Gelaterium restaurants in Rome
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Gelateria Giolitti
This started as a dairy in 1900 and still keeps the hoards happy with succulent sorbets and creamy combinations. Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn swung by in Roman Holiday and it used to deliver marron glacé to Pope John Paul II.
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Gelateria della Palma
A warning to parents: don't take kids in here unless you want to spend a lot. Like an ice-cream version of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, this brightly-coloured gelateria believes in customer choice, offering up to 100 different flavours. The specialities are creamy mousse gelati and the meringata varieties with bits of meringue.
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Palazzo del Freddo di Giovanni Fassi
A great back-in-time barn of a place, sprinkled with marble tabletops and vintage gelato-making machinery, Fassi offers fantastic classic flavours, such as riso (rice), pistachio and nocciola (hazelnut). The granita, served with dollops of cream, deserves special mention.
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La Fonte della Salute
It might not be quite the ‘fountain of health’ of the name, but the fruit flavours are so delicious they must surely be good for the soul.
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Checco er Carettiere
Something of a food complex, this is a restaurant, bakery, gelateria and osteria. With a swinging 1950s feel, the restaurant is wood-panelled throughout and terracotta-floored. Roman dishes to savour include saltimbocca alla romana or bombolotti (ridged tube pasta) all'amatriciana. The osteria is a small, appealing place with a few daily specials. The cakes at the café (07:00-01:00) are delicious, and the ice cream good too.
The walls are smothered in black-and-white photos of celebrities. Some tables are tucked into alcoves for intimate parties, or there's a large convivial room with wooden columns and an outside patio. There's a special smoking room between this and th…
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Al Settimo Gelo
The name’s a play on ‘seventh heaven’ and it’s not a far-fetched title for one of Rome’s finest, with a devotion to the best possible natural ingredients – pistachios from Bronte, almonds from Avola and so on. Try the Greek ice cream or cardamom made to an Afghan recipe.
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Alberto Pica
The original Mr Pica worked for Giolitti, and this is a historic Roman gelataria, open since 1960. In summer, it offers flavours such as fragolini de bosco (wild strawberry) and petali di rosa (rose petal), but rice flavours are specialities year-round (resembling frozen rice pudding – yum).
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Fiocco di Neve
Tiny place, grumpy staff, natural colours – this has all the hallmarks of a good Roman gelateria. Romans come to the ‘Snowflake’, near the Pantheon, when they’re in the mood for something creamy. Zabaglione is the speciality.
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Old Bridge
Ideal for a pre- or post-Vatican pick-me-up, this tiny parlour has been cheerfully dishing up huge portions of delicious ice cream for over 20 years. Try the chocolate or pistachio, and, go on, have a dollop of cream.
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San Crispino
Possibly the world’s best gelato. What! You want a cone? The delicate, strictly natural and seasonal flavours are served only in tubs (cones would detract from the taste).
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Mondi
Historic pasticceria-gelataria serving fantastico flavours such as raspberry and chocolate, chocolate and orange peel, and fragoline di bosco (wild strawberry).
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Ara Coeli
Close to the base of the Campidoglio, Ara Coeli offers more than 40 flavours of excellent organic ice cream, semicold varieties, Sicilian granita and yoghurt.
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Il Caruso
Spot Il Caruso by the gelato-licking hoards outside. It only does a few flavours, but to perfection. Try the incredibly creamy pistachio.
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Fior di Luna
A busy little Trastevere hub that serves up natural, seasonal, handmade ice cream and sorbet.
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