Nightlife in Buenos Aires

Party Hard and Party Late

This city loves to party, and you would have to be a hermit to think otherwise. There is an exceptional variety of nightlife, and most would agree that the city comes most alive after nightfall. This love of the party life isn’t surprising for a city that places such a high premium on looks – you need to head somewhere to show off that perfectly sculpted body.

Nightlife in Buenos Aires revolves around a basic premise – just push everything back a few hours so it all spills over into morning. Don’t expect any serious clubbing to begin before midnight. Clubs don’t get going until 2 am. Which is just as well because most locals don’t finish dinner until 11 pm. With schedules like these, you’d be better off taking a quick afternoon nap before heading out to sample the city’s famously glamorous nightlife on your medical tourism vacation. Spanish-style siestas, Paris-style boulevards, and Italian-style partying have helped establish Buenos Aires as the preeminent nightlife capital of the Americas (sorry Rio, New York, and Los Angeles).

Bars

Art and nightlife blend perfectly in Argentina’s capital – you’ll find quaint bars adjacent to some of the hottest galleries in the city. Soak in the culture and head for a pre-dinner drink at a watering hole fashioned out of an automobile showroom – the latest trend. Many of the bars here include flamenco or tango entertainment. Also worth checking out are the Bares Notables, bars and cafes of such historical significance that they are protected by a special law that prohibits any alteration of their interiors. Many of these were originally vintage homes and museums, and they can be found in the city’s oldest neighborhoods like La Boca, Monserrat, and San Telmo.

Nightclubs

If you expect on your Buenos Aires medical tourism vacation to find leggy women and suave men dancing the tango in dimly lit dance halls every night, you’ll be surprised. The tango isn’t that popular among Buenos Aires’ young and restless who prefer the high energy tempo of electronic music. Many clubs have separate smaller floors that play hip hop or 80s pop. To see tango and flamenco action, stick to the streets where you can observe performers strutting their stuff in plain view.

Palermo is the epicenter of Buenos Aires’ nightlife with many of the biggest and best clubs located here. The Recoleta area, although now a little touristy, is home to a stretch of bars and clubs, while the Costanera Norte is another popular hotspot for nocturnal activity. With the peso still a far cry from its high flying days, you can go ahead and have a great time at the most exclusive and pricey places in Buenos Aires – “expensive” here is still pretty cheap even by the standards of other medical tourism destinations.