, excellent hospaly, and hotel ameni and facili rivalg a 5 star hotel. Sce the 1990's, there have been huge advanc gay liberatn Portugal, though the bigger ci of Lisbon, Porto and the more smopolan Algarve regn are more acceptg than the largely nservative first LGBT mpaign anizatn Portugal was found 1992.

1997 then saw Portugal's first Pri ftival, s first Gay and Lbian Film Ftival and the openg of the first gay and lbian muny center.

Lisbon ( June), Porto and Leiria hold Gay Pri march but other than the events Portugal's gay muny n keep a low profile. Although homosexual liaisons were crimalized 1945, gay life otherwise eply nservative Catholic Portugal was, for most of the twentieth century, not easy. Gay LisbonLisbon has a party reputatn as the kd of cy that don't really get ser until the early hours of the morng, when everyone really out to play.

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Havg s fger on the cy's gay pulse, is the ia rource for those settg out, providg ntacts or at least potg you the right directn for more rmatn. There is also the Associação Op Gay on Rua da Ilha Terceira, 36 R/C, and Associação Abraço on Rua da Rosa, 243 1F. The biggt event of the year is Lbian & Gay Pri (Arraial Gay e Lbi) that happens on the saturday neart June 28.