Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Portugal | Frommer's

Contents:

• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON
• MOVG TO LGBT LISBON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• WHERE ARE THE BT GAY AREAS LISBON?
• THE BT LGBTQ CLUBS AND BARS LISBON LISBON’S LGBTQ SCENE IS AMONG THE BT EUROPE | © RAN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO SORAIA MARTS 27 DECEMBER 2022 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT LISBON IS EMERGG AS ONE OF EUROPE’S TOP STATNS FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS, WH A VARIETY OF NEW VENTUR, CLUDG BARS AND CLUBS, EXPANDG THE SCENE BEYOND THE REALM OF BUBBLEGUM POP AND RUPL’S DRAG RACE. VIEW ALL TRIPS SHELTER BAR WHAT ED TO BE AN OLD PRT SHOP IS NOW A SY BAR WHERE YOU N “MEET YOUR IENDS FOR DRKS AND MAKE NEW ON,” OR SO THE OWNERS SAY – ONE OF WHOM, MAX TROVARELLI, IS STILL NNG THE OLD BS AND SELLG PRTS ONLE BETWEEN MIXG CKTAILS. LOTED THE HEART OF GAY-IENDLY PRíNCIPE REAL, SHELTER IS A FUN, RELAXED SPOT WHERE YOU N SIP A SPECIAL CKTAIL OR CRAFT BEER AFTER WORK. ITALIAN BAR SNACKS AND WE ARE ON OFFER ON MONDAYS AND WEDNDAYS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP JAPAN CROATIA MEXI ICELAND INDIA SPA TURKEY THAILAND GREECE MOROC EGYPT SOUTH AI ECUADOR BALI CORVO CORVO STANDS OUT FOR S GLASS FA AND BLACK TILG, WH A LOURFULLY RATED UNTERTOP VG PATRONS TO SAVOUR S LIC CKTAILS, OYSTERS AND CHEE PLAT. THE NARROW STAIRS LEADG DOWN TO THE BASEMENT REVEAL A HIDN DANCE FLOOR, OPEN UNTIL 3AM. TMPS THE LONGT-STANDG (AND BY FAR THE LARGT) GAY CLUB LISBON HAS BEEN AROUND SCE 1981, RRYG WH MANY LEGENDARY NIGHTS AND STORI TO TELL. SUATED PRíNCIPE REAL, THE CLUB HAS TWO DANCE FLOORS AND A RINT DJ. IT ALSO HOSTS SOME OF THE BT DRAG QUEENS PORTUGAL, CLUDG REBEC BUNNY, SYLVIA KOONZ, LEXA BLACK AND MARGE MELLOW. TMPS IS SIMPLY A MT-VIS! EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP FALMENTE CLUB FALMENTE’S MOST ENTRYWAY WILL LEAD YOU TO A WORLD OF EXCED PEOPLE GATHERED TO SEE JT ONE THG, AND ONE THG ONLY: DRAG SHOWS. SCE 1976, FALMENTE HAS BEEN CHARMG THE LGBTQ SCENE WH LIP-SYNC PERFORMANC, WH SPECIAL NIGHTS DITED TO SHOWSG LISBON’S UP-AND-G DRAG TALENTS. “YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND ANYTHG N HAPPEN,” MIGUEL RA, -CREATOR OF MISS DRAG LISBOA, TELLS CULTURE TRIP. THE SHOWS HAPPEN AT AROUND 3AM, SO GRAB A FEW DRKS BEFOREHAND. POSH LISBON POSH LISBON HAS RECENTLY TAKEN LISBON’S LGBTQ SCENE BY STORM WH S LUXUR, EXTRAVAGANT PARTI. ACRDG TO RA, YOU’LL FD “THE GREATT DRAG TALENTS THE CY” HERE, LOTS OF SPECIAL EFFECTS AND OVER-THE-TOP LIGHTG. DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY TO ELECTRONIC MIC, WORLD-CLASS DJ SETS AND MORE – ALL FOR AN CREDIBLY EXPENSIVE ENTRY FEE. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. TROMBETA BATH WHO’S UP FOR HTG THE STEAM ROOMS AND THEN ENJOYG A OL DRK? IF SO, HEAD TO TROMBETA BATH. WH S PRIVATE SNAS AND TURKISH BATH, THIS VENUE IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. FEAR NOT, THOUGH – THERE’S ALSO A TOP-NOTCH BAR SERVG QUALY DRKS AND PLAYG A RANGE OF TUN. 49 DA ZDB NTLED THE MAZE-LIKE STREETS OF BAIRRO ALTO, 49 DA ZD IS THE PLACE TO GO FOR R PARTI FEATURG DJ SETS AND LIVE BANDS. ASI OM BEG VERY LGBTQ-IENDLY, ONE OF THE BT THGS ABOUT THIS BAR IS THAT HAS S OWN TIMATE ROOFTOP – SETTG THE STAGE FOR THOSE LONG, HAZY SUMMER NIGHTS. THIS ARTICLE IS AN UPDATED VERSN OF A STORY CREATED BY NA SANTOS. DID YOU KNOW – CULTURE TRIP NOW DO BOOKABLE, SMALL-GROUP TRIPS? PICK OM THENTIC, IMMERSIVE EPIC TRIPS, PACT AND ACTN-PACKED MI TRIPS AND SPARKLG, EXPANSIVE SAILG TRIPS. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL
• GAY LISBON
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS PORTUGAL
• LISBON GAY DISTRICT: BAIRRO ALTO
• PORTUGAL GAY
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN LISBON
• THE 10 BEST LISBON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LISBON

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. 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.

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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.

MOVG TO LGBT LISBON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

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.

WHERE ARE THE BT GAY AREAS LISBON?

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. 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.

THE BT LGBTQ CLUBS AND BARS LISBON LISBON’S LGBTQ SCENE IS AMONG THE BT EUROPE | © RAN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO SORAIA MARTS 27 DECEMBER 2022 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT LISBON IS EMERGG AS ONE OF EUROPE’S TOP STATNS FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS, WH A VARIETY OF NEW VENTUR, CLUDG BARS AND CLUBS, EXPANDG THE SCENE BEYOND THE REALM OF BUBBLEGUM POP AND RUPL’S DRAG RACE. VIEW ALL TRIPS SHELTER BAR WHAT ED TO BE AN OLD PRT SHOP IS NOW A SY BAR WHERE YOU N “MEET YOUR IENDS FOR DRKS AND MAKE NEW ON,” OR SO THE OWNERS SAY – ONE OF WHOM, MAX TROVARELLI, IS STILL NNG THE OLD BS AND SELLG PRTS ONLE BETWEEN MIXG CKTAILS. LOTED THE HEART OF GAY-IENDLY PRíNCIPE REAL, SHELTER IS A FUN, RELAXED SPOT WHERE YOU N SIP A SPECIAL CKTAIL OR CRAFT BEER AFTER WORK. ITALIAN BAR SNACKS AND WE ARE ON OFFER ON MONDAYS AND WEDNDAYS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP JAPAN CROATIA MEXI ICELAND INDIA SPA TURKEY THAILAND GREECE MOROC EGYPT SOUTH AI ECUADOR BALI CORVO CORVO STANDS OUT FOR S GLASS FA AND BLACK TILG, WH A LOURFULLY RATED UNTERTOP VG PATRONS TO SAVOUR S LIC CKTAILS, OYSTERS AND CHEE PLAT. THE NARROW STAIRS LEADG DOWN TO THE BASEMENT REVEAL A HIDN DANCE FLOOR, OPEN UNTIL 3AM. TMPS THE LONGT-STANDG (AND BY FAR THE LARGT) GAY CLUB LISBON HAS BEEN AROUND SCE 1981, RRYG WH MANY LEGENDARY NIGHTS AND STORI TO TELL. SUATED PRíNCIPE REAL, THE CLUB HAS TWO DANCE FLOORS AND A RINT DJ. IT ALSO HOSTS SOME OF THE BT DRAG QUEENS PORTUGAL, CLUDG REBEC BUNNY, SYLVIA KOONZ, LEXA BLACK AND MARGE MELLOW. TMPS IS SIMPLY A MT-VIS! EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP FALMENTE CLUB FALMENTE’S MOST ENTRYWAY WILL LEAD YOU TO A WORLD OF EXCED PEOPLE GATHERED TO SEE JT ONE THG, AND ONE THG ONLY: DRAG SHOWS. SCE 1976, FALMENTE HAS BEEN CHARMG THE LGBTQ SCENE WH LIP-SYNC PERFORMANC, WH SPECIAL NIGHTS DITED TO SHOWSG LISBON’S UP-AND-G DRAG TALENTS. “YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND ANYTHG N HAPPEN,” MIGUEL RA, -CREATOR OF MISS DRAG LISBOA, TELLS CULTURE TRIP. THE SHOWS HAPPEN AT AROUND 3AM, SO GRAB A FEW DRKS BEFOREHAND. POSH LISBON POSH LISBON HAS RECENTLY TAKEN LISBON’S LGBTQ SCENE BY STORM WH S LUXUR, EXTRAVAGANT PARTI. ACRDG TO RA, YOU’LL FD “THE GREATT DRAG TALENTS THE CY” HERE, LOTS OF SPECIAL EFFECTS AND OVER-THE-TOP LIGHTG. DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY TO ELECTRONIC MIC, WORLD-CLASS DJ SETS AND MORE – ALL FOR AN CREDIBLY EXPENSIVE ENTRY FEE. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. TROMBETA BATH WHO’S UP FOR HTG THE STEAM ROOMS AND THEN ENJOYG A OL DRK? IF SO, HEAD TO TROMBETA BATH. WH S PRIVATE SNAS AND TURKISH BATH, THIS VENUE IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. FEAR NOT, THOUGH – THERE’S ALSO A TOP-NOTCH BAR SERVG QUALY DRKS AND PLAYG A RANGE OF TUN. 49 DA ZDB NTLED THE MAZE-LIKE STREETS OF BAIRRO ALTO, 49 DA ZD IS THE PLACE TO GO FOR R PARTI FEATURG DJ SETS AND LIVE BANDS. ASI OM BEG VERY LGBTQ-IENDLY, ONE OF THE BT THGS ABOUT THIS BAR IS THAT HAS S OWN TIMATE ROOFTOP – SETTG THE STAGE FOR THOSE LONG, HAZY SUMMER NIGHTS. THIS ARTICLE IS AN UPDATED VERSN OF A STORY CREATED BY NA SANTOS. DID YOU KNOW – CULTURE TRIP NOW DO BOOKABLE, SMALL-GROUP TRIPS? PICK OM THENTIC, IMMERSIVE EPIC TRIPS, PACT AND ACTN-PACKED MI TRIPS AND SPARKLG, EXPANSIVE SAILG TRIPS. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

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. 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.

TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL

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. 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. Lisbon is a multicultural pal cy that attracts all kds of people om all over the world, cludg plenty of gay and lbian travellers.

Wh that beg said, if you’re cur about the LGBTQ muny here, ial neighborhoods for a gay uple, or lookg for rmatn about gay events hosted by the cy, you’ve e to the right place.

GAY LISBON

Y, jt like Porto, there is also a fabuloly vibrant gay scene here (if you know where to look), and this is somethg a gay realtor Lisbon n help you navigate as you fd your new perfect home here.

The Bt Gay Neighborhoods In LisbonBairro AltoPríncipe RealCasisLGBTQ+ Communy Organizatns In LisbonRegular LGBT Events LisbonLGBT Owned Bs LisbonFal Thoughts On Movg to LGBTQ LisbonFdg Gay Realtors In Lisbon Portugal. Competn the hog market is strong, so would be bt to start searchg early for a good gay realtor if you want to fd your perfect home before someone else do.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS PORTUGAL

Sce the 18th century, when William Beckford, a wrer, fled a gay ntroversy England and reloted to Stra, Lisbon and s surroundg neighborhoods have been a popular gay vatn spot. Notwhstandg the Church’s domance uber-Catholic Portugal, the cy has quietly said goodbye to the closet after years of a homophobic dictatorship.

The cy’s energetic nightlife, humid climate, lightful and vibrant outdoor atmosphere, betiful beach, and cultural attractns all work together to create a gay-iendly atmosphere that has ma an credibly popular gay lotn.

LISBON GAY DISTRICT: BAIRRO ALTO

Compared to other Wtern European regns, LGBTQ regnn and acceptance  the cy is high, and the untry what are known as some progrsive gay rights laws around the globe.

The clu same-sex adoptn, gay marriage, an easy procs of legal genr intifitn, addn to a nstutnal ban on discrimatn related to sexual orientatn. This means that you n easily fd gay upl walkg hand hand along the cy streets posg for photos betifully pated doorways or snugglg close one of the f enjoyg their time together.

PORTUGAL GAY

While the cy is pretty clive, ’s not easy to tell which areas are mostly gay or simply gay iendly bee everyone who mov here feels very wele. Start wh the top gay and LGBT-iendly Lisbon muni to fd your fabuloly perfect new home, each wh s own dividual personaly, welg muny, and ameni you’ll adore.

TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN LISBON

Now let’s take a look at where the handful of marvelo gay areas Lisbon are and talk about the Lisbon gayborhood where you might feel most at home!

Known as Lisbon’s gay district, this upper-town neighborhood is home to some of s top nightlife lotns, makg popular wh partygoers and lol sgl. In the heart of Gay Lisbon this pletely rtored, late-18th century buildg offers boutique rooms, stylish sign, lh garns, and a temptg outdoor swimmg pool.

THE 10 BEST LISBON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LISBON

Providg the bt of ntemporary Portugue sign an all-male environment, this is a far cry om the generally horrid gay hotels that we are ed to and easily one of the bt gay hotels Europe.