The 11 Best Cities for Partying

Last Updated: 3/23/23 | March twenty third, 2023

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

And, generally, individuals journey to get together.

When it involves price range backpacking, some of the frequent methods vacationers break the ice is over a drink. Or two. Or three.

Whether it’s at bars, golf equipment, lounges, seaside 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 highway.

If you’re trying to embrace your wild facet and get together exhausting with different vacationers, right here’s my totally researched listing. I’ve been to over 100 nations and have drunk closely all over the world, so I do know get together after I see one!

If you wish to get together while you journey, go to certainly one of these locations:

1. Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok is a hub for price range vacationers. It’s the place the notorious Khao San Road is positioned. All journey roads lead out and in of this backpacker/vacationer avenue, and it’s at all times full of 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 received’t do something good in your liver, however the metropolis is a should for backpackers and partiers. Besides Khao San Road, 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 actually has a celebration for everybody.

Just keep in mind to stay to beer for those who’re on a price range. Cocktails and wine are principally imported with excessive taxes and due to this fact value much more than the native beer.

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

For extra hostel recommendations be sure you try my listing of finest hostels in Bangkok. And, to seek out out precisely the place within the metropolis it is best to keep, right here’s a submit that breaks down the very best neighborhoods in Bangkok.
 

2. Barcelona, Spain

Any metropolis the place individuals eat dinner at midnight is a metropolis that can 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. 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 searching for hole-in-the-wall pubs. The waterfront will get particularly nuts on a weekend.

Where to Stay: Kabul Party Hostel – This is certainly one of my favourite hostels in Europe. It’s a full-on get together place, the place they arrange nightly occasions and pub crawls. It’s tremendous social and very easy to fulfill individuals right here.

For extra hostel recommendations, try my full listing of the very best hostels in Barcelona, and to determine what space of the town it is best to keep in, try this information to the very best neighborhoods within the metropolis.
 

3. Rome, Italy

Rome is a good metropolis to get together in. There are plenty of bars, plenty of golf equipment, and plenty of lovely individuals. If you’re touring solo, the pub crawl excursions are an effective way to fulfill different vacationers. While Romans themselves are a bit tame, the backpacker get together scene right here is loopy, with tons and tons of bar crawls littering the town. The Spanish Steps Bar Crawl (aka Rome’s Ultimate Party) will get particularly wild. Come ready for a hangover.

Where to Stay: 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 recommendations, try my listing of the very best hostels in Rome, and to study extra concerning the totally different areas of the town (akin to the very best ones for nightlife), right here’s a submit that breaks down the very best neighborhoods in Rome.
 

4. Prague, Czechia

Cheap beer (and low cost flights) makes this metropolis a significant get together vacation spot for individuals all over the world. While I didn’t encounter any of these infamous stag events, the nightlife on this metropolis will go away you in a haze questioning what you probably did final night time and whose cellphone quantity is scribbled in your arm. Multiple-story golf equipment, sturdy cocktail bars, low cost beer halls — Prague has all of it.

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

For extra hostel recommendations, try my full listing of the very best hostels in Prague!
 

5. Miami, Florida

Miami is the place you go for enjoyable within the solar. People come to Miami to get wild, go to nightclubs, lounge on the seaside, and drink the nights away. It’s not low cost, however it’s a terrific place for the clubbers on the market. There’s plenty of music, plenty of nice DJs, plenty of dancing, plenty of fairly individuals, and most significantly, plenty of booze.

Check out E11even (the place the get together is 24/7), LIV Miami (the town’s most well-known), or Basement (full with an ice-skating rink and bowling lanes). There is normally a $30-60 USD cowl to get in and most drinks are not less than $15-20 USD so be ready to splash out, although even on a backpacker price range, you’ll be capable to discover some enjoyable. Maybe you’ll even run into a celeb or two.

Where to Stay: Viajero Miami – Located in South Beach, this hostel gives a number of facilities, together with three swimming swimming pools. The poolside bar is a good place to hang around and meet individuals and it’s additionally positioned only a block from the seaside.

For extra hostel recommendations, try my full listing of the very best hostels in Miami!
 

6. Sydney, Australia

Aussies know find out how to get together and get together effectively. The hostels in Sydney arrange nice hostel events to fulfill different vacationers but when that’s not your factor, you will discover your personal crowd at any of the golf equipment and bars round King’s Cross, the backpacker space. This is the place the beer is cheap and the backpackers (and locals) get together late. For a much less traveler-centric time, head to Manly, The Rocks, or the CBD (Central Business District) the place there are extra locals and fewer vacationers (however dearer drinks). Aussies like to get together and are more than pleased to welcome newcomers with a drink. You may use the app The Happiest Hour to seek out the most cost effective completely happy hours within the metropolis. It’s an superior useful resource for going out in Australia!

Where to Stay: 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 recommendations on the place to remain, try my full listing of the very best hostels in Sydney in addition to the very best neighborhoods in Sydney.
 

7. Ios, Greece

Any high get together listing has to incorporate a spot in Greece. Ios is get together central (although Corfu does give it run for its cash). During the summer season, the Greek Isles heave with individuals — particularly Ios, with vacationers coming right here to get together all night time to allow them to sleep on the seaside all day. On Ios, vacationers include the aim of getting drunk, and…effectively, that’s about it. There are shot bars and bar crawls and bars that make you drink whereas taking part in bizarre video games. For epic events on the seaside, head to Far Out Beach Club, which has swimming swimming pools, DJs, seaside bars, and extra. Ios is the place morals, sanity, and dignity are left on the ferry to be picked up while you prepare to go away. It’s one of many wildest locations I’ve ever been.

Where to Stay: Francesco’s – This is really the very best hostel on the island. They have a pool, a bar, and are only a quick stroll from Ios’ nightlife so that you don’t must pay for taxis.
 

8. Bali (Kuta), Indonesia

Bali is a good place to get down. After an extended day within the solar, all backpackers wish to do is calm down and get foolish on Kuta Beach, the place there are loopy bars, large cups of alcohol, and big golf equipment that open till daybreak. It’s a hotspot on the journey path for a cause. The foam get together is a blast (any foam get together 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.

Where to Stay: 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 the dorm beds include lockers, lamps, electrical retailers to cost your cellphone, and curtains for privateness.

For extra suggestions, try this listing of the finest hostels in Bali.
 

9. Florianópolis, Brazil

Also generally known as Floripa, this well-liked 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 summer season, many of the nightlife is concentrated across the seashores, whereas within the winter, the enjoyable strikes to the city of Lagoa da Conceição. In the north of the island at Jurerê International Beach, P12, Cafe de la Musique, and Milk all throw wild events.

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

Where to Stay: The Search House Beachfront Hostel – Offers non-public seaside entry, a pool, surfboard leases and connections for classes, and an out of doors bar with a day by day completely happy hour. The workers 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 Party, an enormous seaside rave which sees 20,000 individuals on common and goes till daybreak. Each bar has its personal sound system, and the seaside is lined with individuals promoting alcohol, fireplace dancers placed on reveals, and little cubicles promoting glow-in-the-dark face paint. ’nuff mentioned.

(But if I needed to say extra, I’d additionally say that there are jungle events, half-moon events, individuals getting wild on the seaside, happening slides, and taking part in tons of ingesting video games. It’s one of many greatest get together locations within the whole area.)

Where to Stay: Bodega Hostel – A full of life get together hostel with tons of social actions happening. This is the quintessential backpacker get together place, with pub crawls, seaside volleyball, a swimming pool, an enormous bar/lounge space, and occasions virtually each night time.
 

11. Cancun

Cancun is legendary for its nightlife. Most of the nightlife is concentrated across the Hotel Zone in an space aptly generally known as “party central.” Many of the world’s greatest DJs make common appearances within the many golf equipment. During spring break, issues get much more crowded and dearer so be sure you e book early for those who’re visiting then. Coco Bongo, Señor Frog’s, and La Vaquita are among the many hottest locations to go.

Where to Stay: Mayan Monkey Hostel – Located within the coronary heart of the Hotel Zone, it is a bumping get together hostel with themed nights, stay 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 this planet to have enjoyable and get together. Other locations that I’d suggest are:

Not solely are these nice get together locations, however they’re a few of my favourite cities on this planet. If you wish to lower unfastened and flex your get together muscle tissue, be sure you try these cities. They are a number of the finest locations to get together on this planet!

Note: I do know Ibiza is a good place to get together so earlier than everybody asks why I didn’t embrace it on the listing right here’s why: It’s just about membership central so for those who aren’t a clubber, then Ibiza isn’t place. Plus, I didn’t need a listing loaded with simply Europe and Asian locations.