The best pastry shops Piedmont

A historic Turin patisserie, opened in the early ^20th century by pastry chef Gustavo Pfatsich, who brought his love of gourmet pastry-making with him from the mountains. Housed in a superb Liberty building, under the arcades, it's a veritable kingdom of gourmet delights. Try the cream spreads and the Fenice cake with meringue and fruit. People come from far and wide to try diamanti arriba, filled chocolates in the shape of precious stones, and marrons glacés, some of the best in town. And at the end of 2024, the patisserie will open a museum dedicated to chocolate!

The oldest bakery in Turin where you can find special breads and famous grissini whose stirati are 1,60 m long.

Established in 1880, Gertosio is a historic pasticceria in the center of Turin. Here, you can stock up on quality spreads - a pure delight made with cocoa and Piedmont hazelnuts, guaranteed palm-oil free - and, of course, exceptional homemade chocolates, including traditional Turin gianduiotti in their golden wrappers (there's even a giant version for aficionados!) and dark chocolate bars with whole hazelnuts that are more than appetizing! The perfect place to stock up...

A pastry shop renowned for its excellent chocolate since 1915, it is one of the Piedmont capital's institutions. Try all the wonderful specialties of Turin's great chocolate-making tradition, especially the alpini, chocolates filled with liqueur, and, of course, the famous hazelnut giandujotti. All treats are made from cocoa beans roasted right here in the nearly 1,000^m2 laboratory. Everything is absolutely delicious, whatever you choose... A benchmark!

This small family pastry shop (also caterer), well known since its creation in 1958, is full of very appetizing sweets, all handmade. Well located under the arcades, in a wooded setting, it allows you to take a comforting break. Fruit pastes with orange, melon, peach or banana flavour. It is the ideal place to discover Italian and especially Piedmontese pastries, including Pan della Marchesa, the house specialty with hazelnuts, and Lose golose, Susa cakes with almond, cocoa and peach flavor.

For more than 40 years, this artisanal pastry shop has excelled in its house specialty, margheritine, small light and melting cookies first made in 1868 for the Queen of Italy, Margherita. They are now the pride of the city. You can't leave Stresa without tasting them. The cookies can be bought by the gram. To make a gift, they are packed in a pretty cardboard box with the representation of the city in engraving. Other tempting sweets: panettone, filled mini-croissants, tarts...

It's a must for gourmets from Alessandria and beyond, right in the heart of the city. The evocative setting of the former Guerci gallery, built in Liberty style in 1895, makes Bonadeo's delicate pastries even more exquisite, in particular the petit fours, the wide variety of brioches and the famous Polenta di Marengo cake (a soft pastry made from corn flour, starch and raisins, covered with a maraschino glaze) that pay homage to the city's great pastry-making tradition.

Since the 1970s, the Rolando family has run this beautiful pastry shop in the centre of Tortona, an unmissable haunt for gourmets and gourmands. Although its specialities are numerous, it is especially known for its Baci di Dama (lady's kisses). Small oval biscuits united by a thin veil of chocolate, the Baci di Dama are the jewel of the city. Their reputation has long since spread beyond the Piedmontese and even national borders, but it is here that the best are to be found. A visit is mandatory!

A true Ivrea institution, this glorious pastry owes its fame to Torta 900, patented by Umberto Balla in 1972. Its gourmet recipe, however, dates back to the ^19th century, created by Ottavio Bertinotti, and the secret of its manufacture has been jealously guarded ever since. It's made up of two discs of sponge-like, but lighter, cocoa dough, topped at the last minute with chocolate cream and dusted with powdered sugar. The result is really delicate and melts in the mouth.

For a gourmet stopover during your day of sightseeing, don't miss the Almonte café-pâtisserie, which makes some of the best rum saluzzesi in the region. These delicious sweets are indeed the local specialty: pralines in a heart of rum-flavored cream, wrapped in meringue and dark chocolate... Pure pleasure! But the other patisseries are also worth a detour, each as pretty and tasty as the next. Everything is very fresh and the staff are really friendly. An excellent address!

A patisserie in existence since 1912 that has preserved its beautiful period woodwork and is bursting with sweet treats. The cakes and sweets would lift anyone's spirits: exquisite stuffed brioches for breakfast, mignardises, pralines and marrons glacés, polentina delle mandorle... Don't miss the Torta del Palio, created in honor of the Palio d'Asti, made with almond flour, honey and drops of dark chocolate. Small cafeteria counter for sipping good coffees. A pleasure for the eyes and the taste buds...

On Sunday lunchtimes, for the traditional family meal, pastries from Follis can be found on the Vercellesi tables. It's been their favorite pastry shop since 1904! This historic shop offers, among other things, the classic bicciolani, shortbread cookies with spices, and tartufata, a whipped cream cake topped with hazelnuts and chocolate flakes... After admiring the store's lovely period décor and enjoying a few tastings on site, you'll want to take these sweets home with you in your suitcases. Second point of sale Corso Torino, 81.

The adventure of Pasticceria Gallina began between Turin and Naples, where Giuseppe Gallina learned the basics of the trade in the early ^20th century. The Via Vochieri establishment was opened in 1968 by his son Lorenzo and his wife Anna, accompanied by their three children, who are still here today. Since then, the company's reputation has been built on its baci - small, round chocolate cookies known here as baci di Gallina. The ingredients used are of the highest quality, for sweets to be enjoyed without moderation!

With coffee, lemon, coconut or chocolate, Rolando's soft amaretti are famous throughout Piedmont and beyond. Like soft macaroons, individually wrapped in colorful paper, amaretti remain the ideal snack to nibble on while strolling through the pretty streets of Alessandria. The almond classics are wrapped in red paper, the cocoa ones are blue, the coffee ones are brown, and so on. The recipe has remained unchanged since 1942, for a truly unbeatable taste!

This pastry shop, which will soon be celebrating its two-hundredth anniversary, with seven successive generations, is one of the city's best-loved. The list of recommended products (sweet and savory) is very long: petits choux, Tartufata with whipped cream, savory rolls stuffed with ricotta and spinach, as well as the Guinea tart, a cream cake with shavings and a dark chocolate coating. But it seems to us that starting with a little cannolo is certainly not a bad idea, as there are 14 varieties to choose from...

A real authentic patisserie where you can drink an excellent coffee and nibble on little mignardises, each more appetizing than the last. This is the strong point of the place and it will be really hard to make a choice, believe us! The place isn't very big (there's also a covered veranda terrace with a few tables, but it's pretty narrow), but it's perfect for taking a break like a true Turinese, without the groups of tourists you might find in cafés further inland.

The Zanardi patisserie owes its reputation to reginette . Since 1937, the patented recipe for this little cookie has been attracting the finest gourmets. For 23 years, Mr. Sacchi was the original cookie maker, before stepping down. Simple, almost wafer-like, reginette are made with eggs, flour, sugar, butter and a little chocolate cream. They are sold in an attractive tin, wrapped in aluminium foil. The Zanardi patisserie is also recommended for its artisanal ice creams.

This patisserie, which has been in existence for over a century (it was founded in 1918), prepares delicious cakes that will perk you up during a morning or afternoon break. But you can also have lunch here, as it serves delicious savoury dishes. Quality products and attentive service. The house makes chocolates, sweets and cookies of all kinds, in case you'd like to take a little ballotin home with you!

This cute patisserie doubles as a tea room, where you can sample the vegetarian delights baked here, many of which are vegan cakes. The warm welcome and intimate decor make you feel as if you're visiting friends. Luigia speaks French and will be happy to advise you on traditional Piedmontese sweets and more original preparations to take away with you. Savoury dishes are available at lunchtime if you'd like to take a break: don't hesitate, everything is homemade, nourishing and delicious.