The first café opened in 1672 in Paris without much success, but fifty years later 300 cafés lined the streets of the city. Today, more than 12,000 cafés offer guests a friendly atmosphere, hot coffee and fresh croissants.
Parisians believe that sitting at a café in a busy place, the world will pass by in an hour. Not to miss a second, they sit next to each other facing the street, always observing.
Budapest also soon discovered the joy of café culture. At the end of the 18th century, the Kemnitzer Café operated near the present Vigadó Square. A hundred years later, every bigger square and street had its own café and some had more than one.
Legend has it that during World War II the people of Budapest
The Bibliotek Lounge and Paris Budapest Café of Sofitel Budapest offer this atmosphere with a wide assortment of aromatic teas and specialty coffees, home-made cookies and pastries. As its name suggests, the Bibliotek Lounge provides a range of magazines and literary works in several languages so visitors may relax while satisfying body, mind and soul.
Paris
Sofitel
1051 Budapest,
+36.1.235.1234 / 657