Photo: Gelato Cafe Veneto Italy

This Gelato Cafe situated on the Riva degli Schiavoni in the city of Venice, Veneto in Italy, Europe definitely knows how to advertise.

This Gelato Cafe, situated on the Riva degli Schiavoni in the city of Venice, Veneto in Italy leaves no doubt as to the product sold there. Many tourists and locals walk along the Riva degli Schiavoni, as it is known as one of the most beautiful promenades in Venice, and what can be more enjoyable than to stop for a delicious gelato.

This Italian ice cream known as gelato is usually made with fresh fruit or nuts, chocolate, cookies or anything an imaginative gelato maker can dream up. The gelato made from milk and sugar and the chosen flavouring is frozen while being stirred. The perfect gelato should be thick, rich and have less than 35% air.

The colourful cone outside the gelato cafe on the Riva degil Schiavoni in Venice would be a welcome sight on a hot day, but it would be wise to sit down to enjoy the treat as the ingredients in gelato is not a homogenized mixture so will melt much quicker than regular ice-cream. ... continue below the picture...

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... Gelato is a Northern Italian discovery, while the sorbetto (sorbet), which is frozen fruit and water, came from the Southern area of Italy.

Gelato cafe along Riva degli Schiavoni in Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe.