Ice cream and Florence, a perfect combination for a delish weekend
When you think about Italy, the ice cream (better known as gelato) is one of the Made in Italy products, after pasta and pizza, that comes to mind.
Summer or winter, cone or cup, fruit or chocolate doesn’t matter, the ice cream is an evergreen!
Well, if you are an ice cream lover looking for innovative tastes this event is for you: from April 21st to April 25th, in fact, Florence will be the location of the Gelato Festival 2016.
The picturesque view from Piazzale Michelangelo will be the background of this important contest whose protagonists from 8 to 16 best gelatieri (ice cream makers) of the area will bring a total of 100 
flavors of Italian ice cream, 18 for each stage, specially created for the seventh edition of the festival plus the other 10 flavors out of competition offered from the main sponsors.
Not only Florence, this delightful tour will also reach the cities of Parma, Rome, Naples, Turin, Milan, London and Valencia and then again in the city of Florence for the final in September.
The ice creams specially prepared Florence’s stage have very particular names and ingredients and also the five days full of events, cooking shows and presentations can be beforehand found directly from the event’s website http://www.gelatofestival.it/tappa/florence#tastes.
Don’t forget, the Gelato Festival is the most important competition of Italian-style ice cream where a technical jury composed of experts and a popolar jury will award the best ice cream flavor of each stage up to establish the best European gelato in the final one.
If you are going to try all the tastes and want to vote the gelato you love the most, you can get the Gelato Card, on web site or online, which allows you to sample the eighth flavors in challenge plus the other 6 out of competition and reward your favorite!
For more information, please visit the official web site of the event http://www.gelatofestival.it/en and its Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GelatoF?fref=ts.
