Top 10 Veneto Shops
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1. Pasticceria Forin
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).
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2. Drogheria ai Due Catini D’Oro
Drogheria ai Due Catini D’Oro
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3. Feltrinelli Internazionale
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.
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4. Antica Pasticceria di Sorarù
Inviting pastry shop lined with tantalizing almond and chocolate delicacies, and special goodies such as the dove-shaped Colomba cake at Easter.
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5. Cappelleria Palladio
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).
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6. Il Ceppo
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.
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7. De Rossi “Il Fornaio”
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.
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8. Love Therapy – Elio Fiorucci
Colourful fun fashion accessories and gadgets alongside top-brand clothing.
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9. Mercato d’Oriente
Akin to an exotic museum, this antiques dealer dazzles with Chinese and Japanese marvels, Pre-Columbian pieces and both traditional and contemporary carpets.
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10. Upim
Wonderful department store with a good range of casual clothes, cosmetics and home furnishings, in the centre of town.
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