30 editor picks across Italy.
30 bars worth the trip across Italy, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Italy guides.
Locale Firenze in Florence's Centro Storico runs the cocktail bar inside the 13th-century Palazzo delle Seggiole, with the Smoked Negroni, a daily-changing.
OrderNegroni Smoked, Aperol Sour, a small plate from the Michelin kitchen menu.
TipOpen daily 18:00-02:00. Book the front-courtyard table for the Renaissance loggia view.
MAG Cafe at the Naviglio Grande has shaped Milan's cocktail scene since 2011, the bar with the antique Argentine pharmacy counter where Flavio Angiolillo.
L'Ebbrezza di Noe in Naples' Chiaia pours natural wines from 400 Italian and Campanian growers plus a modest cocktail list, the city's strongest cellar.
TipClosed Sunday. Book a fortnight ahead for the cellar room; cheese boards run 16 euros.
Atrium Bar at Florence's Four Seasons Hotel sits inside the 15th-century Palazzo della Gherardesca cloister, with a Negroni programme by Edoardo Sandri.
OrderNegroni, the Italian-aperitivo flight, an aperitivo plate of salumi and crostini.
TipOpen daily 11:00 to midnight. The 15th-century cloister courtyard seats 60 in summer.
Ceresio 7 American Bar on the 4th floor of the Dsquared2 building runs two outdoor pools and a 360-degree skyline terrace. Located in Isola.
Bocum Mixology on Via dei Cassari in Palermo's Vucciria is the city's senior cocktail bar, Gambero Rosso's Sicily benchmark, deep Sicilian-spirits list.
TipAperitivo from 18:00. Frangiflutti is the house cocktail; the upstairs lounge is the seat to book.
Antica Bottega del Vino has run Verona's reference wine-only standing counter since 1890, with 4,500 labels on the back bar. A 2026 editor pick.
TipStand at the marble bar for the €3 to 8 ombra circuit; sit for the full dinner kitchen with Veronese plates.
Antica Bottega del Vino's marble standing counter in Verona pours the city's reference ombra circuit since 1890, 4,500 labels on the back-bar.
TipStand at the marble bar for the €3 to €8 ombra circuit; sit for the full dinner kitchen later in the evening.
Manifattura in Florence's San Pancrazio square is the all-Italian-spirits cocktail bar, every bottle from an Italian producer, every drink a riff.
OrderThe all-Italian Negroni, the Spritz with Cocchi Americano, an Italian-amaro nightcap.
TipOpen 18:00-02:00 daily. The 30-seat counter is the seat to book a fortnight ahead.
Malkovich is a password-only speakeasy below the Groove burger restaurant in Genoa, serving film-themed cocktails since 2015 on a new theme each year.
TipBook through the venue's page for up to eight guests on 90-minute tables; the password question at the door changes every month.
Nottingham Forest on Viale Piave is the city's longest-running experimental cocktail bar, open since 1986 in the same room. Located in Porta Venezia.
Barril in Naples' Chiaia is the cocktail-and-wine bar with a daily-changing small-plates carte and an Aperol-cetriolo spritz as house signature.
TipOpen daily; the late-night kitchen runs to 01:00. Cocktails 12 euros, wine by the glass from 6 euros.
Patrick Pistolesi's Drink Kong in Rome's Monti district is the Tokyo-style cocktail bar with signature highballs, the city's strongest cocktail list.
TipOpen daily 19:00-04:00. Book the cocktail bar four days ahead; ramen kitchen runs from 22:00.
Bar Cavour on the upper floor of Del Cambio in Turin pours a Negroni and an aperitivo in dark teal-and-velvet rooms. Listed on the 50 Best Discovery list.
Nu Lounge Bar in Bologna's Centro Storico is the city's pioneering tiki cocktail bar from Daniele Dalla Pola, with a daily-changing tiki carte and the long.
TipWalk-in works; the late-night standing crowd takes over after 22:30. The Mai Tai and the Bolognesi-edition tiki cocktails are the order.
Donkey Speakeasy in Bologna's Centro Storico on the second floor of a dark alley near the Two Towers is the reservation-only speakeasy with the monthly.
TipBook via WhatsApp +39 349 1384953; entry is by password supplied with the booking and the room runs late, Sundays open until 04:00.
Sabores is a Marina bottega in Cagliari on Via Baylle, Sardinian cheese and cured meat sold by weight and cut into boards for the aperitivo.
OrderThe large tagliere of Sardinian cheese and salumi.
TipTwo board sizes, small and large, and both come with wine by the glass; the shop shelves are the souvenir run.
Ditta Artigianale Oltrarno in Florence's San Frediano runs a hybrid coffee-and-cocktail bar programme, with espresso-martini riffs by Francesco Sanapo's team.
OrderAn espresso martini with single-origin coffee, the Sprone Sour, a Negroni Bianco.
TipOpen daily 08:00 to midnight. The cocktail programme runs from 19:00; aperitivo crowd takes the standing area.
Les Rouges runs a seasonal cocktail list on the first floor of the sixteenth-century Palazzo Imperiale in Piazza Campetto, in Genoa's old town.
TipCocktails cost about €11 on the Identità Golose listing, and the bar also serves food; Sunday service ends at 22:00.
Rita at Via Fumagalli in Navigli was a pioneer of the fresh-ingredient cocktail in Milan when it opened in 2002. Open mon-sat 18:30-02:00, closed sun.
The Jerry Thomas Project in Rome's Centro Storico is the city's original speakeasy, with a 1930s-era classic cocktail carte and a daily password posted.
TipMembers or guests; check the daily password on the website. Book a fortnight ahead.
Court at Palazzo Manfredi in Rome is the rooftop cocktail bar with a direct view of the Colosseum from every seat, the signature classic-cocktail carte.
TipOpen daily 18:00-24:00. Book the rooftop terrace four weeks ahead; sunset slots sell out first.
Affini in Turin's San Salvario is a modern vermouth bar making its own bitters and house vermouth. Aperitivo plates, late crowds, low-light Liberty wood.
Experimental Cocktail Club in Il Palazzo Experimental in Venice's Dorsoduro on the Zattere is the modern cocktail room with Cristina Celestino interiors.
TipClosed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The signature menu refresh hit June 2025; ask for the seasonal flight. The back garden bar runs in summer.
Il Mercante in Venice's San Polo near the Frari basilica is the speakeasy-style cocktail bar with seasonal themed menus, the city's modern cocktail benchmark.
TipBookings via Resy. The seasonal menu refreshes four times a year; the spice-trade-themed pours are the move.
Altro? in Verona is the unmarked speakeasy off Via San Mamaso, dim lighting and plush seating with a cocktail programme of original house builds.
TipThe unmarked door is at the alley end; ring the bell and wait. Cocktails €12 to 16; cash and card both work.
The Cafè Latino terrace over the Alghero marina is the standard sunset stop, with espresso in the morning and mirto at the end of the night.
The Villa Mosca dining room on Via Gramsci in Alghero serves a la carte and set menus for four months of the year, with a cocktail terrace alongside.
Libarium Nostrum drinks on the medieval ramparts of Castello in Cagliari, a terrace over the rooftops serving cocktails, antipasti and thin pizza.
OrderThe Alligatore, calvados and Drambuie.
TipDanilo Argiolas opened it in 1993 and the terrace still fills at sunset; get there before 19:00 for a rampart table.
Caffe Gilli in Florence's Piazza della Repubblica pours aperitivi at the marble counter since 1733, with a strong Negroni programme (the Negroni was invented.
OrderNegroni at the counter (€8), Americano, an aperitivo plate of crostini and salumi.
TipCounter pricing is half of table. Open daily until midnight.
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