Nicosia (Lefkosia)
Beer connoisseurs, you have found your Nicosia nirvana. Just off Ledra St, this chilled-out bar is home to what must be the best range of beers from…
Nicosia (Lefkosia)
Beer connoisseurs, you have found your Nicosia nirvana. Just off Ledra St, this chilled-out bar is home to what must be the best range of beers from…
Playa Blanca
The stylish seafront chill-out terrace gazing across the waves to the Montaña Roja is the draw at this popular Marina Rubicón address – perfect for…
Agios Nikolaos
This alt-flavoured lair buzzes with the conversation of earnest boho locals and offers a cocktail of cool tunes, a sea-facing terrace, and an eclectic…
Granada
With bottles stacked to the rafters, hanging strings of garlic and a small wood-and-brick interior, friendly La Tana is one of Granada's greatest wine…
Aliados & Bolhão
A long polished wooden bar, backlit walls lined with bottles, and intimate booths for quaffing and conversing await at this new Belgian-style beerhouse…
Lisbon
This hypercool two-storey nightclub features a 120-sq-metre vertical garden above the upstairs bar and duelling environments that bounce between dance, R…
Formentera
A sun-bleached little beach shack that's something of a low-key Formentera legend, Piratabus is perfect for sipping a mojito (€10) and demolishing a few…
Leith
With a low wooden ceiling, stone walls and a fine old fireplace, the Carriers has all the historic atmosphere that its 18th-century origins would imply…
Skopelos
Climb the twisting whitewashed stairs just left of the town hall to find this soothing, fabulously positioned cafe-bar spread across a tree-studded…
Geneva
Reputed to mix the best mojitos in town, this buzzing cocktail bar in Eaux-Vives is one of the city's hottest 'after work' spots. Its interior decor mixes…
Alfama, Castelo & Graça
Sip 16 offerings of Portuguese sparkling wines by the glass, or go for one of the creative sparkling-wine cocktails (€8 to €9), on this bar's pretty…
Southern Tuscany
It may be modest in size, but this wine bar is ambitious in its aspirations. There's a small but stellar list of wines by the glass (order the Roccapesta…
İzmir & the North Aegean
Located high on Behramkale's slopes near the Temple of Athena, this cool and compact cafe and bar has excellent views over surrounding valleys and across…
Braga
From early evening into the wee hours, a youthful crowd congregates at this bar in Braga's pedestrian zone for drinks, late-night comfort food and…
Matera
A favourite of expat locals, this cool and compact bar combines hip bar staff with great cocktails and craft beer. Thoroughly unpretentious and welcoming,…
Funchal
Titchy, micro-space bar created as ecologically as possible (eco-friendly paints, A-rated electrical appliances), which really comes alive at weekends…
Aberdeen
A long-standing feature of the Aberdeen pub scene, the Blue Lamp is a favourite student hang-out – a cosy drinking den with good beer and craic (lively…
Chios
Owner Dimitris is good to have a chat with and get travel tips from. He makes fresh orange juice from blood oranges and flavours Greek coffee with mastic…
Vienna
This simple, rustic Buschenschank (small Heuriger, ie wine tavern) has stone walls, timber-panelled ceilings and wooden tables. It produces whites, such…
Adana Şalgamacısı – Gürbüz Usta
Gaziantep
Get your vitamin C fix here. The menu offers plenty of freshly squeezed juices and the 'atom' (combining milk, honey, banana, hazelnuts and pistachios)…
Lille
In a former bookshop, Lille's premier gay bar has a vaulted cellar, ground-floor bar/dance floor strung with mirrored disco balls, and an upper-level bar…
Almería
Craft beer goes hand-in-hand with jam sessions and live music at this laid-back pub. The subdued lighting and walls plastered with posters and concert…
Lausanne
Lausanne's most charming terrace is tucked away in the Old Town and is the spot for summertime drinks, with fairy lights, a cool crowd and a retro…
Ikaria
This snappy portside bar, with great pitta snacks, draught beer and good coffee, owes its name to the bank next door, with which it shares an interior…
St Petersburg
Beloved by beautiful young things, this is the dance club of the moment with a shabby-chic indoor space beneath a lofty vaulted brick ceiling and plenty…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
The bar is named after the pre-existing signs on the two shops whose space it now occupies, a nonchalance that typifies Shoreditch chic. The street-level…
Rijeka
Tucked into a tiny lane in the old part of town, this is Rijeka's coolest cafe-bar. Grab a seat on the oversized white wooden furniture on the covered…
Luxembourg City
Mirrors and wood panelling make this wonderfully unpretentious café look like an old-timers’ hang-out. All ages stop in for a quiet coffee during the day;…
Würzburg
This atmospheric, low-lit pub serves Distelhäuser beer and dishes up bratwurst and Flammkuchen (Alsatian pizza) under a modern fresco of fat-faced…
Prague
This retro-styled place has bentwood chairs and curved wooden benches in the dimly lit front room (there’s another room beyond the bar), with exhibitions…
Oban
It's a pleasure to see this four-square 18th-century pub open again after some years closed, with its solid walls, flagstone floor and roof beams in the…
Andalucía
Hidden away in the old town's backstreets, La Beltraneja combines an interior of exposed stone, flowery wallpaper and pop-art murals with an ample open…
Dingle Peninsula
Set on the pier at Brandon, 4km north of Cloghane, this classic pub has been in the same family for five generations, offering live music, a peat fire and…
Venice
If you've managed to find this wood-panelled bar in the warren of streets off San Bartolomeo, toast yourself with a cocktail and order a plate of heaped…
Cuenca
Near the cathedral, this Vespa-loving tapas bar and drinking den has a strong local following for its welcoming vibe, not to mention the tasty sharing…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Bar stools at this lively wine bar and shop are fashioned from wine barrels, but on summer evenings most of the action spills onto the tiny street out…
Cagliari
The outside tables at this handsome brick-vaulted cafe are the place to be for an early evening aperitivo. Come around 6.30pm and you'll find every seat…
Vis Island
The service can be offhand, but there's no better place to watch the sunset on a summer night than the terrace of this old fort, built by the British in…
Funchal
Madeira's top nightclub has been around since 1980 and was once the only place on the island for a proper night out. It's still the funnest, funkiest…
San Sebastián
Appropriately named, this atmospheric bar is full of bottles of Scotland’s finest (3400 bottles to be exact, though only 200 varieties are served) as well…
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