Party with Mediterranean abandon and then rinse away the night's on the beach. The two main hotspots are Diocletian's Palace and the Bačvice complex a couple of kilometers east of town. 

Everything you could wish for to while away your summer nights, you'll find in this town under the palace walls.
Around 10 PM you can head towards Diocletian's Palace where you can explore following places:
Gaga is as you will see, not very big, but extremely popular in the summer season. If you want a place to sit and enjoy a cocktail from the outdoor bar, you should arrive no later than 11 PM.
Red room: once you enter the bar, you will know why it is called red room. Red room and the other bars situated at the square, have furnished the square with living room chairs, so if you are looking for a comfortable sit, while enjoying a beer or cocktail, this is the place to go.
Luxor: sit in the centre of the old town on the Peristil square and enjoy a glass of red wine while listening to some of Splits best young musicians.
Puls: Less the 100 meters from the Riva you will find maybe the most popular area for the early evening hours, the 3 bars Puls, Fluid and Ghetto, especially the narrow street in front of them, is packed almost every evening during summer. When you head to the area from the Riva, the first bar you will find is Puls and the charm of the place is the small tables and chairs placed on the stairs outside of the bar.
Fluid: If you manage to move up the stairs in front of Puls, you will end at Fluid which is a very small bar. The outside area is limited to 6 or 8 small tables and lots of people standing, what you should do, is to stick your head inside and check out the round room, which is built into the palace wall.
Ghetto: A few meters after Fluid, you find the place Ghetto which if situated in a courtyard, where live bands often are playing, the audience, the music and the interior design of Ghetto gives the place an atmosphere like an underground club.
All this clubs are just warming up for what comes after midnight.
It is time to move on to one of Splits a discotheque, best time to go is around 1 AM.


VANILLA CLUB
Capacity: 2000 people
Audience: 20+ you have to be nicely dressed; don't expect to get in with beach clothes on
Entrance fee: if there is live music you will have to pay entrance fee around 30 – 50 Croatian Kuna.
 
Vanilla is a popular place, which is often packed during the summer month, but does to the large terrace you can always find a corner where you can enjoy a cocktail or live music mostly performed by local artist, several times a week. 


HEMINGWAY SPLIT
 
Is the Split branch of the Hemingway clubs, which also can be found in Zagreb, Opatija and Rijeka.
This place is the most exclusive club you can find in Split  the outside area include VIP lounges and the longest bar in Split. During summer month you have international artists (bands and Dj’s) on the program several times a week.

• Capacity: around 2000 people
• Audience: 20+, you have to be relatively well dressed; don’t expect to get in wearing beach clothes.
•  Entrance fee:  if there is live music you will have to pay entrance fee around 30 to 50 Kuna.

Bačvice bar: If you spend a day on the Bačvice beach you might notice the buildings on the left side of the beach. In the evening this place turns into a party “mile”. It is one of the most popular places, especially among the younger audience and it’s name is Club Bačvice where you have techno beats and cave dancers to speed up the party.

• Capacity: around 500 people – open air club.
• Audience: 18-25, older people are of course also welcome.
• Entrance fee:  No fee

Tropic: the round building which turns in to the tropic bar in the late evening hours. The place is relative small and has no outside area, so expect the place to be full from around midnight.

• Capacity: around 500 people.
• Audience: 20+, again here you might not get in if you are wearing beach clothes.
• Entrance fee:  No fee

O’Hara: If you are more in to Rock music, you would have to go to O’Hara (situated in the second bay after Bačvice) it would take you about 15-20 min to walk there, taxi is around 40 kunas from the Riva. In the summer you have live bands and DJ’s playing.

• Capacity: around 1000 people
• Audience: 20+, normally no dress code
• Entrance fee: 10 Kuna on normal nights, if there is live music you will have to pay 20 – 40 Kuna.

 

DUBROVNIK

This is simply one of those cities you need to see once in your life.
You’ve walked the old city walls, soaked up some glorious sun on nearby beaches, perhaps even taken in a museum or two. Now it’s time to hit the cobbled streets and check out the local nightlife scene in „Pearl of the Adriatic“. 
When the night slowly falls over the City, a slow change befalls upon it and all seek for that special feel, a party, sweet as the heaven's delight.
And Dubrovnik offers that special, unique, feel, lures you with its moody trance and takes you in its dream of beauty.
The City (walled core of Dubrovnik) is the centre for most of the cultural and party happenings in Dubrovnik, like it’s been since the ancient times.
Nightlife in Dubrovnik begins every night after sundown as people start to walk up and down the main street Stradun, in a kind of a customary walk before the good times get rolling. After the few roundabouts you go get a drink or two for warm up, best is Gundulićeva poljana.
Easier events with romantic or rather quiet atmosphere are quite often. The most popular places for relaxed feel are Buža bars below the City walls, any of the beach bars in Uvala Lapad (Lapad bay), Copacabana beach on Babin Kuk, Banje and many other....
Special atmosphere can always be expected at Buniceva poljana where the bars have large table areas on the small plateau of Bunic square. Troubadour Jazz Cafe is responsible for great atmosphere as the owners, local musician family, are making live performances every night. After the pubs and bars it is off to the clubs...
The trends change fast, however at the moment here is the list of Dubrovnik's bars and clubs:

Bars