Bordeaux
With 11 beers on tap (from €5.40 per pint) and dozens of different bottled beers to try each week, beer lovers can't get enough of this industrial-styled…
Must-see nightlife in Atlantic Coast
Nantes
This happening music bar, a student favourite, is one of a handful of buzzing after-dark drinking addresses away from the centre. Folk, rock, afro, reggae…
Bordeaux
Rocking it for a good couple of decades, La Plage (or The Beach) is an enormous nightclub with an imposing all-black façade on the quayside and several…
Bordeaux
When tasting wine gets old, sample an extraordinary selection of rum from all over the world at this cave à rhum (rum cellar). Seating is relaxed armchair…
Bordeaux
Don your dancing shoes and hit the oldest nightclub in town (and about the only one in the centre) for some serious 1970s, '80s and '90s pop. Admission…
La Rochelle
This hybrid cafe-bar, with industrial upcycled interior and pavement terrace lounging a step away from the Vieux Port hubbub, rocks day and night. A…
Bordeaux
With a handful of alfresco tables down a side alley and ample bar seating inside, this faithfully traditional British pub lures a pint-happy crowd. Darts,…
Bordeaux
In warm and sunny weather, flop out on an orange deckchair at the Orangerie, an attractively located cafe (best for simple drinks rather than food) with…
Nantes
Sit in a bathtub, kick back with a drink and relax at this eclectic bar decorated room by room like a home furnished in bad 1970s taste. It plays (what…
Nantes
Squeezed inside a darkened half-timbered house hung with local art, this bohemian hangout with handsome pavement terrace draws a predominantly student…
Bordeaux
A warm atmosphere fills this well-established bar, host to live music – including lots of jazz – every Thursday and Sunday evening from 7pm. Soirées DJs …
Bordeaux
Decorated in an arresting 'modern' baroque and art-deco style, this is an easy-going wine bar with much-appreciated sofa seating and a decent choice of…
Bordeaux
Lounge lizard-like in the sun over a pot of mint tea and honey-soaked Moroccan pastry at this popular neighbourhood cafe. Its pavement terrace overlooks…
Bordeaux
Spice up your life with a night of dancing at one of the many Caribbean-themed soirées at La Pachanga, a club playing tropical sounds, on club-hot quai de…
Bordeaux
A mixed crowd flocks to Karl for all-day drinks overlooking one of St-Pierre's busiest people-watching squares. Breakfasts, brunch, meal-sized salads and…
