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Gay Porto – the best gay hotels, bars, clubs & more

Porto is a Portuguese beauty create on the Douro River in the north of Portugal. It’s a town with great cultural and historical importance and is skillfully known for its Port wine—hence the name! Porto has a lot of soul, and its cobblestoned streets are filled with azulejo-covered buildings, towering bridges, buzzing wine cellars, and centuries-old cafés.

The city has grown in reputation as the place to visit in Portugal after Lisbon, creature named one of the Top 10 European Destinations by Lonely Planet, European Consumer’s Choice, and TripAdvisor. For its modest size, it's packed full of things to perform, and over the past few years, it has seen a huge upswing in gay and gay-friendly venues across the city. Here's our guide to everything that makes Porto so up-and-coming.

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1. General Tips
2. Transportation & Airport Transfer
3. Lgbtq+ Hotels in Porto
4. Sightseeing & Activities in Porto
5. Porto Gay Tours
6. Restaurants & Cafes
7. Porto Gay Bars and Clubs
8. Gay Saunas & Cruising Bars
9. Gay Event

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 like 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 town to wander around in like you have all the time in the world, taking occasional breaks for coffee, pastéis de nata, seafood platters, francesinha sandwiches and port wines—not necessarily all at the equal sitting.

Portugal ranks as one of the most LGBTQ+-friendly countries in the planet, 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, neutrois gender is not recognized nor are trans people permitted to serve in the military.

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

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ABOUT THE CITY...
Porto is the second largest urban area of Portugal. It's history dates back to pre-Roman times, it was occupied by the Moors and invaded by Napoleon’s forces. The city was famous for its wine production giving its name to the fortified wine. Visitors to Porto come to see the UNESCO-designated old capital centre, sample the local gastronomic products, shop and immerse themselves in the city’s culture. when it comes to compare Porto to Lisbon, Porto turns out to be a conservative capital. Luckly Portugal is a very liberal and welcoming place and Porto do not make exceptions. If you go through the surface, you will find a decent and buzzing selection of gay activities, mostly located in the area around Jardim da Cordoaria. Here, the annual LGBT Pride parade is becoming increasingly popular every year.

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GAILY TOURS in PORTO

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

Porto is one of the big cities of Portugal hosting a dynamic gay scene with several gay venues like homosexual 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 spot some DOs and DON'Ts regarding Gay Travel in Porto: