Sunset watching is a ritual to plan your days around, and good lookout points abound. At Zicatela you can watch sun descend behind the surfers, and at La Galería, located on the third floor of the Arco Iris hotel, you can catch up on local gossip while enjoying a sundowner. It has a nightly happy hour (with live music during high season) from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Other great sunset spots are the Hotel Santa Fe, at the junction of Zicatela and Marineros beaches, and the rooftop bar of Hotel Flor de María. For a more tranquil, romantic setting, take a cab or walk a half-hour or so west to the cliff-top lawn of the Hotel Posada Real.
Puerto's nightlife will satisfy anyone dedicated to late nights and good music. Most nightspots are open until 3am or until customers leave; none of them have phones. The Adoquín offers an ample selection of clubs. Favorites include Wipeout, a multilevel club that packs in the crowds until 4am, and El Tubo, an open-air beachside dance club just west of Pascal on the Adoquín.
On Zicatela Beach, El Son y la Rumba features live Latino jazz, by its house band, each night from 8 to 11pm. It switches over to DJs playing house music Wednesday through Saturday, after 11pm. The cover is $5 (£2.75), and it's located at Calle de Moro 7. Within walking distance, Bar Fly sits upstairs overlooking the beach and features a DJ spinning Latin, retro, and electronic hits. It's open nightly from 9pm to 3am on Calle de Moro s/n. Don't miss Cabo Blanco's Monday night dine-and-dance party (all you can eat), or its Friday reggae night. An added draw is the complimentary snacks with drink purchase, in the style of Mexico's cantina tradition. Casa Babylon, a few doors down, is a bohemian beach bar with a book exchange and table games. It's open nightly from 7pm until late, and has a hip surfer vibe.
There's a movie theater on Playa Zicatela, PJ's Book Bodega and Music Shop. It's a pretty simple setup consisting of a large screen and some beach chairs, and it serves up popcorn and movies nightly.
