ricotta and sour cherry and local ingredients: artisanal gelato in Lazio

Artisanal gelaterie

Gelaterie in Lazio: Choosing the Best Artisanal Gelaterie in Rome and the Region's Other Cities

Symbol flavor: ricotta and sour cherry — 484 gelaterie, town by town, with maps and verified listings.

484Gelateriein the guide
39Townscovered
DOPRicotta Romanathe base of the signature flavour
RomaGrattacheccathe hand-shaved ice of the kiosks

The guide

In Rome the problem is not finding a gelato: it is avoiding a bad one. In the streets between the Trevi Fountain and Piazza Navona, counters follow one another every few meters, and the difference between a serious workshop and a reseller of industrial mixes cannot be read from the sign, which almost always says the same thing. That is why the page dedicated to the 484 gelaterie in Lazio catalogued by this guide starts with the practical side: the concrete signals that set real artisanal gelato apart, as valid in the capital as in Tivoli, Latina, Civitavecchia, Viterbo and Frascati. Then come the most Roman flavor of all, ricotta e visciole (ricotta and sour cherry), the cities, and the method the editorial team uses to keep the listings up to date.

Ricotta and visciole, from oven to carapina

The pairing born in the bakeries of Rome's Jewish ghetto — ricotta and visciola sour cherries — moved to gelato without losing a thing: Ricotta Romana DOP provides the base, the sour cherries the contrast.

The grattachecca holds out

At the kiosks along the Tiber, ice is still shaved by hand from the block and drowned in syrups, just as a century ago: it is not gelato, but it is the working-class counterpart of the Roman carapina in summer.

The lake's wild strawberries

In Nemi, in the Castelli Romani, wild strawberries are a local cult complete with their own festival: in the sorbets of the Castelli they are the right thing to taste in June.

How to recognize a true artisanal gelateria in Rome

The reliable signals are few and can be checked in thirty seconds, before even joining the line. The editorial team uses these four, in Rome as in the rest of Lazio:

  • Covered carapine: lidded steel wells protect the gelato from light and temperature swings. The colorful mountains piled up in the display window are there to be photographed, not to keep the product well.
  • Natural colors: pistachio is a muted green, banana leans toward pale grey, mint is white unless it has been colored. Brilliant shades mean food coloring.
  • A seasonal list: strawberry in January is a warning. Serious workshops change flavors with the market, and a short list is almost always a good sign.
  • Declared ingredients: shops that work well are glad to display the origin and composition of their main flavors.

No single signal is enough on its own, but three out of four rarely lie. In central Rome, where rent is paid with tourist volume, these criteria quickly rule out most of the shops pressed up against the monuments and reward those working a few streets away.

The colorful mountains piled up in the display window are there to be photographed, not to keep the product well

Ricotta e visciole, the flavor that tastes of Rome

Every region in this guide has a signature flavor, and for Lazio the choice fell on ricotta e visciole. The pairing comes from the pastry tradition of Jewish Rome: the ricotta and sour-cherry crostata of the Ghetto is one of the city's most identity-defining desserts, and Roman gelato making adopted it, turning it into a ricotta cream shot through with wild sour cherries in compote. The contrast between the barely sweet dairy base and the dark acidity of the visciole is about as Roman as anything that can go in a cone.

It is also a flavor that sorts the workshops. Real ricotta gives a slightly grainy cream that never cloys, a long way from anonymous white bases; visciole in compote have a deep red color and a tart edge, easy to tell apart from industrial sour-cherry syrup, which is sweet and uniform. Anyone who finds it on the list, made with care, has almost always found a good gelateria. Not every shop offers it year-round, and that is as it should be: visciole have a short season, between June and July, and the best workshops use compote prepared during that window.

The contrast between the barely sweet dairy base and the dark acidity of the visciole is about as Roman as anything that can go in a cone

Gelaterie in Rome: from the central rioni to the neighborhoods

Rome accounts for the large majority of the region's 484 addresses, with a scene best read zone by zone. The historic center offers the best and the worst within a few meters of each other: alongside counters designed for passing tourism, historic artisanal gelaterie survive, often family-run, that Romans have defended for generations. Rioni (central districts) like Monti and Trastevere alternate solid addresses with showy windows, and the four signals from the first section are the right tool for telling them apart on the spot.

The most interesting scene, though, is growing outside the center. Prati and the neighborhoods around the Vatican serve residents and office workers, San Giovanni and the Appio area have counters rooted in their neighborhoods, and eastern Rome has seen workshops open in recent years with a sharp eye for raw ingredients and seasonality, from Pigneto outward. Anyone staying in the center can count the metro ride as part of the price of a good cone: it is often worth more than the line in front of the city's most photographed counter.

The most interesting scene, though, is growing outside the center

Gelaterie in Lazio beyond Rome: Tivoli, Frascati, Viterbo, Latina and Civitavecchia

The rest of the region deserves more attention than it gets. Tivoli pairs its historic villas with a town promenade where gelato is an afternoon ritual, easy to combine with a visit to Villa d'Este. Frascati and the Castelli Romani have always been the Romans' classic day trip out of the city: here the cone accompanies the summer controra, the hot early-afternoon lull when the city heads for the hills in search of cool air, and the counters serve a public that comes back every weekend and forgives no slips.

Viterbo offers the medieval San Pellegrino quarter as a backdrop, with a compact scene and small-town prices; Latina serves a rich agricultural territory, with Pontine fruit entering the lists in the warm months; Civitavecchia catches the traffic from the port, but the workshops residents actually frequent sit along the main street, not opposite the boarding docks. In all these cities one simple rule applies: follow local hours. A counter that is busy at six on a Saturday evening, with locals rather than suitcases, is the most reliable review there is.

Tivoli pairs its historic villas with a town promenade where gelato is an afternoon ritual, easy to combine with a visit to Villa d'Este

Who verifies Lazio's artisanal gelaterie, and how

The regional listings are built from public sources: business registries, the shops' official sites and channels, documented reports. The editorial team verifies every entry before publication and updates the listings at regular intervals, correcting addresses and opening hours and removing businesses that have closed; on a pool as large as Rome's the review work never really ends, which is why the city pages show the date of the last check.

On independence the line is clear: no gelateria pays to be in the guide, no position is sponsored and editorial write-ups are not for sale. In a city where visibility along the tourist flows is worth a great deal, the point is far from minor: paid rankings are exactly the mechanism this guide wants to avoid. Anyone who finds a closed business or outdated information can report it through the site's contact channels: reader reports, once verified, enter the next update cycle.

On independence the line is clear: no gelateria pays to be in the guide, no position is sponsored and editorial write-ups are not for sale

From Lazio toward Tuscany, Umbria and Campania

Lazio's central position makes side trips into the neighboring regions natural. To the north, the gelaterie of Tuscany add the Florentine Buontalenti tradition and the cantuccino flavor to the journey; to the northeast, Umbria offers an itinerary through hill towns where gelato comes without lines; to the south, the gelaterie of Campania play the card of Sorrento IGP lemon and Giffoni hazelnut. The criteria on this page hold there too: artisanal gelaterie can be recognized by the same signals from Florence to Naples.

For those staying in Lazio, the final advice is about the calendar. The Roman spring, between April and May, is the perfect moment: strawberries enter the lists, the carapine fill with new flavors and the center does not yet have July's lines. And if the trip falls between June and July, there is only one question worth asking at the counter: whether the season's visciole have made it into the ricotta yet.

The criteria on this page hold there too: artisanal gelaterie can be recognized by the same signals from Florence to Naples

The listings

The gelaterie of Lazio, town by town

Roma(156)

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Casa del gelato GervasioVia Quintiliolo 4→Chiosco GrattacheccaVia Magnagrecia→Ciuri CiuriVia Leonina 18→Crem CaramelVia Martana 31→Crema & cioccolatoVia Francesco Donati 62→Crema e cioccolatoVia Flavio Stilicone 13→Crema e cioccolatoVia Statilio Ottato 83→Cremeria Alpi→Cremeria AureliaVia Aurelia 388→Cremeria MonteforteVia della Rotonda 22→Da GiovanniPiazza dei Re di Roma 50→Da QuintoVia di Tor Millina 15→Daniel GeloVia Gabriello Chiabrera 40;42→Dantoni dal 1974since1974→DesiderioVia Gino Capponi 172→DiversoViale Antonio Ciamarra 98→Don NinoViale Eritrea 109→Farini 32Via Farini 32→FatamorganaPiazza degli Zingari 5→FattoriVia Alberto da Giussano 80→Fiordiluna Gelato & CioccolatoVia della Lungaretta 96→FreddoPiazza Tuscolo 7→FrigidariumVia del Governo Vecchio 112→GelandoVia Cesare Ricotti 10→GelAngeloVia Cassia 927→Gelarmony Arte Del Gelato SicilianoVia Marcantonio Colonna 34→GelarticaLargo Vercelli 6→GelateriaVia della Stamperia 90→GelateriaVia Liberiana 20→GelateriaVia Cavour 289→GelateriaVia di Casalotti 59→GelateriaVia dei Pastini 135→Gelateria al Borgo Antico→Gelateria AlpinaPiazza Enrico Fermi 23→Gelateria AngeliniVia Radicofani 210→Gelateria artigianaleVia delle Cave 15→Gelateria artigianale e…Via Pietro Rosa 27→Gelateria CoronaLargo Arenula 27→Gelateria dei GracchiVia dei Gracchi 272→Gelateria dei GracchiVia di Ripetta 261→Gelateria del ErosVia Fontanellato 68→Gelateria dell' AngelettoVia dell'Angeletto 15→Gelateria Della PalmaVia Della Maddalena 19/23→Gelateria Fratelli VecchioVia di Tor Pignattara 13a→Gelateria GiuffrèViale di Trastevere 255→Gelateria i GolosoniPiazza Augusto Albini 39,40,41→Gelateria Jimmy ZabaioneVia Ugo Ojetti 83→Gelateria L'ArtigianaVia Marcianise 13/15→Gelateria la RomanaVia Venti Settembre 60→Gelateria Mamo'Piazza Ragusa 43→Gelateria Mamo'Via Lorenzo Il Magnifico 118→Gelateria MaximoViale Aventino 30→Gelateria Miami 3Via Silvio D'Amico 22→Gelateria MillenniumPiazza Santa Maria delle Grazie 2a→Gelateria Olive DolciVia Emanuele Filiberto 140→Gelateria Panna e LiquiriziaVia Magnanapoli 5b→Gelateria Pasticceria Adrianavia Roma 30→Gelateria Pupi di ZuccheroVia Marcantonio Colonna 36→Gelateria RealeVia di Tor San Giovanni 123→Gelateria Santa Maria MaggioreVia Cavour 93a→Gelateria SplashVia Eurialo 102→Gelateria Tavola CaldaVia Cicerone 70→Gelateria TonyPiazza San Giovanni di Dio 1→Gelateria TorcèViale dell'Arte 9a→Gelateria TorcèPiazza Euclide 25→Gelateria Wonderful Ice CreamVia Nazionale 19/a→Gelateria ZoryaniVia Cipro 4f→Gelato BaciatoLargo delle Sette Chiese 12→Gelato D'AutoreVia Salaria 260→Gelato San LorenzoVia Tiburtina 6→GelatomaniaVia Portuense 760→GelóVia di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice 52→Ghiottonerie Tre TreVia delle Fornaci 33a→GORI GelatoPiazza Menenio Agrippa 8→Green barVia del Trullo 257→GromVia Agonale 1→GromVia Tuscolana 1370→GromVia Laurentina 865→HederaBorgo Pio 179→I GemelliVia Mario Musco 44/46→IamottiVia Trionfale 122→Ice Dream FactoryPiazza Camerino 7→Iceberg Gelateria CaffetteriaVia della Pisana 185→Il cono d'oroVia dei Malatesta 4 a→Il frutto proibitoVia Danilo Stiepovich 25→Il GelatarioVia Tuscolana 325→Il gelato di AlessandraVia Gorgona 28→Il Gelato di DeiVia Leonardo Bufalini 22→Il Gelato di San CrispinoVia della Panetteria 42→Il PellicanoPiazza Eugenio Biffi 10since1984→K2Via Britannia 51→L'Angolo del GelatoVia Trionfale 75c→L'Orso BiancoVia Carlo Alberto 7→L'orso yogurtVia Massa di San Giuliano 360/b→La BotegaVia delle Sette Chiese 107d→La boutique del gelatoVia Publio Valerio 37→La Fabbrica di GelatoPiazza Conca d'Oro 41→La Gelateria del PignetoVia Pesaro 11→La GourmandiseVia Felice Cavallotti 36b→La NazionaleVia Nazionale 206/207→La RomanaVia Magnagrecia 47→La yogurteriaVia Appia Nuova 143/c→Le Chat il gelato giustoPiazza Cesario Console 6→Le Dolci TentazioniVia Mario Menghini 71→LemongrassViale Giulio Cesare 56→LemongrassVia Ottaviano 29→LubranoVia dei Castani 68→Made In Italy Bar Gelateria→Mela e CannellaVia Oderisi da Gubbio 71→MiamiPiazza Francesco Cucchi 8→MILKY Gelateria NaturaleViale Guglielmo Marconi 187→MimìVia Monte Giberto 7→Mon AmourVia del Casale Agostinelli 139→Neve di LattePiazza Carlo Alberto Scotti 12→Neve di LatteVia dei Banchi Vecchi 140→Old Bridge GelateriaViale dei Bastioni di Michelangelo 5→Opera ItalianaVia Torino 130→OtalegVia di San Cosimato 14a→Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni FassiVia Principe Eugenio 65since1880→Panna e cioccolatoVia delle Albizzie 31→ParriniVia dei Georgofili 106→Pasticceria Gelateria SicilianaPiazza di San Cosimato→Pasticceria Il GiglioVia di Casalotti 40→Pico GelatoLargo Ventuno Aprile 1→Ping Pong IceVia Calpurnio Fiamma 9a→PompiVia della Croce 88→PorfiriVia di Tor San Giovanni 171/173→ProcopioPiazza dei Re di Roma 39→RivarenoVia Magnagrecia 25→SicilyPiazza Rondanini 35→SmileVia Giuseppe Gregoraci 57/a→SteccoleccoViale della Moschea 7→Stop&GoViale Tito Labieno 6→Sweet IceVia di Acilia 29→Tempesta di GustiVia del Pigneto 191→The GelatistVia Nazionale 160→The GelatistVia del Tritone 90→The Taste GelatoVia dei Due Macelli 108→TorcèViale Aventino 59→Tropical IceVia Nomentana 115→VenchiVia della Croce 25/26→VenchiVia del Corso 335→Verde pistacchioVia Nazionale 239→Very BuonoVia di San Giovanni in Laterano 120→Yogogel gelateria pasticceriaVia Di Boccea 631/A→YogurteriaLargo dei Librari 86→YoYogurtVia Laurentina 865→Zero Gradi→

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Bar Panoramica→Bar Pupo→Bartoccio→Bis→Blue Ice→Blue Ice→Bolina 2.0→Bonetti→Bonetti→Bonetti Gelateria→Bridgerton→Brivido GelateriaVia Giovanni Battista Bodoni 62b→Buccianti→Cafe CancelliereVia Amedeo Crivellucci→Cafe ristorante→Caffè Roma Gelateria→Caffetteria Le due Sicilie→Calù→Capitan Cono→Carpe diem→Casa del Gelato→Chiosco Grattachecca→Cholo→Cianchetti→Conforti→Cream & FriendsVia Tuscolana 1060→Crema & CioccolatoVia Antonio Capetti 14→Crema & CioccolatoVia Alessandro Severo 177→Crema & CioccolatoVia Mattè Trucco 42→Cremeria Nonno LilloViale degli Ammiragli 102→CutòViale della Vittoria 59-61→Da RomeoVia della Croce 82→Di NotoPiazza Colonna 356→Dolce geloVia Mattia Battistini 109→Dolce Idea→Don Nino→Don Nino→Duse→El Tiburon11→Elisa→Emmi GelatiVia di Casal de' Pazzi 110→Er Pozzo der Gelato→Fata Morgana→FatamorganaVia Lago di Lesina 9/11→Fatamorgana→Fatamorgana Centro StoricoVia dei Chiavari 37→Fatamorgana TrastevereVia Roma Libera 11→Fattore Gelato→Fiocco di Neve→Flor GelatoVia Cavour 337→Fontana bluVia Giacomo Leopardi 23→Formaessenza→Fornai→Fortini La GelateriaPiazza Pia 19→Frulallà→Gel'AngeloVia Nomentana→Gelarmony→Gelarmony→GelarmonyVia Marcantonio Colonna 34→Gelarte→GelarticaViale della Vittoria 15/17→Gelataio→Gelatando→Gelataus→Gelateria→Gelateria→Gelateria→GelateriaVia di San Cosimato 14→GelateriaPiazza Vittorio Veneto 8→Gelateria→GELATERIA→Gelateria Albachiara→Gelateria Algida→Gelateria ArcobalenoPiazza Trilussa 23→Gelateria Arte Golosa158→Gelateria Artigianale→Gelateria Artigianale→Gelateria Artigianale Creperia→Gelateria Biancaneve→Gelateria Bis→Gelateria Blanca→Gelateria Bonelli→Gelateria CamBIOvitaVia del Governo Vecchio 54→Gelateria Candy CreamPiazza Pietro Thouar→Gelateria ConsoliVia Caio Canuleio 59→Gelateria Corsetti→Gelateria CucuruchoVia Bernardino Passeri 2→Gelateria Da Carletto al Borghetto→Gelateria dei GracchiVia di San Pantaleo 61→Gelateria Del Monte→Gelateria del Parco→Gelateria del Pinguino20 A→Gelateria del TeatroVia dei Coronari 65/66→Gelateria della PalmaVia della Maddalena 19-23→Gelateria Della PalmaVia della Maddalena 19-23→Gelateria di san crispino→Gelateria Diamante→Gelateria Duchessa→Gelateria GuttillaVia Nomentana 271→Gelateria Il Dolce SorrisoVia Torcegno 41→Gelateria l'Antica Latteria→Gelateria La PalomaVia di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte 13→Gelateria la RomanaVia Cola di Rienzo 2→Gelateria Lante12→Gelateria Lupo Alberto→Gelateria Mastro ConoVia del Corso 10→Gelateria Mioni→Gelateria Monti→Gelateria Napoleone→Gelateria Pasticceria Colone→Gelateria Pinocchio→Gelateria Polo Nord→Gelateria Quadrani→Gelateria Salus→Gelateria SbardellaVia Marcello Mastroianni 2→Gelateria Siciliana→Gelateria SteccoleccoVia del Portico d'Ottavia 6→Gelaterie AgostinelliCorso Giacomo Matteotti 188→Gelaterie GAEViale dell'Aeronautica 47→Gelatiera di IliaVia della Marina 30→Gelatilandia→Gelato d'EssaiVia Tor de' Schaivi 295→Gelato in Trevi s.a.s.Via di San Vincenzo 31→Gelato ManiaViale Bruno Buozzi 2→Gelato SicilyVia Luciano Manara 64→Gelato sulle NuvoleVia Giuseppe Zanardelli 30→Gelato ValeCorso Vittorio Emanuele Secondo 37→Gelatomania→Gellatteria del Viale→Gelosi per Natura→Gelosia→Gelosia→Gia Gelato→Giacomino→Giocondo→GiulivoVia dei Castani 92a→GlaucoVia Panisperna 245→Grattacheccaro→Grattacheccaro "Alla Fonte d'Oro"→Grattacheccaro "Sora Lella"→Grattacheccaro "Sora Maria"→Greed avidi di gelatoVia Cernaia 28→Green GardenVia Giacomo Leopardi 9→Greetel Factory→GrezzoPiazza Mattei 14→Grom→Grom→Grom→GromStrada Provinciale 29 Colligiana→Günter Gelato→Günther GelatoPiazza di Sant'Eustachio 47→Guttilla→I CarusoVia Aldo Moro 131→I MannariVia di Grotta Perfetta→Il Cannolo SicilianoVia Quattro Novembre 95a→Il Capriccio di CarlaVia Agostino Depretis 61→Il Cono d'Oro130→Il Gabbiano→Il Gelatiere→Il GelatoPiazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere 4→Il Gelato di Pasqualetti→il GelatoneVia dei Serpenti 130→Il maestro del GelatoVia delle Muratte 75→Il Mastro GelatiereVia Aldo Moro 279→Il mio gelatoVia Salaria 40→Il Molo→Il PellicanoPiazzale di Ponte Milvio 19→Il principe del gelato 2→Il serpentone→Il Settimo Gelo→Imperiale Gelateria→Kalispera→L'angolo Gelato→La bottega del gelatoVia dei Pastini 18→La Corte del Gelato→La Cremeria del Parco→la Dolce Vita→La fonte del gelato→La Fonte del Gelato→La Gelateria di Giulio→La RomanaVia Ostiense 48since2014→La RotondaVia Calcinaia 69→La Salernitana→La Strega NocciolaVia della Vite 100→Lavezzi→Le Bontique→Le granite→Lubrano→Lucciano’s #ilmaestrodelgelato→Mamo'→MaravèCampo de' Fiori 51→Masci→Masci→Mennella→Mister IceVia Efeso 45→Mo's Gelaterie→Mon Amour→Mon Amour→Monsuè Gelati EsageratiVia dei Lauri 96→Morsi & Sorsi→Natural Break - Yogurteria Creperia Fruttaviva→Neve di LatteVia Luigi Poletti 6→Neve di Latte→New Slurp→Nice cream→Old Bridge Gelateria→OldBridge Gelateria Trastevere→Orso GolosoVia Vittorio Piccinini 13→OtalegViale dei Quattro Venti 70→Otaleg gelateria→Panna & CoVia Marmorata 115→Pasqualotto Gelato StoricoPiazza Giacomo Matteotti 11→Pasticceria Serena→Pellegrino→Pera e Cioccolato→PetriniPiazza dell'Alberone 16a→Ping Pong Ice Gelateria→Ragusto Ice Cream→RibesVia Giuseppe Gioachino Belli 43-45→Riviera du Ponente→Roxy bar→San Lorenzo→Serendipity→Soft IppocrateViale Ippocrate 22→Sora Lella→Spartacone Il Gelatone→SteccoleccoVia Riano 1→Strawberry Fields - Gelato D'essaiViale Battista Bardanzellu 77→Sweet LifeCorso Vittorio Emanuele II 270→Sweety GelatoVia Flaminia 492→Sweety GelatoVia del Biscione 9→Tatino→Terra→The GelatistVia Tuscolana 989→The GelatistVia del Corso 74→The GelatistVia del Corso 293→The Gelatist→The Gelatist→Time Out→Tiramisù→Tonino→Tony→TorcèViale dell'Aeronautica 105→unika→Vacanze Romane→Venchi→Vick→Yo Yogurt→YogurteriaVia Giosuè Carducci 24→Yogurteria Gelateria IcebergPiazza Giuseppe Garibaldi 7→Zio Jack 2.0Via Fratelli Giani 36→
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FAQ

Gelato in Lazio: quick answers

Why do covered carapine indicate good gelato?

at the counter

Lidded steel wells keep the temperature constant and protect the gelato from light and air, conditions that preserve its structure and flavor. Display cases with colorful mountains favor visual effect over preservation: to hold up exposed like that, the product generally needs more air and stabilizers.

What is the ricotta e visciole flavor?

promise

It is the gelato interpretation of a traditional Roman dessert, the ricotta and sour-cherry crostata of the Jewish Ghetto: a lightly sweetened ricotta cream shot through with a compote of tart wild sour cherries. The editorial team considers it the most representative flavor of Lazio's gelaterie.

How do you avoid the tourist gelaterie in central Rome?

in short

By applying the guide's four signals: covered carapine, natural colors, a short seasonal list, declared ingredients. Right next to the most photographed monuments these criteria quickly rule out many shops; moving a few streets away, or taking the metro toward the neighborhoods, almost always improves the result.

How many gelaterie are there in Lazio?

really

The guide catalogues 484 gelaterie in Lazio, concentrated largely in Rome but also spread across Tivoli, Latina, Civitavecchia, Viterbo and Frascati. The listings are verified and updated periodically by the editorial team, with closed businesses removed in every review cycle.

Is it worth looking for artisanal gelato outside Rome?

all told

Yes, and it often pays off: in Frascati and the Castelli Romani gelato is part of the Romans' classic day trip, Tivoli pairs it with the historic villas, Viterbo offers the medieval San Pellegrino quarter as a setting. Fewer lines, lower prices and counters that live on regulars, especially on summer evenings.