It is better to plan on staying in T.J. overnight, and despite first appearances the city boasts several first class hotels, a little way from the town center. The adventurous can stay overnight in the central area in accommodations ranging from crumbling palaces of the 1930's to the unashamedly squalid. Night life in the city is what you would expect from a border town, noisy and uninhibited. Hostess bars flourish in the basements along Avienda Revolucion, while the young people of Tijuana enjoy a multitude of dance places. For the more sedate, the better hotels have a cabaret, or some sort of Mexican or Spanish band.
Night clubs abound.
Outside the central area you will find a cultural center, outdoor dances, musical affairs and multimedia shows. Ten miles west is the seaside town of Rosarito. Tijuana has two bullrings, El Toro, about 2 miles from the center of town, and the huge 'Bullring by the Sea,' six miles away. Mexican rodeos are held in alternating venues and Jai Alai is played during the week in the center of town. Pari-mutuel betting is permitted.