Here are some of Italy’s best, oldest, and coolest cocktail bars across the country.
Basso also claims to be the first bar in the city to serve aperitifs to wild-eyed customers.
Guests today will find a menu with over 500 drinks to keep their cocktail palates satiated.
Credit: Le Sirenuse
Pope John Paul II even stopped by to recognize the 500th anniversary of Copernicus’s birth.
Obscure
1930
Shhh,this Milan cocktail baris a secret.
It’s hard to get into.
Courtesy of Harry’s Bar
It’s hard to find.
And they like it that way.
Drink Kong
Ranked No.
Alberto Blasetti/Courtesy of Drink Kong
A Guy Fawkes-masked bartender hides away beneath a slotted window and getting in usually requires a secret password.
Inside, brick-vaulted archways tower over the bar in a cathedral-like setting with master barkeeps pouring mixed drinks.
Understated with no flash, this bar is simply cool because it’s not trying to be anything else.
One of the best versions of this tradition is in Rome atFreni e Frizioni.
