Best nightclubs Spain

gay Atmosphere, electro music and live music. This nightclub human-size is popular with the gay public of Bilbao, it is nonetheless very eclectic in terms of its clientele.

A trendy and cosmopolitan club, offering a beautiful setting decorated with Buddha heads! Varied clientele and atmosphere depending on the evening of the week: university evenings on Thursdays, commercial music and weekend hits.

You won't be able to miss this famous discotheque of Sol, so many drummers are present everywhere in the district. Ultra tourist, the Commo will be your business if you came to the Spanish capital to toast with young tourists, often passing through for a bachelor party or a football match. Nevertheless, it is a nice place to party. And you'll get a free chupito with your entrance (when it's paid for) most of the time, as the club is associated with the famous Espit Chupitos sign.

Be careful, from midnight on, it's hot, very hot here! On the El Son dance floor, bodies hug and shake to good Cuban music (almost all the time live) and nobody dances alone. Get ready to be invited (or to be invited) to salsa dancing! And, no excuses that hold up, even if you can't dance, just go for it. This is the best place in the capital to learn how to move. Even if the (very) good general level can cool down some beginners, it has to be said.

Together with the nearby Vía Lactea, El Tupper is a nightclub that is a must in the Malasaña district. The very kitsch interior cultivates an offbeat pop atmosphere, with its revamped 1970s TVs and plastic dolls on the bar for an original and friendly decoration! On the music side, a lot of soul, original indie sounds and above all indie rock'n'roll come out of the speakers, to the delight of the many regulars in Madrid. A good option for an overnight stop in Malasaña.

The Why Not? is a nice room, with a rather baroque and very impressive 19th century style ceiling and black and white pictures of big actresses hanging on the walls. This historic club of the gay community in Madrid fills up every night with a gay, but also (increasingly) straight clientele. Although you sometimes put your elbow in the eye of your neighbour, you have a good time. Music-wise, you mostly listen to the great hits of Spanish pop, then to house music as the night progresses.

The aptly named Fortuny is one of the most beautiful nightclubs in Salamanca. This very chic club, just like the neighborhood, is mostly frequented by the 30-50 year olds of Madrid's good society. You can have a drink or a meal at a table on the first floor and dance on a small dance floor in the basement. Above all, you can take advantage of the superb garden-terrace which offers a bucolic setting and an oasis of coolness when the heat arrives. Attention, it is better to be well dressed to be sure to enter. Jacket, pants and shoes are required.

Two rooms glued together - Stage live and Back room - in a very central location on the banks of the ría, facing the famous Zubizuri bridge. Here follow one another concerts and clubbing evenings with a varied programme: Erasmus evenings, commercial music, reggaeton...). With a solid reputation, Stage live welcomes quality artists, while the back room is one of the clubs of choice for 18-25 year olds. The club also has several VIP areas, the so-called privados, where all kinds of events can be celebrated.

In the heart of the San Francisco district, a crazy bar that regularly hosts offbeat shows where burlesque is the order of the day. Las Fellini's show (www.lasfellini.com) is a classic not to be missed: you'll love this completely crazy transformist cabaret! The rest of the time, an eclectic, predominantly gay clientele dances to pop music and hits from the 1980s until the end of the night. Be aware of the programming available on their Facebook page: Badulake regularly organizes costume parties!

A classic Bilbao nightclub since the 1990s, located in the heart of the Indautxu district. This pub with its woody and intimate decoration, with walls covered with banknotes, old frames and bottle caps, is perfect for an evening drink. Live concerts are regularly scheduled, as well as DJ sets until the early hours of the morning. Spanish artists such as Pablo Lopez, Antonio Orozco, El Lichis and Nil Moliner have taken to the stage in recent years, as well as emerging groups from the local scene.

This space was originally designed in the 1990s to provide a meeting place for basque speakers. So don't be surprised if you hear a lot of people talking in Basque! Installed in a former cinema, it now functions as a restaurant, concert hall and nightclub. It is a reference stage for Basque musicians from the region, although it also hosts many international groups and artists. On the club side, the atmosphere is young and relaxed, with a very varied musical program

Since its creation in 2005, Fever has been the club of reference in Bilbao. Located south of Casco Viejo, this huge nightclub welcomes in its 4 rooms (Pink Fever, Gold Fever, Black Fever and Blue Fever) an eclectic clientele, eager for new music. In addition to its excellent concert programme, Fever also organises the "Art After Dark" evenings in the Guggenheim Museum one Friday a month, to visit the exhibitions at night with the music of the DJs as an accompaniment. Check the agenda on their website!

It's the trendy club in San Sebastian! It is located a stone's throw from the Parte Vieja, in the magnificent building of the yacht club. Built in the 1920s, this century-old, boat-like building is one of the city's icons. After a respectful renovation, highlighting the rationalist lines of the building with Bauhaus-inspired furniture, the establishment finally opened its doors in 2015. At once restaurant, cocktail bar and club, it is the chic place not to be missed. Magnificent view of the bay.

El Juglar is a great place to have a drink, attend an early evening concert and then dance in the small and always crowded back room to the rhythm of the DJs who come to perform there from Wednesday onwards. It is quite simply one of the best and most popular "sala" of Lavapiés since its opening at the dawn of the 2000s. There is a lot of funk, ska and reggae in the purest style of the neighbourhood, and the programming is regularly opened to avant-garde ethnic music artists. We like it!

This famous fountain, a meeting place for artists and politicians of the 19th and 20th centuries, is a hybrid address that opens in the early afternoon to offer a menu with pub classics, broadcasts soccer matches in the early evening and really gets the atmosphere going as the night progresses. Live music or DJ sessions, with the latest Latin hits, keep locals and tourists moving every night of the week in an original setting with many objects hanging on the walls. A historical spot that delights its world!

Mondo Disko may have moved from Huertas to Sol, but the recipe (always the same) still works. With top-quality sessions and DJs from all over the world, renowned electronic music nights several times a week and a sound system that spits just right, Mondo is always a sell-out. In short, a not-to-be-missed Mecca for techno fans! See the full program on the website.

After a complete facelift in 2016, the emblematic Be Bop became the ¡ BE! Club. Despite this change of name and image, the club retains its eclectic character and quality musical programming. Located at the corner of Paseo Salamanca, just at the mouth of the Urumea River, it offers beautiful views of the Kursaal through its large bay windows. On the program: soul and jazzy music on Fridays, classics from the 50-60's or hits from the 80-90's on Saturday nights... In summer, we open a little earlier to take the vermut from 12.30 pm!

In the busy Calle de la Cruz, where young tourists flock every night to party all night long, La Cartuja is halfway between the night bar and the club (but beware, most people arrive after one in the morning). For decades, all the ingredients of the district have been gathered here: decibels (rather commercial, it must be said), chupitos, lots of chupitos, messy meetings and often... complicated tomorrows! In short, a great classic of Sol.

Be careful, don't rely on the chic sound you think you can guess when you get to the Tempo. Because if the ground floor, the Tempo Lounge, keeps a slightly stuck atmosphere, it is quite different in the basement in the Tempo Club. Moreover, the clients on both floors rarely mix. In this concert hall, the dance floor is often stormed for concerts and DJ sessions from Thursday to Sunday. The Tempo jam sessions are well known and of good quality. Complete programming on the website.

The Taboó is a mythical venue in Malasaña, well representative of the neighbourhood where young Spanish rock talents and DJs pass through and where one often sees quality and often original musical performances. You don't usually come out of it disappointed. Apart from the musical programme of these good early evening concerts (concerts from 8.30, 9.30 or 10pm), it is also a nightclub full to bursting at the seams from Thursday night after midnight or one o'clock in the morning. A not-to-be-missed outing for music lovers and other rock fans.

The Goya Social Club is without doubt one of the best nightclubs in the Spanish capital for listening and dancing to house and deep house music. Worthy of the most famous clubs in Europe's party capitals, such as Berlin, Paris or London, this rather chic nightclub is located in the heart of the Salamanca district, and is a favourite with trendy party-goers visiting Madrid. Big names from the electro scene perform here regularly, and it's one of Madrid's must-visit nightspots.

Located in the Santo Domingo market, in the heart of the historic center, this is the place to go to enjoy the nightlife of Pamplona! On two floors, a cafe-theater, a "gastrobar" and a club, offering a rich program of live concerts and DJ sets on weekends. Quality music, with electro, pop, soul, rock... A protean space of the most original, attracting young and old, music lovers, families, party people and gastronomes. Check the program of events and concerts to come on the website of the place.