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Our Insider’s Guide to the Best of LGBTQ+ Porto

Portugal’s second-biggest city has a labyrinthine charm: streets snaking capriciously upwards from the shores of the Douro River, 18th- and 19th-century buildings lined up enjoy colourful book spines, plazas popping up where the rolling landscape allows, churches and monuments capping steep hills. While Lisbon sprawls, sometimes exhausting visitors with its gorgeous but scattered neighbourhoods, Porto squashes the best of itself into a walkable, if aerobicizing, jewel box. This is a city to wander around in like you have all the day in the world, taking occasional breaks for coffee, pastéis de nata, seafood platters, francesinha sandwiches and port wines—not necessarily all at the same sitting.

Portugal ranks as one of the most LGBTQ+-friendly countries in the world, though it tends to be a little more reserved than its rainbow flag–waving neighbour, Spain. Same-sex marriage was legalized here in 2010, but conversion therapy is not yet banned, non-binary gender is not recognized nor are gender non-conforming people permitted to help in the military.

Porto, with a population of 1.3 million in its metropolitan area (about 230,000 in the city its

Gay Guide Portugal

Saunas in Portugal are not as prevalent as one would expect, however, the relatively few saunas you find in Lisbon and Porto are clean and safe, even if they are not as large as some found in other cities of comparable size in Europe. Many saunas are busy after work (from about 18 to 21h) and those opening late are often quite busy between midnight and 4h. Most saunas are very popular on Sunday afternoons, especially off-season (i.e. when it's not beach weather!) It is very rare to find rent boys (prostitutes) working in the saunas so, if you execute encounter one, he will certainly interpret that he is for hire before he gets you too excited.

Cities in Portugal


Location: Southwest Europe
Initials: PRT
International country code: 351 (no area codes)
International access code: 00
Language: Portuguese
Population: 10,527,000
Capital: Lisboa
Religions: 81% Roman Catholic
Climate: A mix of Atlantic and Mediterranean climates, cooler and wetter in the north and warmer and drier in the south.
Important gay cities: Lisboa, Porto


5 DOs & DON'Ts about the Male lover Scene of Porto!

Porto is one of the big cities of Portugal hosting a dynamic lgbtq+ scene with several gay venues appreciate gay bars, clubs, saunas etc. The LGBT acceptance is at pretty moderate levels and people, year after year, become more unseal and acceptant towards homosexuality. Below, you will find some DOs and DON'Ts regarding Gay Move in Porto:

  • Visit the clubs Plano B, Zoom and Gare for a pleasurable dancing experience. Hold in mind that these clubs tend to attract mixed crowds!

  • Drink a coffee or a hot chocolate at Guarany, Cafe Majestic, Praia da Luz and Brasileira. Even though these cafe are not exclusively gay, they are gay-popular.

  • Visit the gay saunas of Porto to blow off some steam. Sauna Thermas 205 is one of the most popular saunas at the center of Porto, and there you will find several locals and tourists of a spacious range of ages. Spartakus Sauna, on the other hand, is a great option near the center of Porto where you can expend a fun evening in a more intimate environment.

  • There are several gay bars in Porto where you can like a drink and socialize. Some randomly-picked ones are Pride Bar, Sparta

    Sauna Camões

    A direct heir of Tipo Sauna, which existed for a few years downtown, Sauna Camões has a lot more room and much better facilities than its predecessor. It has 240 square meters, split between two floors: the first has a bar, a dry sauna cabin, a Turkish bath, locker rooms and showers; the second floor has a community room with magazines and a TV place showing gay porn flicks, several closed cabins and a larger, open one.

    Address
    Rua de Camões, 389
    Trindade
    Porto
    4000-146
    Opening hours:
    Sun-Thu 2.30-9pm, Fri-Sat 2.30-1am

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