Northern Highlands
This Chachapoyas version of a dive bar really is a dive with worn plastic seats, musty aromas and bar staff who may or may not look up when you walk in…
Must-see nightlife in Peru
Chiclayo
An intimate and friendly venue with antiques on the wall and just a handful of tables. It has regular live rock bands that play at impressively full…
Lima
Another vintage bar renowned for popularizing pisco sours. Intimate and old-world, it’s lined with stained-glass windows and tended by a battalion of bow…
Arequipa
Nordic-style pub with Union Jack flags, happy-hour cocktails and plenty of locals and expats chatting away. Live bands play at 9:30pm and 11pm most nights…
Lima
You can’t miss the enormous, brightly colored flags that hang over this boisterous outdoor Brazilian bar-cafe where the cachaça flows like water.
Central Highlands
The house sangria is great and the place is nicely designed. A pity no one seems to come here these days.
Puno
This rock and reggae travelers’ haunt is usually buzzing. The enthusiastic young staff all dream of being DJs someday, and relaxed service lives up to the…
Puno
Travelers and locals alike gravitate to this tiny, ultraviolet dance floor above a restaurant, splashed with psychedelic murals. It moves to a thumping…
Arequipa
Where would any city be without its themed Irish pub? Tucked behind the cathedral, this gringo haven has – guess what? – pricey Guinness and English beers…
Ollantaytambo
Treehouse meets circus meets Batman! The hallucinatory decor in tiny, friendly Ganso is enough to drive anyone to drink. A firemen’s pole and swing seats…
