2024

LA MARIANNA

Bread cakes chocolates ice cream €€
4/5
1 review

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.

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 Bergamo
2024

GELATERIA SAVOIA

Glacier
4/5
1 review

The queue is often long in front of the counterold style but, rest assured, the service is fast. Since 1939, this gelateria, unlike any other, has been known in Verona for its sweet treats. So order a giandujotto (chocolate ice cream + melted chocolate + fresh cream + hazelnuts!) or a pinguino (vanilla and chocolate stick), and eat them while walking through the streets of the old town. Depending on your taste, you can also opt for a fruit verrine, a tiramisu or an iced millefeuille, among other sweets.

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 Verona
2024

PASTICCERIA MARCOLINI

Patisserie

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...

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 Stresa
2024

ARTE DEL GELATO

Glacier

The shop, in the heart of the city, prides itself on being "the best glacier on Lake Orta". It is worth mentioning that it has been awarded the qualification of artisan excellence by the Piedmont Region! It has an assortment of uncommon natural flavours, a truly artisanal production and a special respect for intolerances (gluten-free, lactose-free, etc.), with products of the highest quality. Fruit sorbets in summer, cream ice cream in winter. It's the perfect place to take a cone and go admire the lake.

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 Orta San Giulio
2024

IL GELATO DEI MASTERS

Glacier

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.

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 Desenzano Del Garda
2024

CAFFÉ DEL TASSO

Bread cakes chocolates ice cream

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!

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 Bergamo
2024

PASTICCERIA BARINI

Patisserie

Did you know that it is in Verona that the pandoro is produced, this sweet star-shaped bun sprinkled with icing sugar, a must for Christmas? Well, the Barini pastry shop has been making it its speciality for over 50 years. Just a few steps from the bullring, Barini is also a cafeteria where you can sip a creamy cappuccino or a strong espresso and bite into little cakes with names as bewitching as their flavour: Romeo's Kisses (with almond and butter cream), Juliet's Kisses (with hazelnut and chocolate cream).

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 Verona
2024

GELATERIA ARTIGIANALE PONTE PIETRA

Glacier

Certainly the best ice in the city, which is tasting during the beautiful season, when the sun illuminates the narrow streets, and ice by hand, we can walk a nonchalant step in the city of Romeo and Juliet… Top perfumes, which regularly renew over the seasons. Classics (coffee, chocolate, hazelnut) are a safe value. Guaranteed ingredients 100% freshness and high quality, ancestral know-how, and a business that works hard!

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 Verona
2024

PASTICCERIA FLEGO

Patisserie

Gourmands, forget your diet before approaching this Ali Baba's cave. A French-style pastry shop in the heart of Verona that concocts mille-feuilles, macaroons (try the one with cappuccino) and mont-blanc, as well as Sicilian cannoli, fruit tarts and brioches filled to perfection. Available at any time of the day, from breakfast to aperitif. At the back of the store, a small tea room allows the impatient to taste these delicacies accompanied by hot drinks.

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 Verona
2024

VITTORIA GELATO CAFFE

Glacier

Allow yourself a moment in this street adjacent to the popular Corso Cavour. Sitting at the table of this modern stall, enjoy a gourmet break at breakfast time, over a cappuccino, hot chocolate, tea or homemade fruit juice, accompanied by a generous selection of pastries. If you choose lunch or an evening aperitif, opt for a beer or glass of wine with a snack brimming with vegetables or charcuterie.

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 Verona
2024

PANETTERIA PEVERELLI

Bread cakes chocolates ice cream

Since 1888, the Peverelli family's pastry-making know-how has been passed on! The candy boxes colour the shop with their sugared almonds and sweets. A nice place for a typical breakfast or a gourmet break in the beautiful Piazza Collegiata. One rushes there especially to taste the famous bissoli with chestnut flour and chocolate. The ice creams are to die for with very original flavours such as lavender or almond. If you wish to send a message, it is possible to have it written on a bread crown.

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 Bellinzona
2024

VANINI

Bread cakes chocolates ice cream €€

Superb, located on the magnificent Piazza Riforma, well known in Lugano for its delicious ice creams (homemade cones) and pastries, which can be enjoyed at any time of day. Vanini is also a bar where Spritz blossoms on the terraces in summer! An old house that plays with the spirit of the times and offers a sophisticated, professional welcome. Ticino locals like to come here for breakfast on weekends, to enjoy a delicious homemade hot chocolate: elegant surroundings, delicate tasting of quality products and an intimate atmosphere.

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 Lugano
2024

LÄDERACH

Chocolatier

Switzerland means cheese, and inevitably chocolate! Lugano is a prime setting for Swiss chocolatier Läderer, whose points of sale are deployed in over twenty addresses across the confederation but also abroad. At the 2018 World Chocolate Masters in Paris, two creations impressed the jury and have since been on sale: the Masters caramel tablet and the Masters mandarin bonbon. Come and stock up here on tablets, chocolate casse, fine and seasonal chocolates, sweet souvenirs to take home.

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 Lugano
2024

9 GELATO ITALIANO

Glacier

For ice cream lovers, 9 Gelato is clearly a must in Lugano! This ice-cream maker - whose reputation is well established - offers artisanal ice-cream with quality ingredients: producers known for their extraordinary vanilla, a selection of fine cocoa, Bronte pistachios..., and on the fruit side, seasonal products that are only fresh for preparation. No colourings or chemical preservatives... Quality is there. Flavours: classic and the most original, such as wine-based Merlot ice cream from Ticino.

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 Lugano
2024

PASTICCERIA ZAMBERLETTI

Patisserie

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.

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 Varese
2024

PASTICCERIA ZANARDI

Patisserie

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.

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 Omegna