Since 1824 the original Marchesi pasticceria (pastry shop) has been charming customers with its refined 20th-century features and picture-perfect petit fours. Indulge your sweet tooth with any number of bignes (cream puffs), pralines, sugared almonds and fruit gels, and sample some of the best panettone in Milan. The dining area out back also makes for an elegant pit stop.
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Pasticceria Marchesi
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