The Gay Travel Gui to the Algarve - Portugalist

Contents:

• TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL
• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO THE ALGARVE
• PRAIA 19 GAY BEACH
• PORTUGAL GAY
• GAY NUDIST BEACH CLOSE TO PORTO - PORTUGAL FOM
• BEACH COSTA CAPARI LISBON, GAY BEACH 19, BEACH TRA & HOW TO GET THERE
• GAY LISBON
• THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON
• GAY PORTUGAL TRAVEL GUI
• GAY ALGARVE
• GAY LISBON
• GAY PORTO

TOP 7 BT GAY BARS & CLUBS PORTUGAL

The untry hosts several LGBT events each year and you n fd many gay-iendly bars, nightclubs and beach all over the untry. Gay marriage was officially legalised 2010 and soon after 2016, same-sex upl uld also legally adopt children. The most anised gay scene Portugal is s pal cy Lisbon, particularly the lively Bairro Alto and Príncipe Real districts, and the nearby town of Casis.

You will also fd a lively gay scene Porto and the Algarve regn ci like Albufeira and Portimão. Queer Lisboa is an Internatnal Film Ftival dited exclively to screeng gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and transsexual themed films. Lisbon Gay Pri is officially known as ‘Arraial Lisboa Pri’, this event actually tak place over two different days June.

Durg the week leadg up to the ma day, Lisbon Gay Pri also throws parti, special exhibns and events throughout the cy. While the gay scene is not as lively as Lisbon, Porto still has lots to offer the LGBT muny. Portugal has hundreds of beach, rorts and astal towns packed wh gay men every summer.

THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO THE ALGARVE

Beach 19 which is also known as ‘Praia Bela Vista’, is the largt nudist beach Europe and nsired the bt gay beach Portugal. Now you know the gay-iendly hotspots for nightlife and beach – start packg your bags.

Unfortunately, gay upl and trans people might still get shouted at on the street, even the pal. 1982 Same-sex sexual activy crimalized aga, only years after the end of the opprsive and homophobic fascist dictatorship. The cy is filled wh inic gay bars and an unrground drag scene, as well as a diverse muny of queer people.

PRAIA 19 GAY BEACH

In the 18th century, wrer William Beckford ped England after allegatns that he was gay and moved to Stra, Greater Lisbon. Today, Lisbon is a welg European pal for LGBT people, hostg Gay Pri every year June.

PORTUGAL GAY

While the cy boasts fewer bars and activi for LGBT people than the pal, the muny has built a home for self wh inic plac such as the drag club Invict and the gay fe Pri Coffee.

GAY NUDIST BEACH CLOSE TO PORTO - PORTUGAL FOM

From luxury to affordable rtrants, amazg hotels and gay nightclubs, and the bt beach the untry, the Algarve is the perfect LGBT getaway, havg retreats and hotels tered to LGBT people and found by LGBT people. While more mon other untri, Portugal has been fallg ls behd recent years wh new gay gyms, as well as gyms for the whole LGBT muny. For centuri Europe, snas were a place where gay men uld e together as a muny, outsi the dangers of the real world.

Although there are no “official” signated gay beach, there are a few nudist beach Portugal that are particularly popular wh the whole of the LGBT+ muny, such as Praia do Me (Simbra) and Praia da Bela Vista (between Costa da Capari and Fonte da Telha). This beach is popular wh gay men, particular, many who travel om all over the world to vis.

Lisbon Pri is also known as Arraial Lisboa Pri and is anized by ILGA, the largt anizatn fightg for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people Portugal, partnership wh the municipaly of Lisbon. Arraial Lisboa Pri is the largt LGBTI event Portugal and sce 1997 has been brgg visibily to the lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and tersex muny. Durg the fascist dictatorship of Salazar, homophobia was wispread, and heteronormative fay valu were imposed.

BEACH COSTA CAPARI LISBON, GAY BEACH 19, BEACH TRA & HOW TO GET THERE

Tmps is loted Prcipe Real, the LGBT neighborhood, and has won many awards such as Time Out’s Bt Gay Night.

In gay culture, a bear is a larger and hairier man who reflects an image of “masculy”. Conceição 35 is not officially a gay bar, but the Porto bar is geared toward the LGBT muny.

The owners of the Loft also own the Garage Bar, a gay bar known for s lic cktail menu that is updated weekly. Loted Santa Apolónia, this place isn’t a gay club, but is highly equented by the LGBT muny Lisbon. A gay urban rort, the Late Birds is loted a rtored 18th-century buildg, wh a lounge, large rooms, a garn, and a swimmg pool.

GAY LISBON

The owners wanted to build a getaway for gay men where they uld feel as though they are among iends. If you’re lookg for a gay adventure the regns of Algarve or Alentejo, Lua nova is the perfect optn.

My Rabow Rooms is a gay men’s guthoe Lisbon loted on the send floor of a rtored 1920s buildg. Found 1997, ILGA is the largt anizatn fightg for gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people Portugal. But jt bee the Algarve isn’t mentned, that don’t mean the Algarve isn’t a gay-iendly place to vis.

THE GAY TRAVEL GUI TO LISBON

Although not as smopolan as Lisbon or Porto, the Algarve has s share of gay beach, bars, clubs, and acmodatn. Although the statistics aren’t specific to gay travel, ’s worth mentng that Portugal is a very safe untry. Gay-iendly acmodatn the AlgarveGay Portugal: A historil perspectiveGay Beach on the AlgarveGay bars & clubs on the Algarve.

However, if you’d like to stay at a gay-owned hotel or guthoe, or somewhere that has specifilly listed themselv as gay-iendly, this list should help you out. Vila Gracsa, Lagos – Gay-iendly guthoe wh an outdoor swimmg pool and wh walkg distance of Lagos Cy Centre.

GAY PORTUGAL TRAVEL GUI

Dunas Do Alvor, Alvor – Gay-iendly holiday apartments on a rort near Alvor village.

Romantik Villa, Salema – A betiful bed and breakfast that has been reviewed as beg gay-iendly by several people on TripAdvisor. Cas al Cubo, Tavira – Gay-iendly acmodatn n by Dutch expats, Kathleen and Nile.

Gut Hoe São Filipe, Faro – Gay-iendly 2-star guthoe suated the centre of Faro the Eastern Algarve.

GAY ALGARVE

Casa Marhaba, Alfanza – Gay-iendly guthoe that’s 5 km om the popular Algarve rort of Carvoreiro.

GAY LISBON

Alternatively aga, there’s Mister B&B which is basilly Airbnb for gay-owned or gay-iendly acmodatn and. Historilly, Portugal has all of the gredients of a untry that is unlikely to be tolerant towards homosexualy: ’s que nservative, ’s relig, and lived unr dictatorship le for many years. All of the thgs are likely to have affected peopl’ views of homosexualy, particularly the more ral parts of Portugal.

Portugal crimalised homosexualy 1983 and, 2010, Portugal beme the 6th untry Europe (and the 8th worldwi) to allow same-sex marriage. Gays and bisexuals n jo the army (sce 1999), homophobic acts are a crimal offense (2007), and same-sex adoptn is legal (2015).

The Algarve don’t have anywhere near as many gay bars or nightclubs as Lisbon or Porto, but do have a few. Connectn, Albufeira (club) – Albufeira’s ma gay bar and club, Connectn, is suated on The Strip the heart of the neon-l actn. Loft, Portimão (club) – Suated the heart of Portimão, Loft is one of the Algarve’s most popular gay nightclubs.

GAY PORTO

Espelho bar, Albufeira – Although not technilly a gay bar, Espelho bar on The Strip Albufeira is extremely gay-iendly and one of Albufeira’s most popular hangouts. Luisol Bar, Lagos (bar) – Owners Luis and Hans n a popular gay bar Lagos that always attracts a diverse and tertg crowd.

Wh dun risg up om the sea to sandstone cliffs the distance, this is largely nsired Europe’s most betiful (and largt) gay beach. It’s been known as a “gay beach” sce the 1990s, but ’s been attractg gay men sce the 1980s, when this stretch of the Capari ast beme a seclud beach where nu sunbathg was tolerated ( was clared an official nu beach 1995).