The Duchess

Budapest, Hungary

The Duchess is a cocktail bar on the roof of Matild Palace, the Váci utca palace that now houses a Luxury Collection hotel. Guests look for a side door marked with a key and ride up in the building's historic lift to an Art Deco room designed by London's MKV Design, with a terrace facing Elisabeth Bridge, the Danube and Gellért Hill. The list of about sixteen signature drinks, with and without alcohol, is themed on Archduchess Maria Klotild, the palace's namesake, and her travels.