Gelateria Nico, Venice
I just came back from teaching a week-long illustration workshop in Venice, Italy. After finish up the class each evening, the students and I often ran to our favourite gelateria in town, Nico. If they pretend they don’t understand your English, be nice and try to speak a little Italian. Just read the names of the tastes you want, followed by ‘Per Favore!’ You can sit by the large seating area at the dock, but the local way of enjoying their superb gelato is to hold the cone in your hand and take a walk along the promenade overlooking the canal and Giudecca Island across the water. Ah, so Venice.
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Yuko Shimizu said | 2 September, 2008
Hey Dooser, thanks for your comment. I am disappointed to hear that you didn’t like the gelato there, but as a huge gelato-snob, I found this place really good! And I spent a week surrounded by locals, they all love this place. It is kind of old-school type of gelato, not the new gourmet kind. But two scoops on the cone is less than 2 euros, which I don’t think is expensive at all, considering some charge as high as 4 euro.
The seating area at the doc is more for tourists, they have fancier desserts which costs a lot more. I recommend a takeout.
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Dooser said | 1 September, 2008
I’m positive this is the gelateria I went to while taking a break from studying the architecture one afternoon this spring (notice the beautiful church in the background of the first photo). I was highly disappointed with the gelato. High price, low quality. I urge readers, if in the area, to search for another gelateria.