Best cities for a pub crawl?
On holiday, it's not uncommon to consume large quantities of toxic beverages. An attempt to check out the city's nightlife = an all-nighter pub crawl.Some cities are just geared to allow for the most memorable crawls (assuming you remember stuff post getting plastered, which of course, isn't the objective). Here are the Lonely Planet blog's idea of a what entails a good pub crawl, here are mine:
- A number of bars in the same area, so you can walk the whole way (or even crawl if necessary!).
- No dress code. You have to be allowed to enter the places without stuck-up bouncers. Preferably, there shouldn't be bouncers at all and you should be able to enter with flip-flops.
- Cheap. Getting drunk, not remembering anything, AND not having any money left -- not a good combination.
- The places should be filled with locals rather than tourists.
- Friendly bar tenders. Rude bar tenders with a chip on their shoulder for anyone out having fun while they are working, can ruin your night.
- Bars with games, happy hours, and music. A little bit of research and you can find a cluster of bars with special drink offers and games to win them alongside music and/or jam sessions.
- Valencia, Spain
- Madrid, Spain
- Wollongong, Australia
- Phi Phi Island, Thailand
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 12:25PM
BadgerKyle said...
Madison, Wisconsin! 69 bars in an 8 block radius . . plenty of drink specials, plenty of drunk food restaurants open well past bar time . . . no dress code at all! It's awesome.
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Apr 21st 2008 @ 4:30AM
andrea said...
No, I think the best cities for a pub crawl are defined by the availability of excellent beer. I don't want to get hogwhimperingly drunk (though strangely enough, that does sometimes occur), but I do want to experience great tastes. So I would suggest;
- York, England. Many fine real ale pubs with a map often included in the 'Ouse Boozer' local beer magazine.
- Augsburg, Germany. Taste the local rauchbier (smoked beer) and visit the many breweries.
- Regensburg, Germany. Four (might be five) breweries with pubs attached and some very fine biergartens.
- Antwerp, Belgium. A pub crawl excellent not in quantity but in quality - north to south, De Waagstuk, Oud Arsenaal, and Kulminator.
- Prague, Czech Republic. Still possible to get very fine beers here, including Pilsner Urquell from the tap - much better than the bottle - even though the bigger breweries have mainly been taken over by international firms.
- Norwich, England. I live there and I'm very biased.. The Fat Cat is the only pub in the country to have won the coveted CAMRA Pub of the Year award twice. And my local, the King's Head, has just beaten it for Norwich Pub of the Year. Add to these another 20 or so pubs serving real ale and nearly 30 breweries in the county of Norfolk, it's an ale paradise.
Andrea Kirkby
http://www.podtours.co.uk
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