Intense, insinuating nights of varied rhythms are the ones offered by Alajuela to those travellers running away from sleeping and looking for fun in the dark, or psychedelically sparkling, atmosphere of the animated discotheques and bars of the second largest city in Costa Rica.

Contagious laughter, sensual movements and grimaces, beverages that stir up the spirit in the concealing night, in the liberating night, in the night summoning to party, to revelry; also to love, then Alajuela shakes, turns into a dancing floor, a seat at a bar, or at a gambling table where luck prowls.

You will find a place that will suit your taste and budget along the night tours across Alajuela; perhaps a discreet bar, maybe a partying discotheque or, who knows, at the roulettes and slot machines in the casinos and gambling tables of the large hotels.

You can enjoy some cold beers and good hard liquors in the following places:

El Pueblo (bar/restaurant)
Address: at 100 metres from the crossing of the Juan Santamarķa International Airport, on the highway to Alajuela.
Phone number: (506) 442-4270.
Working hours: Sundays through Thursdays from 9:00 hours up till 1:00 hours; Fridays and Saturdays from 9:00 hours up till 2:30 hours. There is karaoke everyday from 20:00 hours, except on Sundays when it starts at 16:00 hours.

La Casona del Marisco (bar/restaurant)
Address: in front of the Agricultor Park, El Cacique de Alajuela.
Phone number: (506) 442-0066.
Working hours: Sundays through Thursdays from 11:00 hours up till 00.00 hours; and from 11:00 hours up till 1:00 hours on Fridays and Saturdays

Manaos (bar/restaurant)
Address: Rio Segundo de Alajuela
Phone number: (506) 440-3290.
Working hours: everyday from 10:00 hours, with karaoke

Mirador Aeropuerto La Candela
Address: behind the Juan Santamarķa Airport, on the highway to Ojo de Agua
Phone number: (506) 440-6969.
Working hours: Mondays through Thursdays from 10:00 hours up till 00:00 hours; and from 10:00 hours up till 1:00 hours on Fridays and Saturdays. There is karaoke on Fridays and Tuesdays.

Mirador El Valle
Address: Pilas de Alajuela; 6 kilometres and a half north of La Corte
Phone number: (506) 441-7318.
Working hours: Mondays through Thursdays from 15:00 hours up till 0:00 hours; and from 12:00 hours up till 0:00 hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Mirador La Luna
Address: 700 metres west of the School of Pilas, in Alajuela
Phone number: (506) 442-3820.
Working hours: Mondays through Thursdays from 15:00 hours up till 2:00 hours; and from 11:00 hours up till 2:00 hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Plaza Garibaldi, La Jarra
Address: 200 metres west of the Ferias Plaza, in front of the Mutual of Alajuela
Phone numbers: (506) 441-5913 y (506) 441-6708
Working hours: Mondays through Sundays from 11:00 hours up till 2:00 hours.

Tacos (bar/restaurant)
Address: 300 metres west of the Hampton Inn Hotel, Rio Segundo, Alajuela
Phone number: (506) 442-3810.
Working hours: Mondays through Fridays from 11:00 hours up till 0:00 hours; and from 9:00 hours up till 0:00 hours on Saturdays and Sundays.

Luz de Luna (bar/restaurant)
Address: Fraijanes de Alajuela
Phone number: (506) 482-2237
Working hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays from 18:00 hours up 2:00 hours; it does not work on Sundays.

Wahoo's (bar/restaurant)
Address: 300 metres west of the Hampton Inn Hotel, Rio Segundo, Alajuela
Phone number: (506) 442-3810

El Mirador (bar/restaurant)
Address: Cirrķ Sur, Naranjo, Alajuela
Phone number: (506) 451-1959

Gelogan Chef Belisario (bar y restaurant)
Address: Atenas, Alajuela
Phone number: (506) 446-8497

La Cascada (bar/restaurant)
Address: Atenas, Alajuela
Phone number: (506) 771-6479