Manila (Sta. Cruz)

Sta. Cruz is old Manila — Rizal Avenue, Avenida, the stretch north of the river that was the city's entertainment spine long before Poblacion existed. Nightlife here is the big-room, late-hours kind rather than the craft-cocktail kind, and it keeps its own crowd and its own rules. Come for the clubs, take a car, and know where you're going before you go.