The World’s Best Bars for 2022 Revealed: Barcelona Takes the Top Spot


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Move over London, and step aside New York – there’s a new cosmopolitan cocktail capital in town. For the first time since the World’s 50 Best Bars list was created in 2009, a bar outside of New York or London has earned the number one spot on the list. And the winner is… Paradiso in Barcelona, the newly crowned world’s best bar.

The World's Best Bars for 2022 Revealed: Barcelona Takes the Top Spot
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A Mediterranean-Style Speakeasy

Paradiso, owned by Giacomo Giannotti and Margarita Sader, is a Mediterranean-style speakeasy entered through the freezer door of a pastrami bar in Barcelona’s trendy El Born district. The bar has moved up from its number three spot in 2021 and is now the top bar in the world.

The World's Best Bars for 2022 Revealed: Barcelona Takes the Top Spot
Source: media.cnn.com

The World's Best Bars for 2022 Revealed: Barcelona Takes the Top Spot
Source: media.cnn.com