Patroc Lisbon Gay Guide 2024

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Accommodation Tips

Flores Guest House
Guesthouse. From 70 €
Air-conditioned rooms and apartments, very close to the gay bars and clubs in the Príncipe Real quarter. Friendly, helpful staff.
Excellent guest reviews.
@ Travessa Piedade 38 B (Praça das Flores)
Lisbon 1200-299
The Late Birds Lisbon
Gay Guesthouse. From 200 €
Gay men's guesthouse in a 18th century building, completely restored in 2014. Modern climate-controlled rooms and suites and a garden with swimming pool.
Located in a small quiet side street next to the Bairro Alto.
Very friendly and helpful staff. Excellent guest reviews.
@ Travessa André Valente 21
Lisbon 1200-024

Bars & Pubs

Bar 106
Daily 19:30 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday till 03:00
Friendly gay music bar in the Príncipe Real quarter. At weekend with DJs.
Mixed ages.
@ Rua de São Marçal 106
Lisbon 1200-422

Construction Bar
Wednesday, Thursday 20:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday 20:00 – 03:00; Sunday 18:00 – 02:00
New bar for LGBTs and friends in the upper (and quieter) part of the Bairro Alto.
@ Rua da Rosa 157/159
Lisbon 1200-383

Espaço 40 e 1
Tuesday-Thursday 20:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday 20:00 – 03:00
One of the bars at the so-called esquina in the Bairro Alto.
Mixed clientele.
@ Rua da Barroca 41
Lisbon 1200-106

Friends
Daily 18:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday till 03:00
LGBT-friendly bar in the Bairro Alto.
Music, books, drinks and ... friends.
@ Travessa da Água da Flor 17
Lisbon 1200-339

Maria Caxuxa
Thursday 22:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday 22:00 – 03:00
LGBT-friendly music bar in a former bakery in Bairro Alto.
@ Rua da Barroca 6-12
Lisbon 1200-862

Purex
Wednesday, Thursday 22:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday 22:00 – 03:00
LGBTQ-friendly music lounge bar in the Bairro Alto, with small dancefloor.
@ Rua das Salgadeiras 28
Lisbon 1200

Shelter Bar
Monday-Thursday 18:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday 18:00 – 03:00; Sunday 18:00 – 02:00
Bears-friendly music lounge bar in the Príncipe Real quarter.
@ Rua da Palmeira 43 A
Lisbon 1200-312

Side
Daily 18:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday till 03:00
Small gay cocktail bar at the so-called esquina (corner) in the Bairro Alto quarter, where at night the whole street is crowded with people, with its share of gay people especially on weekends between 24:00 and 02:00.
@ Rua da Barroca 33
Lisbon 1200-047

TR3S Lisboa
Daily 18:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday till 03:00
Big gay bar for bears, chubbies, mature guys and friends.
Usually very busy on Friday and Saturday night and well visited on most other days.
In good weather with popular street terrace.

The bar owners also initiated and host the annual Lisbon Bear Pride and co-run the gay resort Villa 3 Caparica between Lisbon and the Costa da Caparica.
@ Rua Ruben António Leitão 2A
Lisbon 1200-392

Woof X
Tuesday-Thursday 20:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday 21:00 – 03:00; Sunday 20:00 – 02:00
Small bears-friendly bar with dark cruising area.
Busiest after 24:00.
Minimum consumption: 5 €
@ Rua Manuel Bernardes 2B
Lisbon 1200

Clubs & Parties

See also our overview of upcoming Irregular Parties and Events in Lisbon.

Trumps
Thursday-Saturday 24:00 – 05:00/06:00
Gay club with shows and a lot of Pop. (Friday and Saturday night from approx. 03:00 second dancefloor with House, Techno, Commercial remixes.)
Rather young clientele on Friday.
Friendly staff.
Admission: 12-15 €, incl. 1-2 drinks
@ Rua da Imprensa Nacional 104 B
Lisbon 1250-127

Construction
Friday, Saturday 24:00 – 06:00
Gay club in the Príncipe Real quarter, reopened in November 2022.
House, Techno, Commercial remixes, Pop.
Admission: 15 €
@ Rua Cecilio de Sousa 84
Lisbon 1200-102

Finalmente
Daily till 05:00/06:00
Popular gay bar with drag shows, DJs and dancefloor.
Since more than 45 years.
@ Rua da Palmeira 38
Lisbon 1200-313

Posh Club
Thursday 24:00 – 05:00; Friday, Saturday 24:00 – 06:00
LGBT-friendly club with Pop, R'n'B and Funk.
Mainly young and middle-aged clientele.
Admission: 10-15 €, incl. 1-2 drinks
@ Rua de São Bento 157
Lisbon 1200-817

Cruising & Fetish

Drako
Small simple gay cruise bar, with (un)dresscodes, lockers, two cabins and a sling.
A bit out of the way.
Admission: 10 €, incl. 6 € for drinks
@ Rua Nogueira e Sousa 11
Lisbon 1150-237
Metro: Avenida

Woof X
Tuesday-Thursday 20:00 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday 21:00 – 03:00; Sunday 20:00 – 02:00
Small bears-friendly bar with dark cruising area.
Busiest after 24:00.
Minimum consumption: 5 €
@ Rua Manuel Bernardes 2B
Lisbon 1200

XXL Lisbon Club
Daily 17:00 – 02:00
Minimum consumption: 6 €
@ Calçada do Tijolo 8
Lisbon 1200-408

Saunas

Trombeta Bath
Monday-Thursday 12:00 – 06:00; Friday 12:00 – Monday 06:00 nonstop
Modern gay sauna in the Bairro Alto quarter.
Busiest on Sunday afternoon/evening, the other days in the evening.
Mixed ages.
Admission: 16-20 €
@ Rua do Trombeta 1 C
Lisbon 1200-471

Olissipo Bath
Daily 11:00 – 23:00
Gay sauna in the center of Lisbon, close to the Avenida da Liberdade.
Very small, with bar, massage room, sauna and a few cabins.
Mainly mature clientele.
Admission: ≈ 16-20 €
@ Rua Telhal 5
Lisbon 1150-345

SaunApolo 56
LGBT-friendly sauna club for a mixed, liberal clientele.
Admission: 40 €
@ Rua Luciano Cordeiro 56 A
Lisbon 1150-216
Metro: Marquês de Pombal, Avenida, Anjos

3Sauna
Daily 13:00 – 20:00
The spa area of the gay resort Villa 3 Caparica, 10-15 km south of Lisbon.
Their day pass gives you access to its saunas, swimming pool, jacuzzi, relax cabins, showers, lockers and bar.
Admission: 20 €
@ Charneca de Caparica, Rua Teresa Leitão Barros 4
Lisbon 2820-574

Services

Centro LGBTI
Wednesday, Thursday 19:00 – 22:00; Friday, Saturday 16:00 – 23:00
Portugal's sociocultural centre for LGBTs and friends, right in the historic center of Lisbon.
Run by the organization ILGA Portugal.
@ Rua dos Fanqueiros 40
Lisbon 1100-321
Metro: Baixa-Chiado, Terreiro do Paço, Rossio

GAT Checkpoint LX
Monday-Friday 12:00 – 20:00; 2-10 December 2024 closed
Community-based centre offering HIV prevention counselling, rapid tests and other sexual health related services for men who have sex with men.
@ Travessa Monte do Carmo 2
Lisbon 1200-277