Il Pinguino SNC di Chiara e Claudia Bagato

We made the rounds of the best gelato shops in Venice and here's our ranking.

🥇Gelateria Il Pinguino, between Arsenale and Giardini. The place, run by Aiko Barbazzo, doesn't look like much … and yet! The owner combines the rigorous Japanese precision of her maternal heritage with the ice cream mastery of her paternal lineage to deliver an unstoppable modern and cutting-edge proposition juggling with top-quality raw materials with no compromises. Special mention for the melting chocolate - insane - the pistachio, the hazelnut and the little indulgence "Slurp" (a decadent blend of the three previous ones!)

🥈Here, opinions diverge so we're going with a tie between Gelatoteca Suso and Gelato Gallonetto. Both located near the Rialto. Suso is less bold in the intensity of its flavors but offers more variety and is generally always pleasant. A delightful Manet (pistachio cream and gianduja), a very successful pistachio "with real pieces of pistachio in it" …Gallonetto is perhaps more refined but also more uneven … we were blown away by the coffee but disappointed by the hazelnut, a touch sickly …

🥉The last place goes to Nico, at Zattere. Let's be clear, it's very good and we'd be thrilled to find it around the corner from our place … but it falls short of the other three. The gelato is very good but doesn't manage to move us … Plus, the place is stormed by hordes of tourists not always known for their good manners.