Darwin's

Salzburg


Darwin might well have been partial to an expertly mixed cocktail or two at this glam vaulted bar, while dreaming up his theory of evolution or pondering the origin of the species. The great man himself is portrayed as an ape-man alongside other doodles of globes and quotes. The bar makes a mean espresso martini.


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