Cocktails + Spirits

We bring you the world's best bars, best hotel bars, the history behind famous cocktail recipes, and more. Travel + Leisure keeps tabs on its favorite cocktail destinations, championing new takes on classics—like a rose petal-infused Gin & Tonic—as well as inventive use of ingredients such as coconut cream, Japanese Shiso leaf, and house-fermented herbs. Many of our favorite bars around the world are about more than just cocktails. From San Francisco to Cape Town to Edinburgh, patrons can also enjoy Michelin-starred cuisine, live music, and festive themes. Catering to travelers' diverse tastes, bartenders at the world's top bars will happily whip up a cocktail based on individual preferences—just name a spirit, call out a flavor profile ('spicy,' 'citrus'), and watch the magic unfold. From micro-cocktails to caramelized sugar masterpieces, Travel + Leisure devotes serious time to find the game-changing cocktail trends that are shaking up the scene.
Old people sitting at the tables outside a tavern in Italy
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Aperol Spritz and Bar snacks on mediterrainian style ceramic table in Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy
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Fresh pizza and salad on glass table terrace outside in Italy with tomato sauce vegetables and two glasses of red wine bottle
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Rows of bottles sitting on shelf in a bar
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Wild Turkey Distillery
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Liquor bottles on a bar cart in someone's home
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Monchito, bartender and inventor of Pińa Coladas at Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico
The Piña Colada Was Invented in This Glamorous Puerto Rican Hotel — and We Have the Original Recipe (Video)
Home bar table showing four bottles of non-alcoholic spirits, glasses, a lemon, and limes
9 Non-alcoholic 'Spirits' With All of the Fun and None of the Hangover
The Diamonds Are Forever Cocktail at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
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Jose Cuervo Express train to Tequila, Mexico
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The front of Welcome House at Nearest Green Distillery
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lime cocktail
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Plantation Pineapple Rum, Pineapple Daiquiri
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Margaritas made with Patron Silver
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Rachel Zoe and Tanqueray Sevilla Orange
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Moet Hennessy's French 75 cocktail
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Clase Azul Dia de Muertos bottle
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Tincup Whiskey by a campfire
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International Hangover Cures
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Hardscoop ice cream, Muckety-Muck bottle, an Makku's cocktail
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Carbonadi Vodka's diamond martini in two glasses
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Aerial view of High West Distillery on the grounds of The Lodge at Blue Sky
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Pierce Brosnan holding glass of tequila
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Eva Longoria in an yellow dress sniffs a class of her tequila, Casa del Sol
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Flight drink
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Casa Silencio in Mexico
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Aerial view of the treehouses at Acre Baja
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A cognac tasting at Hine in Jarnac, France
Once a Sleepy Corner of Southwest France, Cognac Has Become a Spirits Destination
Floral artist, Azuma Mokoto partners with Glenmorangie for a beautiful floral design on limited edition bottles
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Professional bartender serving a cocktail in the glass with one big ice cube
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The village of Saint Preuil in Cognac.
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Z Hotel Rooftop Long Island City New York
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A van with Slow & Low branding on a highway in the desert
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Apotheke
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Left: bottle of Yobo Soju near glasses; Right: Carolyn Kim with glass of YOBO Soju
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Masters clubhouse
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pink cocktail in coupe glass next to bottle of Roku Craft gin, cherry blossoms scattered around table
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1891 at the Coney Island Jockey Club, features 15 of some of the country's best late 19th century jockeys.
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Director, Paul Feig
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Cocktail served through window and orange cocktail with orange slice on top
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Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus
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A cocktail at The Drinkable Country open-air bar in Sweden
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Harry's Bar in Paris
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Ada Lovelace Gin with a cocktail
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Caipirinha in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Robin's Hood cocktail at Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas
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Milagro Tequila at desk with laptop in Mexico
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Family enjoying fall leaves with their son who is a cardboard cutout
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Garrison Brothers Distillery
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Mammoth Mountain's High West Whiskey Outpost during the winter ski season
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Cocktail Recipes Using Hendricks Gin
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Bottle of Clase Azul GOLD
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Woodford Reserve Bourbon cocktail, Porch Swing
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Cocktails Made with Laphroaig Islay
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Nomad LoungeTiffins, Animal Kingdom, Disney
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Skrewball Genie cocktail, Disney inspired
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Select Spritz Venice
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Drinking itinerary Mexico City
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A caipirinha, made with a sugarcane liquor called cachaca
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Bruno Mars
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Partida Ponche Caballero
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