It would be nigh on impossible to narrow down Milan’s best shops in one feature ... sourcing handcrafted leather gift items ...

Head to Pasticceria Marchesi, one of Milan’s oldest pastry shops, to stock up on freshly baked patisserie and chocolates, elegantly presented in gift boxes and pretty packaging.

Oslo: Made in Heaven is a delectable new Milan cake shop. Lebanese sisters Yasmine and Julie Audi, have expanded the Beirut-based business originally started by their mother, Nayla, in 1997, by ...