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The World’s 100 Best Pastry Shops

I Segreti del Chiostro

Palermo, Italy

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST PASTRY SHOPS WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 16 2026
I Segreti del Chiostro

Pastry shop inside the former Dominican monastery of Santa Caterina, selling Sicilian sweets made from old convent recipes. Large cannoli are filled to order at the counter, and customers eat them in the cloister garden by the fountain.

Highlights

  • Freshly filled cannoli
  • Baked cassata
  • Cloister garden with fountain

Good to know

  • Queues common; arrive at opening
  • Numbered tickets; pay at separate till
  • One cannolo can serve two

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