This is both a college town and a popular backpacker and adventure tourism destination, so you'll find a relatively active nightlife here. In general, the bars get going around 9pm and shut down around midnight to 2am. Discos get cranking around 10pm and close their doors between 3 and 4am. None of the bars in town charge a cover; some of the discos will occasionally charge $2 to $5 admittance, but it will usually get you one or two drinks.

La Cucaracha, Centro Comercial Las Tapias, and El Bodegón de Pancho, Centro Comercial Mamayeya, are both multienvironment establishments and two of the more popular nightspots in town. El Hoyo Queque, Avenida 4 and Calle 19, and The Clover Rock Bar, Avenida 4 between calles 14 and 15, are two happening bars almost always overflowing with the local college crowd.