Badiani €€
Out on Viale dei Mille, away from everything, and the reason to go is Buontalenti: an egg and cream flavour invented in Florence that most visitors never hear about.
- Area
- Campo di Marte
- Verified
- August 2026
How to tell real gelato in Florence from the tourist stuff
🍦 real gelato, not the coloured stuff
Real gelato sits flat in covered metal tins, not piled into pink and green mountains. The banana is grey, not yellow. The pistachio is dull khaki, not mint green. Anything mounded up and glowing has been stabilised to hold that shape.
The written guide How to tell real gelato from the tourist stuffThe places
Carabe €
Sicilian gelato and granita in Florence, made by a family from Sicily since 1980, a few steps from the Accademia.
- Area
- San Marco
- Verified
- August 2026
Carapina €€
The gelateria that changed the standard in Florence, opened in 2008, and the one that brought back covered metal tubs instead of piled up displays.
- Area
- Santa Croce
- Verified
- August 2026
Gelateria La Carraia €€
An Oltrarno institution at the foot of Ponte alla Carraia, open since 1990, with big portions and prices that have somehow stayed low.
- Area
- San Frediano
- Verified
- August 2026
Gelateria della Passera €€
A counter the size of a cupboard on the quietest small square in the Oltrarno, with a short flavour list that changes with the season.
- Area
- Santo Spirito
- Verified
- August 2026
Sbrino Gelatificio Contadino €
A gelateria built on short supply chains: named farms for the milk, seasonal fruit, nothing bought in as a ready made base.
- Area
- Santo Spirito
- Verified
- August 2026
6 places in this collection.