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Ticino

Entertainment in Ticino

  1. Pardo Bar

    With its background music, scattered timber tables (a couple of computers on one) and wine and cocktails on offer, Pardo Bar attracts a relaxed and mixed crowd.

    reviewed

  2. A

    Café Time

    For Italian-style aperitif time, Café Time, buried inside an unlikely little shopping arcade, attracts the local movers and shakers. Relax against the high-backed burgundy leather benches over a fine wine or cocktail with tasty bar snacks.

    reviewed

  3. B

    Privilege

    Downstairs from street level and easily missed, this is the most central club in town. There are a couple of separate areas, including one for smokers! With go-go girls and guys, and the occasional spurt of live music, it attracts a pretty mixed crowd.

    reviewed

  4. C

    Bar Sport

    A fairly run-of-the-mill place by day, this rough-and-tumble bar with the red-walled dance space out the back and beer garden on the side is an extremely popular hang-out with Locarno’s night owls. There are a few other bars in the immediate vicinity.

    reviewed

  5. D

    Soho Café

    So that’s where they are! All those good-looking Lugano townies crowd in to this long, orange-lit bar for cocktails. Chilled DJ music creates a pleasant buzz. The problem might be squeezing through to the bar!

    reviewed

  6. Morandi

    A stalwart of Lugano’s dance scene, this multi-space club (including asphyxiating smoking room) places a fairly steady house diet and attracts a crowd that ranges from 17 to 47. Pink is the dominating hue.

    reviewed

  7. E

    La Lanchetta

    Sitting on the lake opposite the Hotel Cassarate Lago, this hip, dimly lit bar is perfect for pre-dinner drinks. Furniture and dress sense is black, although there is a little tongue-shaped snug that glows white.

    reviewed

  8. F

    New Orleans Club

    New Orleans Club, a lively spot from Thursday to Saturday nights, has Latin, hip-hop and disco nights. Deeply dark inside, there’s also room for a smoko outside.

    reviewed

  9. G

    Casinò Lugano

    Can’t be bothered going to the huge casino in Campione d’Italia? No problem, you can lose your money in the rather lurid Casinò Lugano.

    reviewed

  10. H

    Desperados

    This late-night disco bar is hot, cramped and sweaty - in other words the perfect nightclub. The entrance is on a tiny square off Vicolo Orfanotrofio.

    reviewed

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  12. I

    Madai

    A cool cocktail bar with reddish hues, lounges and dance music. At 10pm, the aperitif phase gives way to a club-style ambience.

    reviewed