Secret doors, underground cocktail dens and speakeasies hiding in plain sight. Budapest is famous for its ruin bars. But some of the city’s most interesting places to drink are much harder to spot. Behind unmarked doors, beneath street-level bars and at the bottom of old staircases is another side of Budapest nightlife — tiny cocktail…
There are cities where coffee is something you drink. And there are cities where the café became part of the architecture of public life. Budapest belonged firmly to the second kind. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Hungarian capital had close to 500 cafés. They were scattered along the boulevards and around the…
Budapest is a city that rewards anyone who remembers to look up. Above the cafés, trams and broad boulevards are tiled rooftops, curling iron balconies, strange ceramic creatures, floral mosaics and façades that seem to have been designed with almost no interest in restraint. This is Budapest’s Art Nouveau side — or, as the style…
There are cities that feel old, and there are cities that seem to have been deliberately designed to impress you. Budapest is very much the second kind. Walk beside the Danube and you are confronted by the spires of the Hungarian Parliament Building. Turn onto Andrássy Avenue and enormous stone façades stretch towards Heroes’ Square….
There’s a particular moment that seems to happen almost every evening in Europe. The shops begin to close. The heat of the day softens. Church bells drift across rooftops, windows are thrown open, and somewhere nearby you catch the unmistakable smell of garlic, fresh bread or dinner slowly cooking. Nobody appears to be in a…
7 Timeless Window Ideas You Can Bring Home Some of our favourite memories of Europe weren’t framed by famous landmarks. They were framed by windows. Looking into tiny bakeries before breakfast. Watching evening light spill from an apartment overlooking a quiet village square. Seeing lace curtains move gently in an open window somewhere in Brittany,…
9 Timeless Entrance Ideas You Can Bring Home Some of our favourite memories of Europe happened before we ever stepped inside. Looking back through thousands of photographs from our travels, something unexpected stands out. Not the grand cathedrals. Not the famous castles. Not even the spectacular landscapes. It’s the doors. Again and again, we found…
Written by TylerCo-founder, Cocktails & CathedralsTraveller, photographer and believer that the most memorable places are often the quiet ones between the landmarks. 13 Timeless Garden Ideas You Can Bring Home Part 1: Falling in Love With European Gardens Some gardens are beautiful. Others quietly change the way you feel. Looking back through thousands of photos…
Some rooms feed you. Others make you want to stay. Have you ever noticed that old European kitchens seem to feel warm before a single meal has even been cooked? It’s difficult to explain until you’ve stood in one. Perhaps it’s an old farmhouse in the French countryside where sunlight spills through tiny windows onto…
The world’s most beautiful courtyards aren’t necessarily the biggest. They simply know how to make you want to stay a little longer. There is a moment that seems to happen almost every time we travel through Europe. We’re walking through a narrow cobblestone street, admiring old doorways or peeking into shop windows, when an open…