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Inviting pastry shop lined with tantalizing almond and chocolate delicacies, and special goodies such as the dove-shaped Colomba cake at Easter.

Hat-lovers’ heaven, run by a charming couple with a 40-year passion for millinery in this lovely old-fashioned establishment. In great demand for stylish weddings in the country villas (see Veneto Villas).

A range of pastries and wholemeal breads. Try the zaletto , a biscuit baked with pine nuts and sultanas, and of course Baci di Giulietta (Juliet’s Kisses) – almond paste shaped into pursed lips.

Drogheria ai Due Catini D’Oro

Browse through the well-stocked shelves of English- and other European-language crime and mystery novels, fiction, travel, classics, children’s literature and reference books in this chain bookshop.

A gourmet’s paradise with mouth-watering take-away dishes, pickles and preserves. Buy a catered picnic with wine or simply a crusty roll filled with Asiago cheese or sopressa sausage.

Colourful fun fashion accessories and gadgets alongside top-brand clothing.

Akin to an exotic museum, this antiques dealer dazzles with Chinese and Japanese marvels, Pre-Columbian pieces and both traditional and contemporary carpets.

A pastry shop specializing in biscuits named after St Anthony and studded with pistachios, pine nuts and marsala. The pièce de résistance is a large bun shaped to resemble the town’s domed basilica and flavoured with amaretto (almond liqueur).

Wonderful department store with a good range of casual clothes, cosmetics and home furnishings, in the centre of town.