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Ian Schrager’s Born hotel, where the leafy rooftop bar draws the sunset crowd.
The best cocktail bars in Barcelona – creative drinks, expert mixology and the right atmosphere.

Ian Schrager’s Born hotel, where the leafy rooftop bar draws the sunset crowd.

Good music, strong cocktails and lots of locals at this Raval dive bar.

A central rooftop that books real DJs instead of a house playlist, May to October.

This self-dubbed “cocktail bar and book collection” is the latest gem to appear in Les Corts.

Urban art, a soul kitchen plus live concerts and DJs.

Naturally, you can sip all of Hemingway’s favorite tipples, from the simple scotch & soda to gimlets and martini.

The rooftop of an Egyptologist’s hotel – discreet, art-filled, no day-club treatment.

This “five-star dive bar” is the result of Moe and AJ’s dedication and love for cocktail shaking.

This tiny cocktail bar was inspired by the American tradition of Kentucky bourbon and rye whiskey.

A cocktail bar with a warm atmosphere, excellent soundtrack and great drinks.

They serve no less than 10 versions of the much-loved drink.

Big Bang Bar has long been a mecca for local musicians and traveling tunesmiths looking to share music on an intimate stage.

Paradiso serves up unusual and creative cocktails.

A tiny Raval cocktail bar with no menu – tell Javier and Eduard what you like.

A cocktail bar done up as a mad alchemist’s lab – test tubes, fermenting jars.

Founded by Javier de las Muelas, Gimlet was the first of what is now a global empire of cocktail bars.

Among the flurry of one of La Rambla’s many Gòtic tributaries, Sub Rosa would be everyone’s regular watering hole, if only there was enough space.

Perched atop the glitzy Almanac – a five-star rooftop built for Manhattans by the pool and sunsets that flatter everyone in them.

This hidden cocktail bar in Gràcia offers coffee in the morning, vermouth in the afternoon and a killer cocktail by night.

Artisan sangría and tapas near the Palau de la Música, far from the Ramblas pitchers.

Twenty-three floors above Sants – a rooftop pool and terrace open to non-guests, plus Japanese-Peruvian cooking from Nobu Matsuhisa.