Smart Mouth
In Rome, What's Not to Lick?
By Elise Warner
The Washington Post
Sunday, July 26, 1998; Page E04
The problem: Traipsing
around Rome's main tourist attractions leaves visitors needing
cool refreshments, in all senses of the world.
The solution: Gelateria
(ice cream shops) conveniently near the city's main tourist
attractions. Sure, my husband and I have fond memories of all we
saw in Rome, but the city's inspired gelaterias surpassed the
expectations of two ice cream addicts. Our discoveries during a
recent visit:
* Cornetteria, Viale di Trastevere.
Our first find. Escaping the
press of body-to-body bargain hunters at the Porta Portese flea
market--Rome's largest, stretching from Via Porta Portese to the
Stazione Trastevere--we spy Cornetteria nearby. There we order
coppas (cups) of cioccolata (chocolate) and caffe (duh) gelati
and dig in. A slow smile pans over my husband's face. My smile
mirrors his.
* Gelateria Pellacchia, 103/107 Via Cola di
Rienzo. After a
five-hour tour of the Vatican and a climb to the top of the
Castel Sant'Angelo for a panorama of the Tiber and the city, we
spot this neighborhood cafe. A sign assures us that the gelati
is homemade. I stick with caffe and cioccolata. My husband
ignores his arteries and tries a new flavor, amaretto.
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