Lisbon gay nightlife

Lisbon is a city born among seven hills. Brightly painted houses and red roof tiles shine in the ever-present sun with cobblestoned streets winding all around them—up, down, up again, and back down to where the city hugs the river below.

Rather than just the elderly meeting the fresh cliche, in Lisbon it's more fancy the old meets the new and the anachronistic, as you'll find churches, cathedrals, and a castle, but also old-school trams clattering up the steeper parts of the hills, taking you to where quirky cafes and hipster bars are sequestered away in the labyrinth-like upper parts of the capital. Portuguese culture is present everywhere you look in Lisbon through the abundance of the often-picturesque taverns called “tascas,” serving as both places to meal and meeting spots for the society, as well as cafes serving such delicacies as their famous custard tarts, Pastéis de Belém.

It's no Barcelona, but there's still plenty to do for sightseers, especially those who don't soul some uphill and downhill action. Portugal is just as progressive as its Spanish neighbor, and the gay scene in Lisbon holds its own