Paris has two pub crawls and they run different parts of the city. The Bastille Pub Crawl starts at Bastille metro every Thursday and Saturday, five venues in four hours for €15. The Latin Quarter Bar Crawl runs Fridays from Saint-Michel, ending near Rue Mouffetard around midnight for €20. Both are backpacker-built circuits: the Bastille crawl ends at a club, the Latin Quarter crawl ends at the bars. Neither one asks you to pretend you are in Paris. They just get you into it.
Paris nightlife does not concentrate in one district. Oberkampf and Ménilmontant in the 11th hold the bars where locals actually spend their weekday evenings. Pigalle runs later and louder, particularly around Rue des Martyrs. The Latin Quarter around Rue Mouffetard is students and tourists. All three are accessible by metro before the last service at 1:15 am on weekdays or 2:15 am on weekends.
Drinks at Oberkampf bars run €5 to €7 for a draught beer, €10 to €13 for a cocktail. Pigalle's Le Hasard Ludique charges €12 entry on Fridays with a drink included. Club entry at mainstream venues near Bastille runs €10 to €20. Budget €40 to €60 for a night that includes club entry and four to five drinks. Prices verified April 2026.
Friday drives the most movement: Oberkampf fills from 9 pm, the Bastille area stays busy until 4 am, and the Latin Quarter crowds thin enough by midnight that Rue Mouffetard becomes walkable again. Saturday tends toward larger groups and longer queues. Thursday in the 11th has a consistent following among local regulars who treat it as the real start of the weekend.
This crawl visits five bars and clubs in the Bastille area, starting at 9 PM. Each stop includes a free shot, and the night ends at a club around 1 AM. The crowd is mostly backpackers and groups of friends. Tickets include entry to all venues and a discount on drinks at the final club.
Check availabilityA four-hour crawl through the Latin Quarter’s best bars, starting at 9 PM near Saint-Michel metro. Includes a free shot at each of the five stops, plus a welcome drink. The crowd is young and international, and the crawl ends at a club near Rue Mouffetard around midnight.
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The Bastille Pub Crawl is €15, which covers entry to five venues and a free shot at each stop, with a drink discount at the final club. The Latin Quarter Bar Crawl is €20 on Fridays, including a welcome drink and shots across five bars over four hours. Budget €10 to €20 on top for drinks not included in the ticket: cocktails in Bastille bars run €8 to €12, beer is €5 to €7 at most stops. Both crawls are competitive against buying drinks independently at the same venues.
Friday covers the most ground: Latin Quarter Bar Crawl ends near the clubs, and Oberkampf is a short walk from Rue Mouffetard. Saturday's Bastille crawl draws the bigger crowd, better for anyone who wants the full organised experience without a plan.
Upcoming events worth timing your trip around.
La Fine Mousse, Avenue Jean Aicard, 11th arrondissement. Twenty taps, pavement crowd, open past 2 am. The kind of bar that makes Paris worth staying out in.
St Christopher's at Gare du Nord runs its own basement club nights and starts from €24.31 per night, rated 7.9. JO and JOE Gentilly is the budget floor at €18.40, rated 7.6. The 3 Ducks near the Eiffel Tower sits at the top of the price range at €37, rated 8.4. Le Village Boutique Hostel comes in at €29, rated 8.3. St Christopher's Canal is €22.09, rated 7.8, and sits one stop closer to the Bastille crawl meeting point than the Gare du Nord property. See our pick of the best party hostels in Paris.
