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Delicious, delicious ice creams.

In the heart of the Brera district, a small gelateria offering a selection of excellent fragrances, all of which are strictly artisanal production.

At the entrance to the historic centre, at the foot of the ramparts, La Marianna has been run by the same family since 1961. They are credited with the invention of stracciatella, an ice cream delicately sprinkled with chocolate chips. And we advise you to try it, it is excellent and really generous in chocolate! Whether this legend is true or false, in any case, the Bergamasques have not lost the habit of going there for Sunday breakfast, at aperitif time, or for brunching in the pretty garden when the weather is nice.

The famous Piedmontese glacier, on the strength of its success in Turin, has opened several points of sale in Italy. The four boutiques in Milan continue to be very successful in both summer and winter. All the perfumes are made with rigorously fresh products, acquired directly from the producers. The most delicious recipes are Piedmont hazelnuts, crème de Grom (pastry cream with biscuit shavings), pistachios (strictly Sicilian) or lemon (from the Amalfi coast). Small detail, the cone biscuit is extra crunchy.

This small store in Isola's area offers delicious ice creams and Sicilian cannoli and Neapolitan babas that will make you forget the surrounding world.

Specialities from sorbets to fruit.

The famous Sicilian pastry with its fantastic treats, especially cannoli and cassata. Everything here is handcrafted manufacturing, often handmade, which has become very rare even in Sicily.

Pasticceria Cremeria Buonarroti is a patisserie offering a variety of delicious pastries. You can enjoy your desserts on site, order them online for home delivery or pick them up at the drive-in. In addition to pastries, Pasticceria Cremeria Buonarroti also offers savory dishes. You can relax in their tea room and enjoy a hot drink accompanied by an irresistible pastry, or get together for a convivial aperitif. They also offer a catering and home delivery service using their own resources and staff.

A historical café in Milan, Taveggia was completely renovated during its 100 years of age in 2009. Very frequented by the judges of the nearby courthouse, this elegant and refined coffee offers a wide range of brioches and cakes for breakfast or tea, a good aperitif buffet and a restaurant. 

On the lakeside, we have tested a lot this ice-cream parlour and we can assure you: it is one of the best in this region of Italy! We come there to get drunk of the numerous fruit flavors or we opt for a more original ice cream as, for example, those with tiramisu, with honey or with cinnamon... The pistachio ice cream is simply excellent and reveals all the flavors. Unforgettable! Il Gelato dei Masters also offers very good milkshakes. Very friendly staff. Attention, payment only in cash.

A piece of Bergamo history dated 1476. Situated in the enchanting Piazza Vecchia, the retro and elegant décor will take you back to an atmosphere of yesteryear. The bar offers excellent pastry specialties such as torta donizetti, the traditional local sweet cake with apricots and pineapple slices. There is also a fast food restaurant at lunchtime. You will enjoy the beauty of the setting, although the service is sometimes a little slow. And if you are in too much of a hurry, you can simply lean back at the bar to have a coffee!

"We do it in front of everyone" is the motto of this amazing café, at the crossroads between an ice cream parlour, a restaurant and a pastry shop. Cioccolati Italiani does everything possible to fulfil its mission of promoting chocolate culture: a view of the production laboratory, dark and white chocolate fountains (where you can fill your cone), ice-cream tasting and a pleasant veranda. A real temple dedicated to chocolate served in all its variations; gelato, however, wins first prize: smooth, velvety, creamy, a real treat!

Villas and abbeys make you hungry? The Besuschio pastry shop in the town's central square has been satisfying both big and small hungers for over 170 years. Macaroons, pralines, chocolates, but also traditional specialities such as pan de fraa, a tender cake named after the bread that the monks used to distribute to the poor, or the tegola (tile) of San Bernardino, made with butter, almonds and hazelnuts. There is a lovely terrace under the arcades where you can sip a cappuccino or a glass of wine with a brioche or some petits fours.

A temple of torrone since 1836, Sperlari is the great specialist in sweets of all kinds. Supplier to the Royal Household since 1921, this beautiful shop of delights is well worth a visit. Its window display seems to be straight out of a children's book, so full of colours and delicacies! Apart from the traditional nougat(torrone) with almonds, honey and egg white, you will find all kinds of colours and shapes: chocolate, pistachio, but also jams, sweet liqueurs and sweets.

Vittoria, the founder of Gelato Giusto, is a graduate of the Académie Culinaire de France and has worked with Lenôtre and Valrhona... This should be convincing enough in terms of the quality of her ice creams, which have absolutely nothing to reproach themselves for. When she decides to produce a new flavor, she studies it down to the last detail and doesn't stop until she's sure she's achieved perfection. Alongside the great classics, originals such as ricotta, blood orange and pear-chocolate are well worth discovering.

Here's yet another address to discover on Via Spadari. The store's motto is "de la glace et c'est tout" ("ice cream and that's all"), a slogan that says it all. Ciacco has made a name for itself in Milan for the quality of its ice cream, the aim being to create ice cream without any natural or chemical additives. Among the twenty or so flavors available in summer and winter, you'll find apricot, pistachio and pumpkin, as well as cheesecake and salted butter caramel. Open weekday mornings, the shop also serves good coffee and delicious stuffed brioches.

A Pavia institution! The store, just a few steps from the Basilica di San Michele, exudes the authenticity of the shops of yesteryear. This gelateria, open since the 1960s, offers excellent ice creams (the hazelnut flavor is absolutely delicious). Its unctuous hot chocolate is just as delicious, if ice cream isn't what you're craving in the middle of winter. Try it with your eyes closed! An essential stop-off on a stroll through the city center, or between one visit and the next.

The Zamberletti café-pâtisserie is one of those addresses that seem to have no sense of time passing by. Under the arcades of the central corso , it is the ideal stop for a little black ristretto at the counter, a brioche jam at breakfast or a glass of prosecco around 6pm. Zamberletti is also an obligatory stopover in Varese to bring back sweets in your basket, including Dolce Varese, the local speciality. The pastries make us all envious, it's a feast for the eyes and the mouth. The plus: online shop.

On Corso di Porta Romana, here's a small panificio with a tempting shop window where you'll find focaccia and pizza, as well as cookies to fill a small hunger during your visit to the district. Taste the pan meino: this tasty cookie flavored with elderflower is a Milanese specialty eaten mainly in April. In November, you can also try pan dei morti, with dried fruit, which is excellent! Beware of the bill: the products are of high quality, but the prices are a little high.