Teenage kicks all through the night (or at least until curfew time). “La Remigio”, also known as Avenida Remigio Crespo, is where the young and restless of Cuenca go to hang out, play their car stereos too loud, and drink alco-pops outside liquor stores until the cops turn up to roust them. Then everyone drives round the block to give the police time to leave, parks back up where they were and hey presto! It’s fiesta time again. Surprisingly omitted from all guidebooks. Wonder why?

Where? All along Avenida Remigio Crespo, in the south of the city; When? Friday and Saturday nights till late;
Where to next? Home to their parents’ house.

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The place to be seen in Cuenca. Busy all the week through, with particular spikes for Ladies’ Night on a Wednesday and Salsa Saturday, it’s a buzzing mix of the beautiful people of Cuenca, hoary old expats and baffled looking travellers in zip-off trousers. Located in a superbly restored colonial building – all dark wood and exotic plants – and offering delicious international cuisine (although the portions are small), Eucalyptus is where it’s at.

Gran Colombia 9-41 and Benigno Malo;
tel: (593 7) 2849 157;
email: cafeeucalyptus@yahoo.com;
www.cafeeucalyptus.com;
Open 5pm to late, Monday-Saturday.

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Deliberately hard to find, this unsignposted hole in the wall is the home of salsa in Cuenca. Here pinch-waisted, elastic-hipped locals swing gringas around the claustrophobic dance floor while their boyfriends sup beers and look on through green eyes. Open late, with a well-worn path from Café Eucalyptus on a Wednesday night, it’s as hot, hot, hot as it gets in Catholic Cuenca.

Location: Gran Colombia y Tomas Ordonez;
Opening hours: Midnight to late

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