Café
1. Bewley’s Grafton Street
Dublin's oldest grand café, serving Grafton Street since 1927, with Harry Clarke stained glass, a full Irish breakfast and afternoon tea.
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2. Café de Flore
A Saint-Germain café dating from around 1887, famed as a haunt of Apollinaire, Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir and home of the Prix de Flore.
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3. Café Louvre
A first-floor grand café on Národní třída open since 1902, with Viennese-style coffee, Czech classics, homemade cakes and a historic billiard hall.
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4. Café Luitpold
A grand café on Brienner Straße founded in 1888, with a palm garden, in-house cakes and chocolates, breakfast until mid-afternoon and a small history museum.
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5. Café Sacher Wien
The café of the Hotel Sacher opposite the State Opera, home of the Original Sacher-Torte first created by the 16-year-old Franz Sacher in 1832.
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6. Caffè Florian
Venice's historic coffee house on Piazza San Marco, serving since 1720, with ornate rooms, tables on the square and a programme of live music.
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7. Caffè Gilli
Florence's oldest café, founded in 1733 by the Swiss Gilli family and on Piazza della Repubblica since the early 20th century, with its original Belle Époque interior.
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8. Chocolatería San Ginés
Madrid's most famous chocolatería, serving thick hot chocolate with churros and porras in a lane off Calle Arenal since 1894.
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9. Conditori La Glace
Copenhagen's classic patisserie, founded in 1870 just off Strøget, serving traditional Danish layer cakes such as the Sportskage in an old-fashioned tea room.
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10. Confiserie Sprüngli Paradeplatz
Zurich's best-known confectioner, at Paradeplatz since 1859, with a ground-floor shop for Luxemburgerli and chocolates and one of the city's best-known café-salons.
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11. Confitería La Campana
Seville's best-known pastry shop, founded in 1885 at the top of Calle Sierpes, with a historic shopfront, cakes, pastries and seasonal specialities such as roscón de Reyes.
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12. Fenocchio
A family ice-cream maker founded in 1966, serving more than 90 flavours on Place Rossetti, including Niçois oddities such as tomato-basil and Swiss chard tart.
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13. Gradska Kavana Arsenal
Dubrovnik's historic city café, established in 1895 beside Luža Square, with a terrace for coffee and a restaurant overlooking the old harbour.
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14. Gran Caffè Gambrinus
Grand historic café founded in 1860 opposite the Royal Palace, with neoclassical and Liberty-style rooms, pastries, gelato and classic Neapolitan coffee.
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15. Horchatería de Santa Catalina
One of the oldest horchaterías in Valencia, beside the church of Santa Catalina, serving horchata with fartons and hot chocolate with churros every day.
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16. Jama Michalika
A café on Floriańska Street founded in 1895, birthplace of the Green Balloon cabaret, serving house cakes amid a collection of Young Poland art.
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17. Krinos
A self-service sweet shop on Aiolou Street, open since 1923, known for soft loukoumades with honey, cinnamon and walnuts, bougatsa and soft-serve ice cream.
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18. Lannan Bakery
A Stockbridge bakery known for classic viennoiserie, custard slices, pains suisses and cardamom buns, with a regularly changing range and a pantry next door.
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19. Majestic Café
Porto's grandest historic café, opened on Rua de Santa Catarina in 1921, with carved wood, mirrors and plaster ceilings in Belle Époque and Art Nouveau style.
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20. Mandabatmaz
A tiny Turkish coffee spot in a passage off İstiklal Avenue, known for thick, strong coffee served to customers perched on stools in the alley.
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