Budapesteuropean beauty

In the late nineteenth century, this knockout Art Nouveau café served as the epicenter of Budapest’s intellectual and cultural life. For more than 100 years, this was the favored haunt of Budapest’s poets, philosophers and painters. Today, the building has a second life as a five-star luxury inn. Now owned by the Italian Boscolo Hotels, the ground-floor café maintains its original pomp with jaw-dropping interiors wreathed in gold, marble and colorful frescoes. Bonus: the deep selection of espresso drinks, Hungarian wines and American-style nightcaps.