Cocktails & Cathedrals

Travel slowly. Stay beautifully.

Historic hotels. Hidden cafés. Beautiful libraries. Old-world interiors. Great books. And, every now and then, a perfectly mixed cocktail.

Welcome to Cocktails & Cathedrals, a journal for people who fall in love with places that have a story to tell.

We wander medieval streets, stay in historic hotels, lose ourselves in beautiful libraries and bookshops, discover cafés worth lingering in, and occasionally finish the day with a great cocktail in a bar that feels unchanged for a century.

Some places stay with you long after you’ve left. We hope you’ll find a few of them here.

Explore the Journal

Browse by Mood

Not every trip starts with a destination. Sometimes it starts with a feeling.

Historic Hotels
Sleep somewhere with a story.

Historic Cafés
Coffee, pastries and places worth lingering in.

Libraries & Bookshops
Beautiful places for book lovers and time travellers.

Old-World Interiors
Design ideas inspired by historic hotels, European apartments and beautiful old rooms.

Cocktails & Hotel Bars
Classic drinks, atmospheric bars and a little old-world glamour.

Wanderings
Old streets, hidden corners, villages and cities that stay with us long after we leave.

Featured Stories

A collection of places, hotels and stories we think you’ll love exploring first.

Meet Britt & Tyler

We’re an Australian couple who have spent years chasing beautiful places instead of busy itineraries.

We love historic hotels, medieval streets, hidden cafés, old libraries, beautiful interiors and ending the day with a perfectly mixed cocktail.

Cocktails & Cathedrals is our journal of the places that made us stop walking, look around and quietly say,

“This place deserves to be remembered.”

Stay in Touch

New stories, beautiful hotels, hidden cafés and old-world inspiration are added regularly.

We’d love to have you along for the journey.