There is plenty of Paris nightlife to choose from. From relax bars to fancy Paris night clubs that require some name dropping, or card (black Amex) showing, and clubs where you can dance like no one's watching, although they will be. To start your night, grab a drink or two in a bar close to your Paris vacation rental or accommodation before burning up the dance floor and spreading your cash.

If you plan accordingly, you can try to rent Paris vacation rentals in the area that best suits your desires and expectations of Paris nightlife and Paris night clubs. Rather than listing a number of scattered Paris night clubs and bars, here are some of the major areas featuring a variety of nightlife options.

Paris nightlife can be a magical just by leaving your Paris vacation rentals. Paris is filled with so many beautiful monuments and buildings that the walk or ride to your destination is as enjoyable as the rest of your experience with Paris at night.

Port de Tolbiac.
This previously deserted stretch of the river Seine in the 13th was re-born as a center for nightlife (and Sunday-afternoon-life) a few years ago when an electronic music cooperative opened the Batofar. Nowadays there are a number of boats moored along the same quai, including a boat with a Caribbean theme, and one with an Indian restaurant.

Oberkampf-Ménilmontant.
 If you are wondering where you can find the hipsters (bobos for bohemian-bourgeois), then look no further. There are several clusters of grungy-hip bars all along rue Oberkampf in the 11th, and stretching well into the 20th up the hill on rue de Ménilmontant. It's almost like being in San Francisco's Haight-Fillmore district.

Quartier Latin - Odeon.
 If you're looking for the nouvelle vague (new wave) style, student and intellectual atmosphere of Paris in the 60s and 70s, you'll find a lot of that (and more hip + chique) places in the quartier Latin and between place Odeon and the Seine. The neighborhood is also home of many small artsy cinemas showing non-mainstream films and classics (check 'Pariscope' or 'l'officiel du spectacle' at any newspaper stand for the weekly programme).

The Marais.
The Marais boasts a large number of trendier new bars mostly in the 4th and to a lesser extent the 3rd with a few old charmers tossed into the mix. A number of bars and restaurants in the Marais have a decidedly gay crowd, but are usually perfectly friendly to straights as well. Some seem to be more specifically aimed at up-and-coming hetero singles.

Bastille.
There is a very active nightlife zone just to the northeast of Place de Bastille centered around rue de Lappe, rue de la Roquette, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine (especially the amazing Club Barrio Latino) and rue de Charonne in the 11th. Many of the bars closest to Bastille have either a North, Central, or South American theme, with a couple of Aussie places mixed in for good measure, and as you continue up rue de Charonne the cafés have more of a traditionally French but grungy feeling.