The 11 Greatest Cities for Partying

Final Up to date: 3/23/23 | March twenty third, 2023

Some folks journey to discover historic historic websites, others to pattern the tradition or meals or language of recent and thrilling locations.

And, typically, folks journey to social gathering.

On the subject of funds backpacking, probably the most frequent methods vacationers break the ice is over a drink. Or two. Or three.

Whether or not it’s at bars, golf equipment, lounges, seashore events, or simply in small teams sitting round speaking whereas sipping a bottle of wine, alcohol — for higher or worse — is usually a staple of life on the street.

For those who’re trying to embrace your wild aspect and social gathering laborious with different vacationers, right here’s my completely researched checklist. I’ve been to over 100 nations and have drunk closely world wide, so I do know an excellent social gathering after I see one!

If you’re trying to social gathering once you journey, go to one in all these locations:

1. Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok is a hub for funds vacationers. It’s the place the notorious Khao San Highway is situated. All journey roads lead out and in of this backpacker/vacationer avenue, and it’s at all times stuffed with vacationers taking after locals and ingesting out of alcohol-filled buckets each night time. Then, when official bars shut, everybody heads out to the after-hours golf equipment till 5am.

Visiting Bangkok gained’t do something good on your liver, however the metropolis is a should for backpackers and partiers. Moreover Khao San Highway, there’s Patpong, Thong Lor, Silom (Smalls, a speakeasy cocktail bar, is my favourite on this space), and the brand new cocktail scene in Chinatown. Bangkok really has a celebration for everybody.

Simply bear in mind to stay to beer should you’re on a funds. Cocktails and wine are principally imported with excessive taxes and due to this fact value much more than the native beer.

The place to Keep: Mad Monkey Hostel – A backpacker establishment close to Khao San Highway, this hostel has a restaurant, pool, and tour desk with a few of finest costs on the town.

For extra hostel strategies you should definitely try my checklist of finest hostels in Bangkok. And, to search out out precisely the place within the metropolis you need to keep, right here’s a publish that breaks down the perfect neighborhoods in Bangkok.
 

2. Barcelona, Spain

Any metropolis the place folks eat dinner at midnight is a metropolis that may begin and go late. Barcelona is a metropolis for night time owls. The golf equipment right here don’t get busy till about 2am and keep packed till daybreak. Right here, vacationers can benefit from the good climate and rooftop gin bars, drink sangria till the solar rises, go on a pub crawl, get wasted on the well-known Kabul hostel, and roam the medieval Barri Gothic on the lookout for hole-in-the-wall pubs. The waterfront will get particularly nuts on a weekend.

The place to Keep: Kabul Get together Hostel – That is one in all my favourite hostels in Europe. It’s a full-on social gathering place, the place they arrange nightly occasions and pub crawls. It’s tremendous social and very easy to fulfill folks right here.

For extra hostel strategies, try my full checklist of the perfect hostels in Barcelona, and to determine what space of the town you need to keep in, try this information to the perfect neighborhoods within the metropolis.
 

3. Rome, Italy

Rome is a superb metropolis to social gathering in. There are many bars, a number of golf equipment, and plenty of lovely folks. For those who’re touring solo, the pub crawl excursions are a good way to fulfill different vacationers. Whereas Romans themselves are a bit tame, the backpacker social gathering scene right here is loopy, with tons and tons of bar crawls littering the town. The Spanish Steps Bar Crawl (aka Rome’s Final Get together) will get particularly wild. Come ready for a hangover.

The place to Keep: Alessandro Palace Hostel and Bar – A celebration hostel that’s additionally one of many most cost-effective locations to remain within the metropolis, there’s not one however two bars right here with low-cost drinks (together with one on the roof). It’s simply 5 minutes from the Termini station too.

For extra hostel strategies, try my checklist of the perfect hostels in Rome, and to study extra concerning the completely different areas of the town (corresponding to the perfect ones for nightlife), right here’s a publish that breaks down the perfect neighborhoods in Rome.
 

4. Prague, Czechia

Low-cost beer (and low-cost flights) makes this metropolis a significant social gathering vacation spot for folks world wide. Whereas I didn’t encounter any of these infamous stag events, the nightlife on this metropolis will depart you in a haze questioning what you probably did final night time and whose telephone quantity is scribbled in your arm. A number of-story golf equipment, robust cocktail bars, low-cost beer halls — Prague has all of it.

The place to Keep: MadHouse – This place actually lives as much as its identify — it really is a madhouse! The décor consists of very cool murals, giving the hostel a really distinctive really feel and the educated employees organizes occasions each night time.

For extra hostel strategies, try my full checklist of the perfect hostels in Prague!
 

5. Miami, Florida

Miami is the place you go for enjoyable within the solar. Folks come to Miami to get wild, go to nightclubs, lounge on the seashore, and drink the nights away. It’s not low-cost, but it surely’s an incredible place for the clubbers on the market. There’s a number of music, a number of nice DJs, a number of dancing, a number of fairly folks, and most significantly, a number of booze.

Try E11even (the place the social gathering is 24/7), LIV Miami (the town’s most well-known), or Basement (full with an ice-skating rink and bowling lanes). There’s often a $30-60 USD cowl to get in and most drinks are at the least $15-20 USD so be ready to splash out, although even on a backpacker funds, you’ll be capable to discover some enjoyable. Possibly you’ll even run into a celeb or two.

The place to Keep: Viajero Miami – Positioned in South Seashore, this hostel gives a bunch of facilities, together with three swimming swimming pools. The poolside bar is a superb place to hang around and meet folks and it’s additionally situated only a block from the seashore.

For extra hostel strategies, try my full checklist of the perfect hostels in Miami!
 

6. Sydney, Australia

Aussies know the best way to social gathering and social gathering nicely. The hostels in Sydney arrange nice hostel events to fulfill different vacationers but when that isn’t your factor, you’ll find your personal crowd at any of the golf equipment and bars round King’s Cross, the backpacker space. That is the place the beer is cheap and the backpackers (and locals) social gathering late. For a much less traveler-centric time, head to Manly, The Rocks, or the CBD (Central Enterprise District) the place there are extra locals and fewer vacationers (however costlier drinks). Aussies like to social gathering and are very happy to welcome newcomers with a drink. You can too use the app The Happiest Hour to search out the most affordable completely happy hours within the metropolis. It’s an superior useful resource for going out in Australia!

The place to Keep: Mad Monkey Bayswater – There’s a celebration each night time, a film room, yoga courses, a rooftop BBQ, and scrumptious free breakfast on the Mad Monkey Restaurant every morning.

For extra strategies on the place to remain, try my full checklist of the perfect hostels in Sydney in addition to the perfect neighborhoods in Sydney.
 

7. Ios, Greece

Any high social gathering checklist has to incorporate a spot in Greece. Ios is social gathering central (although Corfu does give it an excellent run for its cash). Throughout the summer season, the Greek Isles heave with folks — particularly Ios, with vacationers coming right here to social gathering all night time to allow them to sleep on the seashore all day. On Ios, vacationers include the aim of getting drunk, and…nicely, that’s about it. There are shot bars and bar crawls and bars that make you drink whereas enjoying bizarre video games. For epic events on the seashore, head to Far Out Seashore Membership, which has swimming swimming pools, DJs, seashore bars, and extra. Ios is the place morals, sanity, and dignity are left on the ferry to be picked up once you prepare to depart. It’s one of many wildest locations I’ve ever been.

The place to Keep: Francesco’s – That is really the perfect hostel on the island. They’ve a pool, a bar, and are only a brief stroll from Ios’ nightlife so that you don’t have to pay for taxis.
 

8. Bali (Kuta), Indonesia

Bali is a superb place to get down. After an extended day within the solar, all backpackers wish to do is loosen up and get foolish on Kuta Seashore, the place there are loopy bars, large cups of alcohol, and large golf equipment that open till daybreak. It’s a hotspot on the journey path for a motive. The froth social gathering is a blast (any foam social gathering is) and, in Bali, you’ll spend your days hurting your pores and skin within the solar and the nights hurting your liver with alcohol.

The place to Keep: Clandestino – This hostel has a second-floor restaurant/bar that at all times appears to be bustling, in addition to a pool full with a swim-up bar. All of the dorm beds include lockers, lamps, electrical shops to cost your telephone, and curtains for privateness.

For extra suggestions, try this checklist of the perfect hostels in Bali.
 

9. Florianópolis, Brazil

Often known as Floripa, this in style trip vacation spot in Brazil is thought for its sizzling climate, sizzling our bodies, and sizzling events. In truth, every little thing is simply sizzling right here. In the summertime, a lot of the nightlife is concentrated across the seashores, whereas within the winter, the enjoyable strikes to the city of Lagoa da Conceição. Within the north of the island at Jurerê Worldwide Seashore, P12, Cafe de la Musique, and Milk all throw wild events.

For those who’re right here throughout February for Carnival, the streets fill with revelers dancing, having parades, and having fun with avenue meals and copious drinks. (Simply e book your lodging nicely prematurely should you plan to return right here throughout this time.)

The place to Keep: The Search Home Beachfront Hostel – Provides personal seashore entry, a pool, surfboard leases and connections for classes, and an outside bar with a day by day completely happy hour. The employees are very welcoming and there’s a hostel WhatsApp group to fulfill different vacationers.
 

10. Ko Phangan, Thailand

This island in Thailand is house to the month-to-month Full Moon Get together, an enormous seashore rave which sees 20,000 folks on common and goes till daybreak. Every bar has its personal sound system, and the seashore is lined with folks promoting alcohol, fireplace dancers placed on exhibits, and little cubicles promoting glow-in-the-dark face paint. ’nuff mentioned.

(But when I needed to say extra, I’d additionally say that there are jungle events, half-moon events, folks getting wild on the seashore, happening slides, and enjoying tons of ingesting video games. It’s one of many largest social gathering locations in the complete area.)

The place to Keep: Bodega Hostel – A energetic social gathering hostel with tons of social actions occurring. That is the quintessential backpacker social gathering place, with pub crawls, seashore volleyball, a swimming pool, an enormous bar/lounge space, and occasions nearly each night time.
 

11. Cancun

Cancun is legendary for its nightlife. A lot of the nightlife is concentrated across the Resort Zone in an space aptly often known as “social gathering central.” Most of the world’s largest DJs make common appearances within the many golf equipment. Throughout spring break, issues get much more crowded and costlier so you should definitely e book early should you’re visiting then. Coco Bongo, Señor Frog’s, and La Vaquita are among the many hottest locations to go.

The place to Keep: Mayan Monkey Hostel – Positioned within the coronary heart of the Resort Zone, it is a bumping social gathering hostel with themed nights, reside music, and different social actions (like beer pong and jenga), a bar on-site, plunge pool, and nice views over the ocean.
 

Honorable Mentions

These are simply a few of my favourite locations on the planet to have enjoyable and social gathering. Different locations that I’d advocate are:

Not solely are these nice social gathering locations, however they’re a few of my favourite cities on the planet. If you’re trying to lower unfastened and flex your social gathering muscle tissues, you should definitely try these cities. They’re among the finest locations to social gathering on the planet!

Be aware: I do know Ibiza is a superb place to social gathering so earlier than everybody asks why I didn’t embrace it on the checklist right here’s why: It’s just about membership central so should you aren’t a clubber, then Ibiza isn’t an excellent place. Plus, I didn’t need a checklist loaded with simply Europe and Asian locations.