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A four-minute walk from Piazza Navona on Via dei Coronari, Gelateria del Teatro is where to go when you want flavour combinations you will not find at a standard counter. A small herb garden sits above the shop, and that kitchen-garden sensibility runs through the menu: white chocolate and basil, ricotta with fig and almond, dark chocolate spiked with Nero d'Avola wine.

Everything is made on site in the glass-walled laboratory you can watch from the street, using seasonal fruit and natural ingredients. The fruit sorbets and granita are especially good in the Roman summer heat. Because the flavours rotate, two visits a week apart rarely show the identical line-up. A second, smaller entrance around the corner on Via di San Simone helps when the main door is jammed.

Pro Tip: Ask which sorbet was churned that morning - the staff will tell you, and the freshest batch is noticeably brighter than one that has sat in the case since the previous day.