Most French nightclubbers begin their evenings on the town by heading to the boulevard Trudaine, a thoroughfare in the town center that's very close to the Eglise Notre-Dame-du-Port. It's lined with at least 20 bars and restaurants catering to the young and the restless.
B. Box, La Pardieu (tel. 04-73-28-59-74; www.bboxclub.com), is the biggest nightclub in Clermont. Expect mass consumption of alcohol and a bevy of attractive people. Cover ranges from 10€ to 15€ ($15-$22) and includes your first drink. It's open from 11pm to 5am Thursday to Saturday only. Two other dance clubs are Le Frog, 12 rue des Petits Gras (tel. 04-73-37-99-73), and Le Symbol, 11 rue de Serbie (tel. 04-73-31-01-01; www.lesymbol.com). Both attract a crowd over 25, including lots of single, divorced, and nominally married people looking for a dance and perhaps a fling. A popular gay bar is the Bar d'O, place de la Victoire (tel. 04-73-91-43-14), which tends to be busy during the late afternoon and early evening (4 to 9:30 or 10:30pm); it's open Monday through Saturday from 7:30am to 1am. After that, but only Wednesday to Saturday after 10pm, gay men and, to a lesser extent, women, head for L'Enigme, 32 rue Fontgieve (tel. 04-73-31-07-63; www.l-enigme.com), the town's (and the region's) busiest and most animated gay disco. Entrance ranges from free to 10€ ($15), depending on the night of the week, and the dancing usually continues until at least 4am.
