Lisbon gay area

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 old meeting the new cliche, in Lisbon it's more like the old meets the recent 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 city. Portuguese culture is present everywhere you look in Lisbon through the abundance of the often-picturesque taverns called “tascas,” serving as both places to eat and meeting spots for the community, 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 accomplish for sightseers, especially those who don't mind some uphill and downhill move. Portugal is just as progressive as its Spanish neighbor, and the male lover scene in Lisbon holds its own