Best Cocktail Bars in Spain

Spain's cocktail bars range from art deco classics to tasting-menu labs, and the best cocktail bars in Spain cluster in Barcelona. Sips is No. 16 on The 50 Best Bars 2026 and third on Europe's 50 Best Bars, with island stations in place of a long counter. Paradiso, reached through a fridge door in a pastrami shop in El Born, is No. 17 and won the Legend of the List Award. In Madrid, Angelita sits at No. 50 and serves its basement cocktails without ice. Boadas has stirred classics just off La Rambla since 1933 and turns away flip-flops and beachwear. Sips only takes walk-ins after 12:30am, so book first. These are the bars we would start with.