There are certain Vienna highlights everyone talks about. The palaces. The opera. The museums filled with Old Masters. The coffee houses that look like film sets.And yes, you should see them.But what surprised me most about Vienna wasn't how impressive the top sights are. It...
There are certain Vienna highlights everyone talks about. The palaces. The opera. The museums filled with Old Masters. The coffee houses that look like film sets.And yes, you should see them.But what surprised me most about Vienna wasn't how impressive the top sights are. It...
It feels slightly rebellious to visit a summer palace in minus six degrees. Schönbrunn Palace was designed for sunshine, symmetry and imperial display. It was never meant to be experienced under a sky the colour of tin, with snow falling steadily from morning until night.And...
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, is far more than a single palace building. It's gardens, museums, glasshouses, performances, and even a zoo, all spread across an enormous complex.
I booked a Mozart concert at Schönbrunn Palace on my very first night in Vienna.It felt bold. Slightly indulgent. I had barely unpacked my suitcase, and here I was sitting in an 18th-century Orangery listening to live Mozart. Not a bad way to begin a...
There is something slightly surreal about walking into an imperial palace after it has closed to the public.At 5pm, while most visitors were making their way back into central Vienna, I was waiting outside the entrance to Schonbrunn Palace with around fifteen other people, ready...
I visited the Shoes on the Danube Bank on a cold, grey afternoon, the kind where the city feels slightly muted. The sky was low and colourless, the ground damp from recent rain, and the Danube moved past without ceremony. It wasn't dramatic weather, exactly....
Budapest is beautiful by day, but Budapest at night feels cinematic. Buildings glow, the Danube turns into a mirror, and familiar landmarks slow down, becoming quieter and more theatrical after dark.
Budapest is one of those cities that feels grand before you even arrive. Spanning both sides of the Danube and packed with dramatic architecture, it has a weight to it, like it knows its own history and is not in a rush to show it...