Portas Largas

Frommer's Review

This bar, retaining many of its original accessories, originated many years ago as an old-fashioned Portuguese tasca (tavern). Today, attracting clients of all sexual persuasions, it's the busiest and most animated bar in a neighborhood that's loaded with viable competitors. It sits at the junction of two narrow, bar-studded streets (Rua da Atalaia and the Travessa da Queimada) in the Bairro Alto and enjoys sweeping views out over the nightlife scene that unfolds around it. You'll find a mixture of gay and straight people from Portugal and the rest of Europe, several hundred of whom usually spill out onto the impossibly narrow sidewalks on warm nights. Expect lots of good-looking gay men, as well as attractive women (straight and gay) dressed for whatever dance or disco venue they expect to pursue later in the evening. It's open daily from 7pm to 3:30am.

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