Five-star Two MICHELIN Keys Kaiserallee, Baden-Baden
Steigenberger Icon Europäischer Hof
The house where the Steigenberger name began, on the Kurgarten opposite the Kurhaus, back in business since August 2025 after more than ten years shut.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- MICHELIN
- Two Keys in 2026, up from one
- Rooms
- 126 rooms, suites and apartments
- Opened
- 1840; reopened August 2025
- From the airport
- About 25 minutes from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
The hotel
The first Steigenberger, reopened.
The house opened in 1840 as the Hôtel de l'Europe, facing the Kurhaus across the gardens. Empress Elisabeth of Austria stayed here, and much later Muhammad Ali. In 1930 Albert Steigenberger bought the building, and the hotel group that carries his name grew from it. It closed almost overnight in 2014 over fire safety, the owner went bankrupt, and the building stood empty for more than a decade.
In 2021 a Saxon doctors' pension fund bought it and paid for a full rebuild behind the listed façade. Of the old interior only the Y-shaped staircase survives. DK Studio and Bachhuber Contract did the rooms, and the hotel reopened on 14 August 2025. Within about two months the MICHELIN Guide gave it a Key, and in 2026 it raised that to two.
- The Vault Spa About 1,300 square metres over two levels, partly in the vaulted cellar that once held the bank strongrooms, with saunas, a steam room and an indoor pool.
- Luiza on the roof A Mediterranean-style terrace bar above the town, with the Black Forest hills on the skyline.
- Outside the door The Kurhaus and casino, the theatre and the Kurpark are across the road, and Brenners is a walk of about 600 metres.
Rooms & suites
No two floor plans alike.
The building is listed, so each of the 126 rooms has its own shape and size. Some are apartments for longer stays.
- Rooms Superior and Deluxe rooms High-ceilinged rooms with pieces made for the house, the first categories in the house.
- Spa suite Serenity Spa Suite A suite with its own sauna and a freestanding bath.
- At the top Grand Panorama and Penthouse Residence suites The top of the range, among the fifteen room and suite types.
Dining
A café, a bar in the arches and a roof terrace.
Venues as listed by the hotel and in its opening release. Shown for information.
- Café de l'Europe All day, European and French Executive chef Marcel S. Traber, with a terrace
- Auerhuhn Lounge Bar Bar Under historic arches, with a fireplace
- Luiza Rooftop Terrace & Bar Rooftop bar Views over Baden-Baden
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon.
- Children Welcome at any age. Extra beds and cots on request.
- Pets Dogs up to 30 kg on request, for a fee.
Getting there
Flying to Baden-Baden.
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport is about seventeen kilometres from the centre, some twenty-five minutes by car by our estimate, and private jets use the same field. For long-haul flights, Frankfurt is about ninety minutes away on the ICE.
- Paris 55 min
- Nice 1 h 05
- London 1 h 15
- Olbia 1 h 30
- Dubai 6 h 40 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does the Europäischer Hof have?
- Two. The guide gave it one Key soon after the 2025 reopening and raised it to two in the 2026 German selection.
- Why was the Europäischer Hof closed?
- It shut in 2014 over fire safety, and the owner later went bankrupt. A new owner bought it in 2021 and rebuilt it behind the historic façade before it reopened in August 2025.
- Can I bring my dog?
- Yes, on request and for a fee, for dogs up to 30 kilograms.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Baden-Baden?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Baden-Baden, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Baden-Baden
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Hotel Bareiss Built up over three generations into a resort of pools and saunas, with Claus-Peter Lumpp at the stove of the three-star restaurant since 1992.
- Hotel Traube Tonbach A modernist country lodge of 153 rooms with three pools, home of the three-star Schwarzwaldstube and of 1789.
- Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa In parkland by the Oos since 1872, owned by the Oetker family, and back with Two Keys after a restoration finished in October 2025.
- Maison Messmer Founded in 1834 and favoured by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Augusta, now with an 800 m² spa by the Kurpark.
- Hotel Engel Obertal A self-contained resort in the forest valley, with freestanding chalets that each have a sauna and a terrace.
Staying at Steigenberger Icon Europäischer Hof?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Baden-Baden, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.