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The finest bars with a garden across Europe and beyond — from intimate courtyards to lush hidden gardens where the plants are part of the experience.
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A garden bar is a particular kind of luxury. Not the flashy rooftop kind where the height makes the view — but the quiet kind, where the plants and the light and the sound of leaves moving in warm air are as important as what's in your glass. The best bars with a garden understand this distinction. They are often hidden, sometimes difficult to find, and they reward the effort with the feeling of having escaped the city without actually leaving it.
American cities are not naturally associated with garden bars with the same cultural weight as European cities, yet the best examples in New York have an urgency to them that comes from genuine scarcity. A real garden in Manhattan — a space with dirt, plants, and trees — is precious enough to make the bar that contains it something worth visiting.