Il Procopio

The best gelato ever! It’s very authentic and delicious! :))) Affordable and amazingly good! The best that I had so far! Only locals go there!

Il Procopio provides an array of interesting flavors. I’m a fan of their award winning flavor with pistachios and orange peels as well as their cinnamon apple flavor. I would have never noticed this place if it not for my group of classmates that came in here. I’m glad we did come in here though because the flavors are just so special and the gelato was made perfectly. One more gelato spot to save on my list of amazing eats in Firenze! yummmm

Sacher flavor… MMM! This is my favorite gelato of all time.

We’ve sampled from all the top gelato places but nothing compared to the place next door to our BnB by the Campo dei Ciompi. Il Procopio offers excellent crafted gelato and the best part is the line is not a mile long. Prices are competitive. For € 2.80 you get a sugar cone filled with melted Chocolate then stuffed with up to 3 choices of delicious gelato. They have the standard flavors, but the really shine with the custom combinations they’ve created. Excellent.

Florence resident here. One of my top two in Florence. They have unusual flavours and use very expensive ingredients. They add in quite a lot, (nuts, cake, etc etc) and you have to like that style of gelato. Really deserving of awards they have gotten.

Cuando nos dimos cuenta de que teníamos esta joya de heladería muy cerca de nuestro hotel, la visitamos casi cada noche… y no más veces porque tuvimos que estar también por otros barrios…
Tiene helados cremosos súper ricos, polos con alto contenido de fruta y granitas.
Granitas — de pomelo rosa, mora, bergamota (!)… creaciones increíbles y fresquitas.
Polos según temporada — de naranja, sandía, melón, melocotón, fruta de la pasión…
Helados de frambuesa, limón con albahaca, pistacho, avellana…
En el año 2011 ganaron el premio al mejor helado en el Festival del Gelato de Florencia: «Il Procopio» (helado de almendra con cítricos escarchados así como pistachos y su toquecito salado — espectacular!).
Además, probamos p.ej. Chocolate Jamaican Dream (hurra!), Cremino (Avellana y Nutella — una bomba, pero de las buenas) y La Follia (helado con higos caramelizados, almendra y piñones tostados).
Si estás por la zona de Santa Croce, acércate a probar algún helado!
Seguro que no te arrepentirías!
Cucurucho pequeño 2,20 €, mediano 2,80 €.

Location: In the Santa Croce area.
The place: More like a storefront with no seating area. However, the layout is perfect as the entire space in front of the displays is open. This gelateria is run by husband and wife, two people who really seem to enjoy what they do. I had the awesome privilege of going into the prep area and watch the gelato king at work while he explained the gelato-​making process. This process is incredibly time-​consuming and essentially requires Procopio to spend all day, each day, making gelato. He feels very strongly about maintaining the high quality of his product and clearly stated that it’s all about the love. He is passionate about his craft and even more so about making his clients happy.
Gelato: So, so good. I tried the limone è basilico and loved it. It’s the perfect balance of sweet and sour, and literally bursting with flavour. A refreshing choice on a hot summer day. I also tried a flavour whose name I only partially remember, D. Rafaè — nuts, coffee and chocolate, if I recall. I loved this flavour. It was just perfect for my taste buds! The same goes for their award-​winning flavour whose name I also don’t remember because I was too busy eating this fabulous gelato!
Price point: Budget friendly.
If you’re in Florence, this is a must.

I will not have ONE favourite gelateria in Firenze, I will have multiple favourites and I will trek to each corner of the city for their signature flavors. That’s the conclusion I am coming to. Tonight, I decided to stop into Il Procopio because I pass it everyday, maybe two or three times a day and I have never once stopped. However, on the last couple of times I noticed something about an award from the city of Florence for their gelato… or something to that effect.
I was worried that I was a bit too late, but at 8:30 p.m. they were still open, a customer sitting outside eating a popsicle. I went in and was greeted by the man behind the counter (very tall by the way… as I looked up from the gelato I was staring straight at his chest). I was taken by the flavor called «Il Procopio». Apparently it had won an award for being innovative. Of course I had to try it, not to mention it looks absolutely stunning with pistachios, candied orange peel, and almonds on top of a bed of creaminess.
I ordered my usual piccola copetto (1,70) and started to get out money when the guy said, «But what flavor do you want?» I just went into gelato etiquette mode. So I told him that I wanted Il Procopio and then he asked if I just wanted one flavor or to mix. I said out loud, «That’s a really good question!» He looked at me like I was crazy. So I went with one that had a name that didn’t really describe the flavor, Don Raffae. From the case, it looked like a tan gelato with some chocolate drizzle and maybe some nuts on top… to be honest, I think it tasted a bit like coffee, but I was paying far more attention to the Il Procopio. There has to be a story behind Don Raffae, as I did a bit of Googling and discovered that it is a song… a politically charged song… maybe I need to go back and ask for more information about that flavor.
However, the real reason I am giving Il Procopio five stars is for the Il Procopio flavour. It is an almond gelato with plenty of candied orange peel, pistachios, and almonds. It is absolutely heavenly. I don’t usually like candied orange peel, but it worked really well with the almond gelato and really well with the salty bits of pistachio. And they aren’t fooling around with just a couple of pieces on top, there is a surprise in every bite. If they could ship that to the states, I would be ordering lots of it. I actually think, in reviewing all of my favourite flavours from my favourite gelateria, that this flavour is now my new favourite.
I don’t know about the other flavours and although they certainly looked delicious, you really do have to try their signature flavor Il Procopio.

While living in Florence this summer, this place was ranted and raved about for being the best Gelateria in all of Firenze. God help me, they weren’t kidding. I used the occasion of a buddy visiting from Stuttgart to finally make the trek out to find this place, and boy was it worth it.
I was literally salivating looking at the wide variety of fresh-​made gelato. Literally. Salivating. My go-​to gelato benchmark is nocciolo, but I couldn’t help throwing an orange peel flavor in. I can’t even describe it.
This was the best frozen dessert I’ve ever had in my life.

Best gelato I’ve ever had. They’re creative with their flavors and take care to use great ingredients.