Martini cocktails, martini bars and martini culture
Istanbul is full of bars of any kind, from the popular tavern with raki and mezè, to the London-style club to the classy cocktail bar. But a few are so unique as the rooftop bar at the Anemon Hotel. Finding the place is easy, just head for the Galata Tower, a landmark in the city, …
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What is the most chic city in the world? Before you reply, think of a city that hosts a bar that is also a very high-end flowers shop, and that serves only top-level champagne and vodka. Well, this bar is in Paris, and you got your answer. The incredible thing is that the Bar Fleurs …
The SkyBar in the Traders Hotel in KL "offers guests the ultimate in cool drinks and intoxicating views, all in a very chic and cosmopolitan atmosphere", as the website suggests. Duting the day the bar is the hotel Spa, that is why a nice pool lays in the middle of the room. In any case, …
They say that from the Ricks's Cafe you can enjoy the best sunset of the whole Caribbean. And you can do this while sitting in one of the tables in the pool, sipping a Martini with your feet in chilly water, with the Caribbean sea in front of you, being surrounded by a big crew …
Did you like the movie "Lost in translation"? If so, you should not miss the bar where one of the most wonderful scenes has been taken, the New York Bar on the top of the Hyatt Hotel in Tokyo, at the 52nd floor (235m up in the air!!). You have not seen the film? Never …
A very classic bar in the centre of Vienna. Forget Mozart and Sissi, take an elevator until the last floor of the building in front of the most central and beauttiful church of the city, and you'll be in the Sky Bar, a top-level american bar with fantastic bartenders and with a nice atmosphere (apart …
The Standard is probably the beat skybar in Los Angeles. Located in Downtown LA and surrounded by a forest of skyscrapers, in this bar you get a swimming pool, a dance floor, an outdoor fireplace, some strange and very soft wheelchairs, good food and pretty good Martinis. The place can be sometimes crowded with noisy …
Probably the best bar in Brussels, L'Archiduc is there since 1937. You ring a bell on the street and you enter into a wonderful art deco bar, with high roofs, balcomies and a coda piano in the very middle. The atmosphere is informal but classy, the music is perfect - from jazz to funky to …
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