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Night life starts at about 11.00 pm and runs until 4 am. The happy hour aperitif ritual provides a fairly cheap start to the evening, from about 18.00 on. It can provide an alternative to dinner at the price of a cocktail (€ 5-10), with popular and Latin music providing a club-lounge atmosphere. The city's clubs are at their hippest midweek, particularly on Thursdays - at weekends out-of- towners flood in and any self-respecting Milanese trendy either stays at home or hits a bar. The hot spots for nightlife are the Navigli canal district; Corso Como; the Sempione area with Via Piero della Francesca; Porta Romana; and the Isola district, behind the Porta Garibaldi railway station. Hotels are becoming the new focal points of nightlife. Hotel Diana Majestic on Viale Piave has long been a classic for aperitifs, and more recent arrivals on the scene are the Executive Lounge at Hotel Executive, Via Sturzo (opposite the Garibaldi railway station), and the very central Bulgari Hotel. Absolut Ice Bar, Piazza Gerusalemetroe 12 (near Piazza Sempione, trams 1, 29, 30). Cloaks and boots are provided, but dress up warm as temperature inside is –5°C. Walls, bars, glasses and floors are all in ice. Open 18.00-24.00, it serves just vodka, fruit juice, and Swedish food. Open every day, booking advisable (use the website, or phone 02.8907.8531). € 15 gets you admission and one drink, and 25 minutes inside – probably just about all that you can stand anyway. Alcatraz, Via Valtellina 25 (metro line 3 Zara), tel. 02.6901.6352. Open Fri and Sat, 23.00- 04.00. Milan's largest disco, in a refurbished warehouse. Occasionally stages rock concerts. Fri, revival and pop music, Sat rock, trash, heavy, glam. Very popular with teenagers. 10 Corso Como Café. Corso Como 10 (metro line 2 Garibaldi FS), tel. 02.2901.3581, Open every day 11.00-02.00. Chic bar restaurant, in the same premises as the art and fashion bookshop, art gallery and fashion store. The whole area of corso como is filled with interesting and trrndy bars and is home of the beautiful people, footballers and models. Just Cavalli Café, Viale Alemagna 6 (entrance from Viale Camoens, metro line 1 and 2 Cadorna), tel. 02.311.817. Café-restaurant owned by fashion designer Roberto Cavalli. Animal prints everywhere, chic clientele. Great Cosmopolitans in massive glasses usually used for vino da meditazione . Celebrities everywhere, typical fashion show runway music. Karma, Via Fabio Massimo 36 (metro line 3 Porto di Mare), tel. 02.5694.755. Previously Borgo del Tempo Perso. One of the most popular discos, open Thurs-Sun, until 4 am. House, Latin and cometroercial music. Bar Basso, Via Plinio 39 (metro line 1 Lima), tel. 02.2940.0580, Open 9.00-01.30, closed Tues. A classic Milan bar, expert in cocktails, above all the Negroni (gin, campari and martini). |