COMMENTS FROM OUR PAST GELATO TOUR OF ITALY
"I learned so much. Now, I just need to make it happen!"
- Noel Glasgow of Bravo Gelato, Nashville, Tennessee (2008)
"I dreamed of going for ten years, I finally went. It was everything I thought and better!"
- Tony Lana of Electro Freeze (2008)
"I have been to Italy many times, but the Gelato Tour just blew me away. Never have I had a better meal than the restaurants Carole & Malcolm took us to."
- John Agliato, Electro-Freeze (2010)
"I learned so much. Now, I just need to make it happen!"
- Noel Glasgow of Bravo Gelato, Nashville, Tennessee (2008)
"I dreamed of going for ten years, I finally went. It was everything I thought and better!"
- Tony Lana of Electro Freeze (2008)
"I have been to Italy many times, but the Gelato Tour just blew me away. Never have I had a better meal than the restaurants Carole & Malcolm took us to."
- John Agliato, Electro-Freeze (2010)
ITINERARY
JANUARY 20-24 - 3 DAYS - 2 NIGHTS - RIMINI
Rimini is Italy’s principal summer resort on the Adriatic Coast. However, we will be there in January! But forget all of that because Rimini is where the best gelato convention in the world is held every year. The SIGEP convention will open your eyes to a world of gelato possibilities.
- You will attend the SIGEP Gelato convention for 2 ½ days, and participate in exclusive Ice Cream University workshops working with Carpigiani making gelato and with Fabbri making Italian specialty drinks.
- On Friday night you will be the guest of Fabbri for dinner in Riccionne.
- On Saturday night you will be a guest of the Carpigiani Group for dinner.
- On Sunday night you will be our guest for dinner.
- At midday on Monday, January 24th, you will leave by private tour bus to Florence.
JANUARY 24-25 DAYS - FLORENCE (2 NIGHTS)
A trip to Italy is not complete without a visit to Florence, which is one of the most awe-inspiring cities in all of Europe. In Florence, the Renaissance reached its full heights of artistic expression, and that's where you will see the works of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
- After arriving in Florence, that mystical city where you visit the famous David. You will be also able to explore Florence's many gelaterias, churches, museums, and have a glorious time shopping and eating to your heart’s content.
- Stay at the Hotel Baglioni, a first-class hotel situated in the heart of historical Florence.
- Monday and Tuesday nights you will be our guest for dinner.
JANUARY 25-27 - BOLOGNA (1 NIGHT)
Bologna is the home of our sponsors, Carpigiani and Fabbri, but equally important it is one of Italy’s epicenters for the best food and gelato.
- You will arrive in the morning in Bologna (“the capital of Italy’s cuisine”), for a tour of the city, and stay one night at the Art Hotel Commercianti, overlooking the Basilica di San Petronio in the heart of Piazza Maggiore amid museums, theatres, shopping and the oldest university in the world. Dinner at De Fabio with Giacomo and Marina of La Sorbetteria.
- On the afternoon, you will participate in a private, hands-on, four-hour workshop at Italy’s finest gelateria -La Sorbetteria- with its owner, Giacomo Schavion. You will use the Cattabriga pasteurizer to create the base and vertical batch freezer to produce the finished gelato product using the most natural ingredients.
- For the last afternoon in Italy, you will have free time to sightsee and shop on your own.
- Wednesday night you will be our guest for dinner.
- You will fly back to the USA on the morning of January 27th.