Night Life in Nerja
For people more used to the Brit way ie. out at 7pm and back home 11ish then the fact that you can pretty much find somewhere open 24 hours (especially in summer) may come as a bit of a surprise. Some bars such as Cayma (Post Office street) and Cococnuts (Antonio Millon) and Bogeys (C/Pintada and a gay bar) are not even thinking about opening much before 11pm, and stay open until 6 or 7am. By which time the breakfast bars are starting to open.
Tutti Frutti Square (just off Castilla Perez) is the mainstay of late night life in Nerja where you can find a dozen or so late bars. Just off the square, on Antonio Millon there are one or two late bars too.  Jimmies notably as more of a recognisable discoteque

Some of the Disco’s such as Jimmies and Coconuts charge an entrance fee in the summer which will include your first drink, and the locals can make this drink last all night, having topped up earlier at cheaper bars.

Spaniards tend not to drink quite the amount of alcohol some nationalities do and like to have at least some food with their alcohol and this helps with their ability to stay out very late. Tapas are still readily available usually until around 11ish and can either be free, where the bar provides their choice of tapas, or for a small surcharge where you get to choose, usually from a bar top refrigerated display. There are also designer Tapas bars where you can pay up to 8/9 euros for something a bit more exotic. But why bother? there are loads of bars where the tapas are excellent and free if you sit at the bar or collect your own.  An hour or to doing a “Tapas Run” can set you up for the night without costing a fortune. You also get to see a lot more bars if you use the one bar-one Tapas rule and then move on. Generally the better the location, the more expensive drinks will be. But there are lots of great bars where drinks are less expensive, usually  just off the beaten track, in less “good locations”. Nerja is a maze of streets and alleyways, so you rarely have to walk more than a couple of hundred metres to the next bar.
Drinks:
For those who don’t have a constitution that can stand six or seven hours drinking without falling over, and are not a fan of soft drinks, why not try a Tinto de Verano, a mix of red wine and Casera (sort of slightly sweet soda) or with Fanta Limon. You seem to be able to drink this all night without the effects just drinking the wine might have.
If you ask for a Vino Tinto (red wine) you will generally get the cheaper stuff. If a better quality is what you need, then ask for Vino Tinto Rioja. In the summer months you may well be asked if you would like your red wine Frio or normal. Your choice.
Licquor:
The measure here are large, at least three times the size of a normal “Brit” measure, so take care!
In a tubo, a straight glass filled with ice, this usually means halfway up the glass. The ice here is potable as is the water.
The Spanish gin, Larios, and most Spanish brandies are excellent quality, but if you do want a Gordon’s gin expect to pay more. Spanish whiskey DYC is pretty awful, but Bells and such are readily available and not expensive unless you need single malts.
Beer:
The Spanish like beer, both draught and bottled, with draught being the cheaper option. All beers are quite strong here, and there few local beers with less than 5% abv so again be aware.  The most popular beer in Nerja used to be San Miguel but it’s sister beer Mahou seems to be overtaking rapidly, it is not as strong and a touch sweeter.
Soft Drinks:
The usual global monsters are here, but the generic names for fizzy orange or fizzy lemon is Fanta Naranja and Fanta Limon. This does not mean that you will necessarily get the Fanta brand tho’. You can also get all the juices you would expect.
If you do manage an all nighter there are some great early bars notably Bajamar on Antonio Millon and Ortiz on the corner of Castilla Perez and Diputacion where breakfast will certainly not break the bank. If it is a little later Jamaica on Avenida Mediterraneo offer tea or coffee, OJ and an almost english breakfast for just 3.90!
Tea:
If you like tea with milk you will probably be disappointed. You usually end up with a glass of warm milk and water and a tea bag. But, the Spanish like lemon tea and they also have a wide range of infusions such as camomile.
So with your breakfast you need to order a coffee, here are the main choices

Cafe con leche: half coffee/half milk.
Cafe Sombre: more milk than coffee.
Cafe or Cafe Solo: black coffee.
Cafe Cortado: coffee with a wee drop of milk.

Then it really should be time for your bed