Fatamorgana

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"If you somehow didn’t eat dessert at Roscioli, make your way around the corner to Fatamorgana. In addition to the classics, their rotating menu is full of flavors like peaches and wine, and banana cream with crunchy sesame. And while you really can’t go wrong with anything here, you should dive straight into the bronte pistachio or the pitch-perfect milk, mint, and chocolate flavor—the freshness of the mint is more powerful than a Listerine strip." - annie replogle, gillian mcguire

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"A tiny, no-frills kind of place, Fatamorgana is known for its all-natural ingredients, but it’s the whimsical flavor combinations—and their claimed health benefits—that draw the crowds. Thumbelina (walnuts from Sorrento, rose petals, and violet leaves) is a taste sensation with pleasing crunch, while Thought—ginger, horseradish, lemon peel, and pink grapefruit—is a firecracker of a flavor that doubles as an instant hangover cure. It's an exciting, energizing, and totally take on Rome's favorite frozen dessert." - Maresa Manara

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"“No tricks, just nature.” This is the Fatamorgana motto, effectively summarizing what lies behind the delicious and imaginative gelato. In all their Rome locations — the original is in Via Lago di Lesina; the latest is this small shop in Trastevere — find classic flavors and ones from farther afield, like the mesmerizing dark chocolate and lapsang souchong smoked tea or the lovely Thumbelina with Sorrento walnuts, rose petals, and violet flowers." - Luciana Squadrilli

Maria Agnese Spagnuolo opened the first Gelateria Fatamorgana on via Lago Lesina in northern Rome and has since expanded to Prati, Monti, Trastevere, and most recently, Piazza Re di Roma. Unique ingredients incorporate liquors, herbs, and spices.