The Gay Travel Gui to Lisbon - Portugalist

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST LISBON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS 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 THAILAND BALI ECUADOR CROATIA MEXI ICELAND TURKEY INDIA EGYPT SPA GREECE MOROC SOUTH AI 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! CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. 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?
• LISBON GAY DISTRICT: BAIRRO ALTO
• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON
• LISBON GAY BARS
• THE 10 BEST LISBON DISTRICT GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LISBON DISTRICT
• WHERE ARE THE BT GAY AREAS LISBON?
• LISBON GAY MAP
• LISBON, THE EUROPE'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CY
• LISBON GAY CISE CLUBS
• LISBON GAY RTRANTS
• GAY LISBON

THE 10 BEST LISBON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LISBON

11 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissGay BarsBairro Alto, Bi & Cais do SodréWhat travelers are saygGreat bar we vised after some fancy cktails at c nearby. 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.

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. Lisbon is a betiful cy wh picturque charm, and is beg more popular on the ternatnal gay scene.

The majory of gay lotns are Bairro Alto or Prcipe Real, two neighborhoods near each other the historil center of Lisbon. Most of the gay bars are found on and around Rua da Barro, but one of the plac to be is the Sétimo Céu (54 Travsa da Espera), probably the biggt gay bar Bairro Alto. Falmente (38 Rua Da Palmeira) is a very small but legendary bar, and is nsired to be the first Lisbon gay club (the drag shows here are not to be missed!

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 THAILAND BALI ECUADOR CROATIA MEXI ICELAND TURKEY INDIA EGYPT SPA GREECE MOROC SOUTH AI 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! CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. 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?

And fally don’t fet to check out the beach, Costa Capari, which is 15 kilometers south of Lisbon (n°17 et 19) and is whout a doubt one of the most betiful gay beach Europe. 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.

LISBON GAY DISTRICT: BAIRRO ALTO

It’s also home to a wi variety of gay acmodatn, tours, bars, clubs, snas, beach, and even a sports club.

THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON

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.

LISBON GAY BARS

Of urse, you don’t have to stay acmodatn that’s specifilly orientated towards gay ctomers.

THE 10 BEST LISBON DISTRICT GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LISBON DISTRICT

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.

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. 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. 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.

LISBON GAY MAP

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. 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.

LISBON, THE EUROPE'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CY

Meetups – There are several LGBT meetup groups Lisbon: there’s a meetup for hikg gays, surfg, nu hangout, and several general LGBT meetup groups.

LISBON GAY CISE CLUBS

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. 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. Lisbon is easily one of the hottt statns the world for gay travelers. When to gay bars, Lisbon lols know jt where the hot spots are.

LISBON GAY RTRANTS

One thg to keep md is that there are two districts moreLisbon is easily one of the hottt statns the world for gay travelers. One thg to keep md is that there are two districts or neighborhoods that are popular wh lol gays. When searchg for gay bars Lisbon, lols n't get enough of Bar Tr3s.

GAY LISBON

While visors love the gay bars Lisbon, lols know that the clubs are even more excg. LUX offers all the thrills and excement you might expect om an exotic gay club. Gay barsBar 106Tr3sGay dance clubsConstctnFalmenteTmpsGay snasSnApolo 56Trombeta Bath gay snaSna Paradise MontijoGay cise clubsBar CRUDrako clubOutdoor gay beach and parksBeach19.

Especially after that year, the untry, and pecially, Lisbon, has been regard as a gay-iendly place. Although Lisbon has wnsed a homophobic ernment throughout the years, gay life Lisbon Portugal is safe and fun now. While visg Lisbon, you n see that neighborhoods like Prcipe Real and Bairro Alto have the bt gay clubs Lisbon.