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Street Lapa
Riotur’s festas page and LGBTI tour place this Lapa club at Rua do Riachuelo 15. The tour text says it opened in 2017 for the LGBTI+ public and now runs multiple floors, bars, and open-bar nights.
Lapa
Lapa is the Centro night in this census, around the Arcos. Riotur’s festas page places Street Lapa at Rua do Riachuelo 15, Portal at Rua do Lavradio 163, and Festa Agyto at Avenida Mem de Sá 66. OpenStreetMap still names a different Portal da Lapa on Avenida Gomes Freire 559; that is not a second public listing. Selina’s rooftop appears on the Riotur LGBTI tour as a mixed hotel terrace and is not mapped as a gay club.
Updated 1 October 2026
Getting oriented
Think of this as an area to know, not a border.
Queer life spills across Rio de Janeiro. This page simply groups places that are easy to combine in one outing.
- Getting there
- MetrôRio Cinelândia or Glória, then a short walk or taxi into Lapa. VLT Carioca stops on Avenida República do Paraguai are useful by day. Night arrivals are usually taxi or ride-hail; the last metro is earlier than the rooms.
- Accessibility
- Street, building, lift, toilet, seating, and sensory access vary by venue. Check the exact venue when access is important.
What to find here
3 places to start with.
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Portal
Riotur’s festas page calls Portal the Lapa LGBT+ club with two or three dance floors and names Rua do Lavradio 163. OpenStreetMap still names a different Portal da Lapa on Avenida Gomes Freire 559; that name is not a second public listing.
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Agyto
Riotur’s festas page lists Festa Agyto at Avenida Mem de Sá 66 as one of the city’s large LGBT+ nights, with DJs and drag. OpenStreetMap names the nightclub Agyto at that number. Visit Rio’s pride-month page also names Agyto in Lapa.