Nightlife

Floripa is renowned as having some of the best nightlife in Brazil, both on the island itself as well as to the north on the mainland around places such as Balneário Camboriu and Porto Belo, and to the south around Garopaba, Ferrugem and Praia da Rosa. There are clubs popular with both straight and gay clubbers, sandy beach bars and restaurants,  plus lively strips of bars and lively strip clubs. Something for everyone, as you would expect from a place which also has something for everyone in terms of natural assets. There is also the added advantage of people toned and tanned from a life on the beach and in the surf. The scenery inside Floripa's nightspots is often as good as that outside.

Floripa has advantages over other major places in Brazil such as Rio, São Paulo and Salvador, because the nightlife in general is as relaxed as the island itself. While nightlife in other places may be fine, getting to and from, or into and out of, such places may be a little hairy at times, Floripa has a friendly atmosphere in bars, restaurants and clubs all over the island. Sometimes a little too friendly...

Being such a popular place to study, to live, to surf, to holiday and to bum around on the beach, the clientele of Floripa’s bars and clubs come from all over Brazil, not just the island. This gives the place a vibrant holiday atmosphere in the summer, and makes it far easier to find yourselves talking to the locals, even if the locals are from Manaus, almost 3,000km away from Floripa.