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Best Cafés in Europe (2026)

Coffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.

192 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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61. Sandholt

Family bakery and café$$Laugavegur

Long-running family bakery on Laugavegur, now run by the fourth generation of master bakers, known for its daily sourdough, cakes, tortes and pastries.

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62. Scaturchio

Historic pastry shop and café$Centro Storico

Family pastry shop on Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, famous since the early 20th century for babà, sfogliatelle, pastiera and its chocolate ministeriale.

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64. Tazza d’Oro

Historic coffee roaster and bar$Pantheon

A historic coffee roaster and bar beside the Pantheon, La Casa del Caffè Tazza d'Oro dates from 1944 and is known for its coffee granita.

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66. Ariston

Historic pie bakery$Syntagma

A family pie shop on Voulis Street baking since 1910, famous for its tyropita kourou, small half-moon feta pies with a rich buttery crust.

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67. Bluebell Coffee

Speciality coffee roaster and café$Ruzafa

Ruzafa café of one of Valencia's pioneering speciality roasters, serving its own seasonal coffees, roasted by women, with brunch every day.

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68. Bonanza Coffee

Speciality coffee roaster$$Prenzlauer Berg

A pioneer of speciality coffee in Berlin since 2006, with a café on Oderberger Strasse in Prenzlauer Berg serving its own roasts.

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70. Caelum

Café and monastery sweets shop$$Barri Gòtic

A Gothic Quarter café and shop, opened in 1998, selling sweets and treats made by monasteries and traditional artisans to century-old recipes.

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74. Café Sperl

Traditional Viennese coffee house$$Mariahilf

A coffee house of 1880 near the Naschmarkt with its original interior, marble tables, Thonet chairs and billiard tables, seen in the film Before Sunrise.

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76. Camelot Café

Café, breakfast and cabaretOld Town

A characterful Old Town café on St Thomas Street with creaky floors and watercolours on the walls, serving breakfasts, light meals and cakes, with cabaret downstairs.

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