Guanajuato Nightlife

A nightly haunt where the locals go to pack themselves into a tiny bar, Los Lobos is never dull. Although a few times I was there, some girlfriends of mine were having difficulties with the male patrons. And once I got the sense the door guy was trying to gouge me on my bill. I definitely felt much more at ease when I went with some locals. It gets pretty rowdy as the night goes on. Sometimes there is a band, which amazes me because sometimes I wonder where I'm going to stand, but they are able to put a full band in the middle anyways.

Dress Code: stylish, more chill and a little street

Zilch is an amazing place to have a drink at night. They have 20 peso beer and on some nights have 2x1 coctails in rum, vodka and tequila. They are always playing American music, which is pretty good but after a few nights I noticed it was just the same 20 songs on a loop. Still, there are live bands some nights. I happened to be in Gto on the anniversary of the day John Lennon was shot and they had a John Lennon cover band that played in both English and Spanish. There is tons of amazing artwork in Zilch and all by a local artist. You can also take your drink onto the roof and enjoy an extremely unique nighttime view of the city.

Dress Code: stylish but definitely laid back.

This is where the locals go to party, and party they do! The club was open until at least 4am every night I went, including week nights. Drinks are not bad by American standards, you can get a bottle of tequila and mixer for 400 pesos when I was there. They play a good mix of American and Mexican dance music and techno mixes. The club was always packed with beautiful people and is definitely gay friendly as tons of hot guys were dancing with their shirts off! Definitely my fav club in Gto

Dress Code: as with all other aspects of Gto, dress is very posh and stylish.

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A tradition in Guanajuato are the Callejoneadas, they come from a renaisance tradition in Spain and consist on groups of students that form a group called a Tuna.
The members of a tuna are called tunos and they dress in colonial clothes, they will walk you by several squares and streets in the city and all the time they will be singing traditional mexican and spanish songs, as well as telling you legends. It is a very amuzing and funny experience.
We were told there were many tunas in the city, altought we only saw one, wich was quite good, they are called "Tuna Colegiata Real de Guanajuato" you'll find a couple of them at Jardín Unión selling tickets for the callejoneada wich will begin at night, they were all very profesional, and you could notice they constantly rehearsal in order to give a great show, along all of them they were also children wich they were training to ensure the group goes on generation after generation.
Traditionally you were also served wine during the walk, that no longer happens and you are instead offered some grape juice, that is great because that ensures the show remains as safe fun for all the family, otherwise there would be surely some people going there only to drink.
We had great fun during the callejoneada, I recomend a lot that you attend the show, not only will you be part of a city tradition, you will also help the "tunos" to pay for their studies. Don't miss it.

Dress Code: Take comfortable shoes as you'll be walking all around downtown during the show.

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If in Guanajuato, must visit this small and always packed salsa bar located on a second floor of a historical building. Seating space is very limited but not necesserily needed because everybody's dancing throughout the whole night anyway. Drinks are very affordable, atmospere live and exciting, people amazing.

Had a chance to visit Guanajuato twice and both times had an amazing time at that bar.

Below the bar you can find a restaurant under the same name for a quick but tasty bite. Very affordable.

Highly recommend it.

Dress Code: none

I was only there during the week and a lot of the places I tried to go to for a drink were closed, I think they only really party at weekends ( I'm such a big city girl - I can't get used to having to wait for the weekend if I want to go out!)

But there are nice cafes and bars everywhere, so don't worry, I didn't go thirsty ;-)

In the city of Guanajuato you will see a huge statue.It is a top a hill,and made of white marble.It is called 'Monumento a El Pipila.

Take the Funical (rail car) on up;it is located
behind Teatro Juarerz.

This is arguably the most well known spot in Guanajuato, as it is used as the "meeting spot" for all tourists and locals alike. IT is in the center of everything, and you could spend hours sitting on the steps and people watching without getting bored. When street festivals and singing occurs, the best seat in the house is on the steps of this theatre.