The most-followed pâtissier in the world spends his summer at Château de la Messardière, where his pastries are served at breakfast and finish the dinner menu at Palladio. No need to book into the château – his shop on rue des Feniers, in the old town, has the same signature creations. Order the Fleur Vanille for the layers of vanilla cream piped into petals so precise they barely look edible.

