Trieste
This jewel-box pastry shop and cafe was one of Joyce's favourites. Its nutty, spicy, boozy Triestine speciality cakes – putizza, presnitz and pinza – are…
Must-see shopping in Friuli Venezia Giulia
Cormòns
This fifth-generation prosciutteria produces some of the most delicate smoked ham in Italy, alongside other cured meat products. Everything is strictly…
Trieste
This very lovely sugary boutique sells every imaginable sweet treat from its period vitrines. Engage in the impossible task of choosing between fruit…
Trieste
Founded in 1777 by a Swiss immigrant who was on to the potential of Trieste's free-port status, Bischoff is one of Trieste's – and the world's – longest…
Udine
The one-stop menswear shop stocks everything a sartorially inclined man could want: clothes, scarves, belts, bags, hats and a range of shaving creams and…
Trieste
Windows full of vintage treasures lure curious passersby into this Aladdin’s cave where you can find 1950s signage, good-as-new Artemide lamps, pinball…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Levi Gregoris' prosciutto is known for its sweetness and perfume and you can buy as much as your heart and stomach desire at his Bottega del Prosciutto,…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Working with ancient Roman and Middle Eastern techniques, local ceramic artist Stefania Zurchi creates sculptures, reliefs and beautifully decorated…
Trieste
Marco and Michele's handprinted textiles are inspired by traditional Balkan scarves. In fact, their workshop has revived a family business that once…
Trieste
The streets of Trieste's Jewish ghetto were once filled with antique shops and a few remain among the bars and cafes that have sprung up more recently…
Trieste
A former screen-printing factory, with beautiful original architecture, is home to this interesting textiles workshop and retail shop. Triestine designers…
Trieste
Come and do your daily shop with the good Triestini at this multipurpose covered market (produce on the ground floor, clothing and homewares above). It…
Trieste
The shop of a local artisan, Vud showcases the rich tradition of wood craft in the region, along with a nice contemporary simplicity. You might not be in…
Trieste
Possibly the most beautiful of the Eataly family of food and wine superstores, set in an old dockside warehouse, with two floors of windows overlooking…
Trieste
Part bookshop, part Slovenian cultural hub, this is a fascinating place to explore the cultural fluidity of Trieste; it has a particularly engaging…
Udine
This small but beguiling shop warrants a peer in the window, even if you're not shopping. A collection of amazing 20th-century furniture and objects …
Trieste
Eppinger does the usual, if ever compelling, pantheon of Triestine cakes, but best of all it can do the favourite nut-filled pastries presnitz and putizza…
Trieste
Beautiful supple moccasin shoes in rainbow colours, soft leather sandals and slouchy bags and made-to-last (and love) briefcases fill the windows of…
Trieste
Five times a year this top-notch craft market sets up in Piazza Barbacan. Stalls display the work of established and up-and-coming designers, artists and…
Trieste
This bookshop has revitalised literary life in the historic San Marco. Most of the books as well as the talks are in Italian but there's a good…
Trieste
Ludovika, a jewellery designer, and Nika, a photographer, showcase the work of Trieste's young creatives in this beautifully bohemian shop front. Their…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Regional fruit, vegetables and flowers are all on sale at Gorizia's historic covered market, including the Rose of Gorizia, a vibrant red chicory…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Hand-loomed rugs, tapestries, scarves and shawls in wool, hemp and linen bearing traditional geometric patterns.
Udine
This elegant 1940s covered shopping arcade links the market on Via Zanon with the historic centre and is lined with big-brand shops.
