The urban buzz is especially strong in downtown Pest’s District VII, home of the now-world-famous "ruin pub" along with offbeat design stores, specialty street food, and modern-art galleries – but this area is also revered as Budapest’s historic Jewish Quarter, featuring Europe’s biggest synagogue.
For the perfect combination of great coffee and a good English-language book, visit the friendly and tranquil Massolit in the heart of the Jewish Quarter, where coffees are made from direct-trade beans and tea specialties are served with cookies, brownies, quiches, and cakes, all courtesy of a skilled pastry chef. The bookshelves hold real treasures for book lovers, including an outstanding collection of volumes about politics, history, and literature.
