La Serena Entertainment

  1. Café del Patio

    Intimate café-cum-wine-bar in a sheltered patio with a mellow atmosphere. In summer some of Santiago's best jazz musicians perform here; the local bands that play the rest of the year are also worth hearing.

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  2. Cine Mark

    Screens big-name movies.

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  3. Coffee Express

    Oversized glass-and-plastic coated coffee shop serving some of La Serena's best java.

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  4. La Taberna

    This seedy-looking bar in a 130-year-old house hosts regular acts, including Chilean folk music on weekend nights from midnight.

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  5. Nightclubs

    Nightclubs sparkle along the seafront, past the lighthouse and all the way to Barrio Inglés Coquimbo; they're especially hot during summer.

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  7. Talcuba

    Rub shoulders with the university crowd in this darkly lit little tavern playing contemporary rock and pop. Cheap drinks explain why everyone is knocking back cocktails as though there's no tomorrow.

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