Café König

Baden-Baden


Liszt and Tolstoy once sipped coffee at this venerable cafe, which has been doing a brisk trade in Baden-Baden’s finest cakes, tortes, pralines and truffles for over 250 years. Black Forest gateau topped with clouds of cream; fresh berry tarts; or moist nut cakes – oh, decisions!


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