La miglior cioccolata calda con panna del mondo!!!! The best hot chocolate in the world!! Mmmmmmm!!…read moreMy Parmigiano friend took me here on a freezing cold snowy day and it was the perfect drink that kept us all warm and happy! For a cup of hot chocolate, 5 euro price tag seems a bit pricey but trust me, it's really worth it! So rich and flavorful, it was waaaay better than Max Brenner! Highly recommended!

This chocolate shop is beyond fabulous. The chocolate makers are true artists. You will find all…read morethings chocolate here and all beautifully created. Everything we tried was so beautiful to behold you almost didn't want to eat it. But once you bite into anything here, you swoon. There is candy, pastries, cake, cookies all made with exquisite care and the best ingredients. This is a wonderful place to pick up a few gifts to bring back home. I don't know too many people who wouldn't feel like they've died and gone to heaven after sampling some of the chocolates made here. I was so taken with the chocolate in the shape of attrezzi (tools) and nuts and bolts....so cool! Even the coloration of the chocolate was made on some pieces, to suggest a hint of rust. The owners of the shop are helpful and kind. This is a beautiful, old-world chocolate shop with delicious and gorgeous products. The shop itself is in an ancient building within the walled city of Lucca. Everything about it, like all of the walled city of Lucca is just dreamy. Go!

Some very good chocolate. There were these circle chocolate topped with nuts that I saw the…read moreprevious customers bought, so I decided to give them a try as well. They were quite good. Might have been peanuts...not sure. Chocolate with raisins were well balanced. Would definitely stop by again when we're in town!

So many pastry shops, so little time. This was a morning stop in Parma for what was our breakfasts…read morein Italy--stops at pastry shops. One of our group would normally get several items and we would then share the selections. In this case, I got a lemon tart and a nice cappuccino and quietly enjoyed my breakfast. The abundance of good pastry shops in Italy is amazing. We don't value them like the Italians. A pastry and a shot of espresso and then it's off to work.

Items Selected: Sugar Brioche…read moreRice Cake Cassis Cornetto Pan Dulce Cream Horn Baba au Rhum Raspberry Sfogliatta Cassis Puff Pastry Spending a day in Parma before progressing onward to Milan it was with a late night past that the group filed into Pasticceria Torino at Strada Giuseppe Garibaldi 61, the small shop quiet despite the early hour of 08h30 as the shelves sat packed with nearly fifty styles of Cakes, Pastries and Bread. One of the most affordable Pasticceria visited in Italy, the prices closer to those in Mirano than the aforementioned fashion capitol or Venice, it was with limited English that clerks provided service after extensive perusal of the options, a total of eight selections totaling just €10,80 plated and delivered to a small table. In many ways similar to other bakeries, but also offering some novelties featuring housemade Fruit Compote, tastes of the Sugar Brioche as well as the laminated Butter Baton each proved mild yet pleasant in the face of more interesting options, the citrus-scented Rice Cake moist with Ricotta while the tender Baba found itself rich with Rum. Baking the typical Cornetto more crispy than many, its smooth filling rife with Vanilla notes, even better bites were found amidst two laminated pastries packed with Black Currant Jelly, a rounded item labeled as "Sfogliatta" not dissimilar to a Kouign Amann in texture with a center of Raspberries.

This place sure is dangerous! All the chocolate you can imagine and you can purchase as many as you…read morewant since it's all based on weight. They offer a huge selection of Perugina, my favorite is baci of course. Come here but be cautious ;)

Cute little store for a chocolatier that was founded in Bologna. I was visiting Bologna for the…read morefirst time and wanted to bring home some chocolate. This store only has their brand, but they have a very large selection!! They have a great variety of chocolates (dark, milk, white, with nuts, etc) in different packaging (chocolate bars, gift sets, etc). I chatted a bit with the cashier, and she was so sweet and kind. She shared some of their history and provided recommendations. I bought a couple chocolate bars (milk chocolate with pistachios and dark chocolate with hazelnuts) and a gift set that has some of their signature pieces. Everything was delicious! But definitely pricier than I am used to. Especially compared to the very little bit that comes in the box.

Majani is a chocolatier that is founded in Bologna, Italy, in 1796! The dark chocolate comes in…read morevarious percentages as well as flavors using cocoa butter. When I need some strong dark chocolate (which provides my brain with a jump start) I'll go for 70% dark. At the same time I enjoy the caffe and pistachio flavors! Thank goodness when I leave Italy from Malpensa airport in the Milano area, they have a Majani chocolate shop in Milano Centrale (train station)! I load up on their thimble-sized squares filling up a bag with assorted flavors. Never leave Italy without Majani chocolato! Ci vediamo Majani!

We stopped in after a long day of walking and sight seeing. The shop has chocolates, gelato, coffee…read moreand crepes. We just had the gelato. I had the tiramisu and my girlfriend had the strawberry. The gelato was very creamy and tasty. We definitely enjoyed it and the employees were great in dealing with our non-Italian speaking. I am definitely going back to try their chocolates made at the shop.

Their crepes were so good when I went. They were also very nice. They had a huge variety of…read morechocolate also.

Excellent coffee, tea, and croissants! Great art on the walls too. The chocolate looks delicious…read more Highly recommend.

From the owner: Art&Choholate, luogo di incontro dove unire la ricerca del gusto alla conoscenza delle persone,…read morericerca di prodotti, selezione di cioccolato, luogo di incontro, artisti, scambio di idee... abbinamento tra cioccolato ed ogni genere di prodotto. Il nostro mondo del cioccolato si suddivide in tre grandi gruppi: 1- la selezione di prodotti creati per essere puri, negli ingredienti e nelle evoluzioni dei sapori, lavorando con cioccolatieri di altissimo livello e pluripremiati, 2- collaborazione con artigiani geniali, che creano nei loro laboratori prodotti golosi e goduriosi, unendo la passione per il cioccolato e la ricerca di materie prime e ingredienti sofisticati, 3- la miscela che caratterizza la nostra cioccolata calda e la piccola produzione che ci accingeremo a farvi assaggiare tra non molto. 32 diversi tipi di cioccolato da bere, aromatizzato con materie prime incredibili. L'abbinamento che riusciamo a creare con il cioccolato e i vini, i distillati, i liquori, il salato e l'infinita gamma di profumi e sapori che vorrete sperimentare.

What an absolute treat! From cookies to gelato, and featuring a variety of coffee options,…read morePasticceria Giovannini is worth the stop. The cookies are all crumble in your mouth fresh, with an attention to quality that is immediately apparent. Each offering has a unique style and flavor, and everything is very reasonably priced. The staff is super friendly, especially if you're making an effort to communicate in Italian. And as you'd expect, this cafe has a neighborhood, local feel. It's stylish and lively, but not overwhelming. One of our favorite spots in Montecatini.

Words don't do this place justice! Amazing pasticceria!!! Friendly staff, super affordable, amazing…read moreespresso and the desserts are out of this world. My mother and I were on vacation in Montecatini at a hotel that was a 1 minute walk away (dangerous). Our morning routine was to get a cappuccino and un caffe. The espresso was strong and full of flavor. Most days we came back later in the day and tried other varieties - all great. Now about the desserts....nothing like I've ever tasted in America! Everything was so clean, had unique tastes with a perfect amount of sweetness - just mouthwatering. The prices were super low too. One visit we got 5 pastries for 8 euros. Giovannini makes me want to vacation there again ASAP!!

Recently visited Lucca. Lovely store with fabulous treats. The Italian cookies are so good. Highly…read morerecommend.