The Legendary Cartagena Nightlife
If you’re looking to beat the crowds and maybe check out the scene a little beforehand, go in the early evening, just after dusk.
If you’re already familiar with the layout and you just want to get your groove on, things are usually start to kick off around 11pm and are in full swing by midnight.
Bars and Clubs
Widely considered one of the best spots in Cartagena, Bazurto Social Club is famous for its exclusive daytime restaurant specializing in tantalizing seafood dishes, and transforming at night to a dazzling, hopping nightclub where you can enjoy both local and international hits.
Cafe del Mar is situated atop the Baluarte Santo Domingo, the westernmost point of Cartagena’s 17th century fortifications, this upscale lounge affords a spectacular vista with 360 degree sight lines over both the Carribean sea and the entire old city.
At midnight head on over to Mister Babilla to join the bus loads of chicas in wild rumba!
Since early 1991, revellers have enjoyed the after-hours sensation of Tu Candela, located in front of the Clocktower, next to Donde Fidel.
Whether you want to dance with your friends or sit back, relax and watch everyone else, Cafe Havana is an excellent place to enjoy the best music
What appears to be a direct transplant from New Orleans, this French Quarter-inspired saloon has everything you could want for an evening with friends.
For cold, tasty beer and great salsa beats, the place to be is Donde Fidel.
El Bar del Sur, aka The Bar of the South is cool, I mean damn cool and comparable to some of the coolest bars found in big cities all over the world.
If you’re looking for a spot to kick back and relax, watch some sports, have a couple cold ones and listen to some not so typical Colombian music then The Clock Pub is the place to be.
La Movida delivers a mixture between European exquisiteness and Caribbean allurement with a retro-vintage style. Although best known as a bar/nightclub for the A-listers of Cartagena, La Movida posses a tapas menu executed by Chef Rodrigo Diaz, of Barranquilla’s best restaurant, El Celler offering Spanish inspired small plates.
