If you want to go on drinking through the early hours , head out to the student areas round the university. Calle San Juan de Dios (and its continuations c/Gran CapitA?n and Plaza Gran CapitA?n), Carril del PicA?n and c/Pedro Antonio de AlarcA?n are all extremely lively. The streets to the east of the latter - c/Casillas de Prats, c/Trajano and Plaza Menorca - have most of the pubs and disco-bars ; current vogue places include Biblioteca, Gente Guapa, Black is Beautiful, Pub M, Babel and Chueka (a popular gay bar in nearby c/Goya), though new places open almost weekly in summer. Other places to try are Granada 10 , near the cathedral at c/Carcel Baja 10, a beautifully restored retro cinema that reopens as a disco when the films finish; Dar Ziryab , nearby at c/CaldererA­a Nueva 11, an Arabic cultural centre that often stages live traditional music; and, just south of Plaza de la Trinidad, Salsero Mayor , c/La Paz 20, which specializes in salsa, merengue and Latin jazz. The Campo del PrA­ncipe, a square on the eastern slopes of the Alhambra, is another popular drinking haunt, as are the areas around Plaza Nueva, where on weekend evenings throngs of drinkers jam the streets solid, and the Carrera del Darro (running alongside the Rio Darro below the Alhambra) - La Sal , c/MarquA©s de Falces, Pie de la Vela , a gay and lesbian (but not exclusively so) bar just off Plaza Nueva on Paseo de los Tristes, and Rincon de San Pedro , Carrera del Darro, a mixed-music gay bar, are all worth seeking out.

For flamenco , one of the most touristy and heavily promoted of shows is Los Jardines Neptuno , c/Arabial (near the Parque GarcA­a Lorca in the south of the city; tel 958 522 533; tickets about a?¬24), best avoided in summer when they bus in the tour groups but better in winter, with an intimate atmosphere and a log fire in the bar. Alternatively Eshavira , c/Postigo Cuna (off Gran VA­a), is a jazz/flamenco bar with a great atmosphere and live performances.