Portugal
Luxury Portugal Tours
Suggested trips through Portugal, each one a starting point that our LGBTQ+ travel specialists tailor around your dates, pace and preferences.
Featured Tours in Portugal
10-Day Portugal Tour: Porto, Douro, Lisbon, Sintra & Alentejo
This itinerary traces Portugal's story from its founding to its golden age of exploration, with serious food and wine discoveries along the way. Start in Porto, where the Romans first established Portus Cale, the settlement that gave Portugal its name.
13 days | From $5,280 pp
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7-Day Classic Portugal Tour: Lisbon, Porto & Sintra Highlights
This trips has been designed to introduce you to Portugal's highlights over a single week. Start in Lisbon, where the LGBTQ+ scene thrives in different parts of the city. The city's fado houses, cobblestone neighborhoods, and rooftop bars create a backdrop where you can be completely yourself.
7 days | From $5,100 pp
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Portugal Food and Wine Tour: Lisbon, Porto & Douro Valley
Tailor-made VacationDiscover Portugal with this eight-day Lisbon and Porto luxury itinerary, blending food, wine, and culture. Begin in Lisbon, where you'll enjoy guided tours through Alfama. Stay at the Pousada de Lisboa before venturing into the Alentejo for Évora’s Roman ruins and exclusive vineyard tastings. The second half of the trip takes you north to Porto, where you'll stay at luxurious The Yeatman hotel.
7 days tailor-made from $6,890 per person View trip
A Luxury Journey Across Portugal & Morocco
Tailor-made VacationLisbon and Marrakech sit less than three hours apart by air, close yet distinct enough that each feels like its own trip. Ten days move from the ease and elegance of Lisbon, with its candlelit restaurants, hilltop viewpoints, and some of Europe's most architecturally distinctive boutique hotels, to the heat, color, and sensory depth of Marrakech, where one of the world's great palace hotels waits behind its ancient medina walls.
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Madeira: The Ultimate Portuguese Island Adventure
Tailor-made VacationMadeira offers terrain that few European islands can match: ancient rainforest, volcanic peaks, and dramatic cliff edges where the Atlantic drops away hundreds of meters below. With levada channels threading through landscapes that predate the ice age, it sits in a different category from most European islands. A week here covers a lot of ground and still leaves you with reasons to come back. The days move with intention.
7 days tailor-made from $6,630 per person View trip
Luxury Algarve Escape: Beaches, Wellness & Coastal Bliss
Tailor-made VacationSouthern Portugal's coastline is, by any measure, among the best in Europe. Its beaches, with golden limestone cliffs folding into coves of water that shift between jade and deep Atlantic blue, have been drawing travelers for decades, and the hotel infrastructure has kept pace: the luxury end of this market is world-class, anchored by resorts that would hold their own anywhere in the Mediterranean and then some.
6 days tailor-made from $5,305 per person View trip
Spain and Portugal Tour: Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon & Sintra
Tailor-made VacationA journey through two neighboring capitals and their satellite towns, taking in each city's own LGBTQ+ quarter along the way. This luxurious journey through Spain and Portugal blends cultural discovery, world-class hospitality, and unforgettable experiences. The route moves between two capitals and the historic towns that shaped them, Toledo for Madrid and Sintra for Lisbon, tracing each country's golden age beyond its capital.
9 days tailor-made from $8,085 per person View trip
Luxury Portugal Tour: Porto, Douro Valley, Sintra, Lisbon & Alentejo
Tailor-made VacationThis isn't your typical Portugal trip. From the moment you land in Porto, everything shifts up a gear. Expect private transfers, world-class hotels, and access to experiences most travelers never see. The Douro Valley delivers on its reputation as the world's oldest wine region, but you'll experience it from Six Senses Douro Valley, where vineyard views stretch endlessly and the spa treatments actually live up to the hype.
12 days tailor-made from $10,605 per person View trip
Portugal: The Out Of Office Collection
Tailor-made VacationPortugal is a picture-perfect, LGBTQ+ friendly European destination that lures travelers year-round with its sun-kissed coastlines, historic cities, and culinary delights. From the golden sands of the Algarve to the cobbled streets of Porto, each corner of this enchanting country offers a tapestry of experiences waiting to be explored.
7 days tailor-made from $3,120 per person View trip
Discover Lisbon and Porto: A Tale of Two Cities
Tailor-made VacationExperience Portugal by exploring it's two most famous cities, Lisbon and Porto. Rebuilt after the devastating 1755 earthquake, Lisbon emerged as one of Europe's most livable capitals. The city's neighborhoods each tell different stories: medieval Alfama with its fado houses where Portugal's signature music was born in the 1820s, party-central Bairro Alto, and maritime Belém where Portuguese explorers once planned their world-changing voyages. Fado music captures Lisbon perfectly.
7 days tailor-made from $3,780 per person View trip
Algarve Mindfulness Retreat
Tailor-made VacationTo help improve your overall well-being and alleviate daily stress, consider immersing yourself in a transformative experience at the Epic Sana Algarve, Portugal. This four-night retreat is meticulously crafted to rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit. Immerse yourself in the transformative practice of mindfulness and meditation, proven techniques that recenter the body and cleanse the mind, leaving you feeling refreshed and revitalized.
5 days tailor-made from $3,860 per person View tripGay Group Trips in Portugal
Set departures with dates already fixed, organized end to end and traveling as a small group. Where a departure is full, dates are available on request. Extensions either side can be added, and we can plan something tailor-made instead if you would rather.
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Plan Your Gay Wedding in Portugal
Portugal isn’t just a stunning destination for your honeymoon: it’s become one of Europe’s most welcoming countries for LGBTQ+ couples to tie the knot. With same-sex marriage legal since 2010, breathtaking venues from medieval castles to clifftop quintas, and some of the warmest hospitality in Europe, Portugal has everything you need for an unforgettable wedding celebration.
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The Best Gay Beaches in Portugal
Portugal is one of Europe's best LGBTQ+ beach destination. There’s a lot explore on its stunning Atlantic coastline and it’s one of the most LGBTQ+-friendly destinations on the planet. From Beach 19's gay section near Lisbon to the Algarve's hidden coves and Porto's emerging scene, we’ll introduce you to the must-visit beaches. The country's remarkable transformation from conservative Catholic dictatorship to LGBTQ+ progressive leader makes it particularly inspiring place.
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The Luxury Travel Highlights of Portugal
Portugal is a gem of the Iberian Peninsula, offering a tapestry of rich history, dramatic landscapes, and world-class cuisine. From the sun-kissed beaches of the Algarve to the rolling vineyards of the Douro Valley, Portugal is a haven for luxury travelers. For LGBTQ+ high-net-worth individuals, the country combines warm hospitality, stunning accommodations, and inclusive experiences. At Out Of Office, we curate bespoke journeys that capture the best of Portugal with style and sophistication.
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Frequently asked questions
Traveling with Out Of Office
What does Out Of Office do?
Out Of Office is a luxury LGBTQ+ travel company specializing in tailor-made vacations and extraordinary journeys around the world. We create bespoke luxury vacations, LGBTQ+ honeymoons, safaris, cruises, beach escapes, private tours and group trips, with every itinerary designed around you. Our travel specialists combine global expertise, first-hand destination knowledge and trusted local partners to create seamless, highly personalized experiences.
Is Out Of Office a gay travel agency?
Out Of Office is an LGBTQ+ owned and run luxury travel specialist, with particular expertise in gay and LGBTQ+ travel. We understand the additional considerations that can come with traveling as an LGBTQ+ person or couple, from local laws and customs to finding genuinely welcoming hotels and experiences.
We welcome every traveler, including friends, families and allies. Many of our clients are not members of the LGBTQ+ community, but choose Out Of Office for our luxury travel expertise, personalized service and discretion.
Do you create tailor-made LGBTQ+ vacations?
Yes. Every tailor-made trip with Out Of Office is designed from scratch around your interests, travel style, budget and the way you want to experience a destination. We can arrange luxury hotels, private transfers, flights, guides, excursions, cruises and special experiences as part of one personalized itinerary. The journeys shown on our website are there to inspire you rather than restrict you; only clearly identified group departures operate as fixed itineraries.
How do you choose LGBTQ+ friendly hotels and destinations?
We combine first-hand destination knowledge with trusted local expertise to recommend luxury hotels, resorts and experiences where LGBTQ+ travelers can feel informed and welcome. We also consider the laws, customs and attitudes of each destination, because LGBTQ+ rights and experiences differ around the world. Our team regularly visit many of the properties we work with and where a destination requires greater awareness, we give you clear and considered advice so that you can make an informed decision about where and how you travel.
Our Experts
If you like food, surfing or simply sightseeing, Portugal is somewhere you just have to visit. I personally adore Lisbon for its booming culinary scene and colourful backstreet bars and cafes.
Porto is my absolute favourite place in Europe and I've been too many times to count. It's super-inclusive and is also perfectly paired with a trip to Morocco.
We plant trees for every booking
For every booking made with Out Of Office we commit to planting trees in your name to help reduce the impact of travel on future generations. You'll even get a link to see where your trees are planted in the world via our partner Ecologi.
We donate to Rainbow Railroad with every booking
Rainbow Railroad helps LGBTQ+ people escape state-sponsored violence and persecution. A donation goes with every trip we sell, funded by us and never added to your price.
Start Planning Your Trip
Tell us where you would love to go, when you are thinking of traveling and what kind of trip you have in mind. One of our LGBTQ+ travel specialists will create a tailor-made itinerary designed around your destination, style and preferences.
One named specialist, first inquiry to homecoming. No call center, and nothing is charged until you decide to book.