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Buenos Aires's nightlife is one of the most active in the world. Nightlife really means 'night'-life with the young and wealthy porteños, as they usually only embark on their evening's entertainment after eating around 2200. They'll while away a few hours in a bar or café and won't even contemplate entering a club until gone 0200 when partying will just be warming up. Drunkenness among the locals is almost unheard of as the porteños only consume moderate amounts of alcohol.
Palermo continues to be popular with the fashionable crowd, especially the areas of Las Cañitas and Palermo Hollywood, which are packed with trendy bars, clubs and restaurants. The streets surrounding La Recoleta Cemetery are also good places to go out, especially at the weekends when the pavement bars and cafés remain busy until the action moves to the nearby clubs. A number of drinking options, including English and Irish pubs, exist on and around Calle Reconquista and Avenida 25 de Mayo, while San Telmo is a focal point for Bohemian bars and tango shows. Puerto Madero has become increasingly popular for sunset drinks and dining.
Nightlife is at its peak Thursday to Saturday but there's always something happening throughout the week. Bars and clubs offer a range of music and entertainment options to meet all tastes, from tango shows to techno nightclubs.Bars
Gran Bar Danzon
Located in the centre is Buenos Aires's longest established wine bar, Gran Bar Danzon, which is a fashionable place to sip Argentine wines and cocktails.
Libertad 1161
Tel: (011) 4811 1108.
Website: www.granbardanzon.com.arLa Cigale
Many bars offer food and live music so sometimes it is difficult to make a distinction between a place offering straightforward drinks and those pertaining to be restaurants or live music venues. La Cigale is a lively bar in the city centre attracting the young with its promise of live music and DJs.
Avenida 25 de Mayo 722
Tel: (011) 4312 8275.Único
Another popular place, in Hollywood, the trendy part of Palermo, is Único, which lures revellers with loud music.
Calle Honduras 5604
Tel: (011) 4775 6693.Clubs
Crobar
Crobar, in Palermo, is one of the established ‘mega-clubs' in Buenos Aires where you can dance to mainstream house music amid a smartly dressed, wealthy set.
Paseo de la Infantana Isabel
Tel: (011) 4778 1500.
Website: www.crobar.com.arKika
Kika is a long-standing hotspot in Buenos Aires's nocturnal wonderland.
Honduras 5339, Palermo Soho
Tel: (011) 4137 5311.
Website: www.kikaclub.com.arPacha
For the super-club experience and the very best in national and international dance music DJs, head to Pacha.
Costanera Norte and La Pampa
Tel: (011) 4788 4280.
Website: www.pachabuenosaires.comLive Music
Bar Sur
It's easy to become sucked into the tango obsession that prevails in Buenos Aires and there are numerous venues to listen to, watch or participate in tango.For a reasonably priced and authentic taste of a tango, make your way to Bar Sur, where audience participation is encouraged.
Calle Estados Unidos 299, San Telmo
Tel: (011) 4362 6086.
Website: www.bar-sur.com.arCafé Tortoni
A great many of Buenos Aires's bars and clubs offer live music as part of their menu, but good options include the Café Tortoni. The most famous café in the city, it offers live tango and jazz in La Bodega downstairs.
Avenida De Mayo 825
Tel: (011) 4342 4328.
Website: www.cafetortoni.com.arEl Viejo Almacén
El Viejo Almacén offers a tango dinner and show.
Avenida Independencia and Balcarce, San Telmo
Tel: (011) 4307 6689.
Website: www.viejo-almacen.com.ar
