Where is the world’s best designed retail shop? According to Travel and Leisure magazine, it is a pastry shop in the suburb of Kifissia, Northern Athens. 


The prestigious magazine chose Sweet Alchemy as the Best Designed Retail Shop globally. The pastry shop belongs to renowned Greek pastry chef Stelios Parliaros and was designed by Stelios Kois of Kois Associated Architects.


Jars and trays of candy, jam, chocolate, all are arrayed like ingredients for potions inside this delightful patisserie.  According to Travel and Leisure,"Sweet Alchemy creates an atmosphere of mystery around its many delicacies, presenting them in glass-topped cases in a space that feels a bit like a sorcerer’s workshop."