Going through my travel magazine I discovered this article with the names of the best gelaterias in Rome:

Il Gelato di San Crispino, original shop at the Basilica of San Giovanni (56 Via Acaia) and a branch near the Trevi Fountain: 42 Via della Panetteria. "Corbezzolo" is the signature flavor, wild strawberry tree honey from Sardinia.

For chocolate, they suggest Tre Scalini , at Piazza Navonna (30-35 Piazza Navonna) they serve the best "tartufo".

I hope this helps some of the lucky people traveling in the next few weeks. Buon appetito!

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Oh no, you've done it now Californian. Guess what I am craving!? When I was in Italy last year I made a point to have gelato once a day

I went to the one near the Trevi Fountain and because I was asking for the Gelato in Italian the man that served me actually gave me one scoop for free. .

The best gelato I've ever had was not in Rome but in San Gimignano in Tuscany. However, gelato is great all over Italy. France has great gelato as well.

I have eaten gelato at the Trevi & one of our TD's took us for gelato at the Piazza Navonna. I wandered around the piazza enjoying the gelato & found a wonderful painting from a street vendor that I just had to have.Every time I look at that painting I can just about taste the gelato. The gelato was heaven on a stick! Bliss!!

Limone is my personal favourite... tried it at the little shop near the Trevi.. but the best was in Siena... the sign outside the shop was 'made fresh every day' ... huge scoop and yummy

Gelato, Ice Cream, it didn't matter which to my husband. On our first tour to Europe in 2005, he made a point of having one every day on our 31 day tour. His excuse was that it was so hot! It was, but every day? By the time we got home after 9 weeks away, he had put on 3 kgs and had to work hard at the gym to work it off. He learnt his lesson, and only had a treat a few times on the next trip. Why is it that treats have to be fattening? Perhaps if they called them less enticing names like "lard a..." or "big b.." we would not be tempted.

Ah limone, I can taste it now! Found I got it cheaper in out of the way side streets but it all tasted good to me. I did not do it every day but on a needs basis so most days!!!!Loved most flavours I tried too but alas did not get time to try them all.

We tried the Truffle icecream at Piazza Navone. Yummy.

The loveliest cool food we had in Europe was a cup of crushed ice with lemon squeezed over it from a stall outside the entrance at Pompeii...yummy.

We had another of these down by the beach on the Isle of Capri.... delicious and thirst quenching on a hot day.

I had a limone granita in Capri that was very tasty!

So did I, very cooling and refreshing.
Also had one outside the gates of Pompeii.

I did have gelato twice and it was very good, but I am not a big fan of gelato or ice cream. Somehow that doesn't make me any thinner.

Californian- We'll be there in the winter, but bet your bottom dollar I'll be having gelato! That sound oh-so-yummy!

OK...I'm abot to confess a secrect, ya'll ready, lean in reall close...ready for it???????????????????????

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GASP! I intend on remdey this situation ASAP! LOL

OMG A gelato virgin! You really don't understand what all the fuss is about, do you? That will be remedied 2/6/09! I'm SOOOO envious.
Sue

Sue- Yes...sadly I AM a Gelato Virgin...hehe & you are right....here I come yumminess...next Feb!!!!!

First time for me to taste the gelato, at one of the side streets close to Piazza Navona last May ... and it was ... well it was... ice cream ... the Italian way !

Travel N Learn

Memories, how I did Italy the Gelato way!!!! The Trevi & The Pantheon & the & the & the.
The one at the Pantheon sticks in my mind as the best, I love at least 2/3 flavours at once, it's the way I am used to in Oz.