(cont.) For a smaller scale party Buenos Aires is chock-full of bars and watering holes. Palermo Soho is where the trendsetters go and is the sight of Plaza Serrano, the epicenter of Palermo bars and nightlife. Belgrano and Las Canitas, beyond Palermo also cater to a young and hip crowd, check out Jackie O for loud music and pricey cocktails. The Shamrock in Bario Norte, is a wannabe Irish pub with happy hour till midnight and a more laid back crowd. Gibraltar in San Telmo is packed on the weekends and feels like a college bar stateside with a young and international clientele.

If you are looking for a more alternative scene check out Bahrain on Tuesdays, where pounding drum n’ base accompany the heavily pierced and tattooed youth. Or another of BAs big nightclubs, Niceto, also in Palermo, hosts club 69 on Thursdays, where transvestites mingle with break-dancers and everyone gets crazy till the sun comes up.

Wednesdays is after hours night, meaning that clubs and bars open early and are jumping by 9 pm with young business men and women looking to relax mid week with some friends and a cocktail. Museum, in San Telmo, is known for its Wednesday night parties (although they are on hold over the summer) and well-dressed workers come and socialize in the three-story club designed by one Mr. Eiffel, as in the tower. Come early if you want to find a seat and sport your finest threads as this tends to be the strictest night for dress codes.

This is merely a sampling of suggested and popular spots in Buenos Aires. Depending on where you are staying and what your budget is, you can find a plethora of options to suit your desires. Live music is available in some of the smaller clubs, but beware places advertising live Cumbia music, as they tend to draw a rougher crowd and tourists are easy targets.

You could spend months going out in Buenos Aires and only cover a fraction of the bars and clubs, not to mention spend all your money and ruin a chunk of your liver. So choose wisely, take the advice of friends and locals, and by all means don’t even bother going out before midnight.

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