The Gay Travel Gui to Lisbon - Portugalist

Contents:

• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON
• GAY LISBON
• GAY LISBON, PORTUGAL | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• LISSABON GAY GUI & MAP 2023
• LISBON GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023
• GAY LISBON GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO LISBON
• GAY LISBON
• LISBON GAY CISG & FETISH GUI
• LISBON GAY DISTRICT: BAIRRO ALTO

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.

If you’re lookg for your next gay-iendly statn, you n’t go wrong wh Lisbon. 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. 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. Of urse, you don’t have to stay acmodatn that’s specifilly orientated towards gay ctomers.

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In terms of neighbourhoods, Prcipe Real is probably the ma gay neighbourhood. That is simply to say that ’s que upmarket and has a high number of gay rints. 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.

Tmps – The largt gay nightclub Lisbon, Tmps featur several different floors of mic. 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.

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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. 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.

LISBON GAY TRAVEL GUI & MAP 2023

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. 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. It hosts regular meetgs and events, and aims to be a rource for the gay muny Lisbon.

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. It has plenty of gay bars, clubs, and even neighbourhoods like Prcipe Real.

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Portugue people have no qualms about starg, and will stare at anybody gay or straight. Lisbon is a multicultural pal cy that attracts all kds of people om all over the world, cludg plenty of gay and lbian travellers. least the 18th century, when wrer William Beckford ped a homosexual sndal.

atmosphere, sandy beach nearby (cludg a predomantly gay beach that's nsired one of Europe's bt gay beach), great cultural attractns, and timate.

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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.

"Lux" - the bt club the cy whether you're gay or straight) attract a. signifint gay crowd, and you don't need to go to strictly gay hangouts to meet. Like most major world ci, Lisbon hosts the annual Gay Pri Ftival every June (lled.

See the list of gay bars town, and also check out Trombeta Bath if you're lookg for a sna. If you want to stay at a gay hotel, check availabily at The Late Birds Hotel.

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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. It’s hard to believe Gay Lisbon has flown unr the radar for so long, but if nothg else, hostg the 2018 Eurovisn ntt showed the world that Lisbon is here and queer… so why not enjoy ?

An abundance of gay bars and clubs dot the streetspe of the gay Lisbon neighborhood, which is somewhat loosely found the old Bairro Alto district and neighborg trendy Prcipe Real area.

Huge all-night club events, trendy cktail bars, drag shows and go-go boys galore tempt those who are willg to go out and explore, though there is also a gay luxury hotel, plenty of gay snas, gay f and gay beach Lisbon. A gay scene Lisbon matched unmatched Portugal (though Gay Porto do try s bt) and one of our favore statns Europe – ma even better by the pleasant Mederranean climate. Perhaps somewhat surprisgly, LGBT acceptance Lisbon is high – even by Wtern European standards – and Portugal has some of the most progrsive gay rights legislatn the world wh gay marriage, same-sex adoptn, a simplified procs of legal genr intifitn and even a ban on discrimatn based on sexual orientatn enshred s Constutn.

LISBON GAY DISTRICT: BAIRRO ALTO

All this means you will fd plenty of gay upl wanrg the streets of Lisbon, posg for photos next to lorful doorways, gettg zy any one of the lightful fés and jt generally makg the most of life. Throw to the mix all those geo Portugue bodi, boutique fashn stor and art galleri, plenty of sunshe and var day trips to veyards/beach/stl, and you beg to unrstand why so many gays are flockg to Lisbon.

Watch out Amsterdam, Paris, Berl, and Barcelona – Gay Lisbon is g for you!