From an award-winning bar inside a pastrami shop to a fake barber shop boozer - nine stunning hidden bars in Europe revealed Here, MailOnline Travel rounds up nine 'secret' speakeasies across Europe Drinkers must find hidden doors and walk through vending machines to enter Which watering hole is your favourite? Scroll down to vote in our poll below...
READ MORE: 8 tourist-free hidden gems in France handpicked by travel experts By Jessica Hamilton Published: 05:34 EDT, 9 August 2024 | Updated: 05:34 EDT, 9 August 2024 e-mail View comments Some of Europe's best bars are tucked away in unlikely locations. They're reminiscent of speakeasies that popped up in the 1920s when prohibition laws in the United States meant that alcohol was made illegal. Instead of the intended effect of creating a sober nation, prohibition resulted in the emergence of an underground drinking culture.
A hundred years on, the concept - and the creative cocktails - have spread across the pond in the form of sophisticated underground lounges. Here, MailOnline Travel rounds up nine of the very best in Europe - from a 1940s bar with train carriage seating to an award-winning speakeasy inside a pastrami shop. Scroll down to decide which one is your favourite.
Panda & Sons - Edinburgh MailOnline Travel rounds up nine of the very best hidden bars in Europe. Up first? Panda & Sons - Edinburgh: This bar is hidden behind an old-school barber shop on the city's famous Queen Street Inside Panda & Sons is a classic dr.