The Nightlife

Milan is full of stylish little bars.  The popular nights for going out is Thursday - Sunday, however find a bar with a group of mates, get a couple of drinks down you and I don't see what the problem is!  The bar staff seem really friendly.  One night down by the canals we found a bar who let us put our iPod on and make our own cocktails.  Another bar allowed us to dance on the tables whilst fuelling us with free shots: pretty messy!

The Canals

We went here on a Wednesday night and, although there were people out, it wasn't very busy.  However there were multiple bars to choose from, with drinks prices being about 2 Euros for a shot and 6 Euros for a cocktail.  

Metro: P.ta Genova (Green) - walk down Corso Colombo.

Corso Sempione

You may recognise this street name from The Food and Drink post.  Many cafés during the day time turn into bars at night.  We never actually went here but others did and said there was a variety of bars to choose from.

Metro: Cadorna (red/green). Walk up Via Paleocapa, left onto Vale Zola and onto Via Mario Pagano. Head right on this road until you read the Piazza Sempione (big archway mentioned on The Sights).  The main road opposit this is Corso Sempione. 

Corso Como - Our Favourite!

We went here on our last night, a Thursday, after having dinner on the same strip.  All the bars seem very sophisticated and fashionable.  It can be pretty pricey round here, with shots being as much as 5 Euros, so have a look around.  We managed to strike gold, with a bar offering us one cocktail and two shots for 10 Euros, which we shared in twos.  Because we were a group of 8 girls, we started to attract the locals.  Although cocktails were 10 Euros here, every time we went to the bar they'd offer us free shots, we think it was to keep us in there! They had their own promotions person who, despite being a bit creepy, told us there were clubs round the corner if we wanted to carry on partying - it costs about 10 Euros entry for these.  We texted round the rest of our course and pretty soon we were all mingling with the locals, some even got a bit too close!  Compared to other bars, it was packed in here, which made the atmosphere even better.  Another group of people from our course were in a bar on the same strip, and were also dancing on the tables, so we assumed it must be a popular place for nightlife!  

Metro: Garibaldi F.S. (Green/Blue) Walk onto Viale Luigi Sturzo, and cross the road onto Corso Como.