Editorial
Barcelona has one of Europe's most coherent bar scenes — old-school institutions and World's Best Bar list-toppers operating side by side, sometimes in the same neighbourhood. Paradiso and Sips both sit in the global top 10. Boadas has been pouring since 1933. The 10 below span El Born to Eixample, vermut bars to tasting-menu cocktail rooms.
Start at a vermut bar (El Xampanyet, Bar Brutal) for the early hours. Move to a serious cocktail room (Paradiso, Dr Stravinsky) for the middle of the night. Finish at a hotel bar (Sips) or a beach-adjacent terrace if it's summer. Barcelona dinner runs late; the cocktail bars all peak after midnight.
Global Cities Editor — Bangkok to Buenos Aires. Cultural context, not just cocktail tourism.