On early May, discover ice cream on Gelato Festival

It’s almost time of  Gelato Festival, in Florence. The first step of the event will start on May 1st from Florence and will follow up to a tour through ten stages in Italy and five in Europe . The whole event, scheduled until August, will see together more than one hundred ice cream’s makers ready to compete in creativity and taste tournaments in the most beautiful european squares.

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The Rificolona, paper lanterns to light Florence

Rificolona Festival in FlorenceIt is one of Florence’s more popular tradition: it is called la Rificolona and takes place on September 7. Coloured paper lanterns are on display in the city center, held by children very proud of them. You can find plenty of them in piazza Santissima Annunziata. On the next day, at dawn, the paper lanterns will be held on boats on the River Arno, starting from the City Rowing Society.

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