The best ice cream shops France

Jampi is the ice cream maker from Brest! They are the artisanal ice creams of the summer afternoons, but also of the big events in family and those in Brittany. You will find in the store ice creams and sorbets in all flavors (the buckwheat Breton is surprising!), an organic range, specialties and frozen desserts, individual portions or family trays, etc. The store has a tea room with a garden, come and enjoy an ice cream while sipping a drink: economical and so nice! What's new? A range with vegetable milk.

Close to the beach and the casino, this family-run confectionery is a well-known spot for those who want to treat themselves! It has the advantage of being ideally located, close to one of Royan's most pleasant beaches and a mini-golf course known to all lovers of the little white ball. Here, you can enjoy a warm welcome and indulge in delicious products. Each recipe, from churros to crêpes, waffles and doughnuts, is made by hand. And in summer, you won't want to miss the ice creams!

Franchi, an artisan ice-cream maker handed down from father to son since 1934, has a long-standing reputation for ice creams that have delighted the people of Strasbourg from generation to generation. As a result of this success, there's often a long queue when the weather's nice. You'll find a wide range of inventive and original ice cream sundaes on the menu, or a choice of the great classics, as well as crêpes. For those with a sweet tooth, you can order ice cream trays of your favorite flavor for your family and guests to take home.

As you stroll along the port of Saint-Martin, you'll no doubt want to stop off at this ice cream parlour, one of the best in France. It's one of the best-known addresses among tourists. More than 60 flavors and typical ice cream textures, served in a jar with the inevitable cornet gaufrette à la fleur de sel. And if you're feeling greedy, order a one-liter box to take home your favorite ice cream. A few steps away, in a typical alleyway, you'll find another store: l'Atelier, offering a selection of frozen desserts.

This is one of La Rochelle's timeless addresses. For over 20 years, this ice cream parlour has been delighting gourmets. As soon as the sun comes out, the queue gets longer, and you have to be patient before you can choose one of the 70 flavors on display. To each his own! Those with a sweet tooth won't leave without devouring an ice cream (tiramisu, speculoos, vanilla), while those looking to cool down will opt for sorbets (lychee, organic passion fruit, organic pear). Ernest has another store on the other side of the port for ice cream lovers, chests and cones!

Is it still necessary to introduce Sanchez, the king of the ice cream in Saint-Malo? Located on place du Pilori, in full heart with intramurally, this establishment is a reference on the matter. All more delicious and inventive ones that the others, you will not find better cooling downtown! More than one hundred flavors of ice creams prepared with love and talent. Ice creams with the horn with its spellbinding farm whipped cream or its caramel coulis butters salted or of chocolate divinely good, out of cuts to be consumed on the charming one - and very appraisal - sunny terrace or in room, or of the frozen sticks manufactured in an artisanal way by the house. Other addresses in Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, Dinan and Dinard, Paimpol, Dol-de-Bretagne, Rennes...

Right next to the emblematic Dijon owl, the Simone et Maurice ice cream parlour offers a warm welcome for a refreshing break. Now a must-visit ice cream shop, Simone et Maurice offers 0% added flavors and 0% colorants. The menu of subtle, original flavors varies with the seasons and the imagination of founder Anne-Claire Guinard. Try the ever-popular raspberry-red bell pepper (BBQ), the indestructible vanilla, or let yourself be tempted by the 100% Côte-d'Or flavors: Flavigny aniseed, blackcurrant and, of course, gingerbread.

The Teyssier family has been delighting gourmets since 1905... Whether it's chichis, waffles, churros, crêpes or mascots, everything is homemade. The stars of Le Fin Glacier? Organic ice creams with no added coloring or preservatives. They are made by a master ice-cream maker from organic milk and fruit, for both scoop and Italian-style ice cream. More than 50 flavors, including of course the must-haves (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry), but also more original recipes: Toblerone, cookies and speculoos, yuzu, etc.

Born in Ardèche, working without artifice, Terre Adélice offers the best of a generous and tasty nature in real melting delights. Home-made organic ice creams and sorbets made from fresh seasonal fruit, especially fruit from the Ardèche where Terre Adélice finds its roots, but also touches of exoticism. Terrace in the heart of a tourist area sometimes overheated, sometimes waiting to take away, but these natural ice creams are really worth it. All the flavors can be taken home in a jar.

The story began almost 50 years ago, when Joseph Maillard planted his hectares of strawberry fields. In 1975, the first jams were put into jars. Since then, the Fraiseraie's quality and reputation have never wavered. Producers of strawberries with recognized taste qualities, they have imagined a unique concept around strawberries and fruit, and have developed varied and delicious products: sorbets, frozen desserts, jams, syrups... So don't be surprised by the queue outside the store, and enjoy the crêperie-tea room!

Franchi, an artisan ice-cream maker handed down from father to son since 1934, has a long-standing reputation for ice creams that have delighted the people of Strasbourg from generation to generation. As a result of this success, there's often a long queue when the weather's nice. You'll find a wide range of inventive and original ice cream sundaes on the menu, or a choice of the great classics, as well as crêpes. For those with a sweet tooth, you can order ice-cream trays in your favorite flavor for your family and guests to take home.

The Ô Sorbet d'Amour ice cream parlour is an institution that was founded in 1935 on the Arcachon basin, in Moulleau. Today, there are a good number of pretty shops in the region in the colour of acid orange with the first emblematic shop of the brand still on the promenade of the Moulleau pier. The brand has developed in Arcachon, Andernos, Cap-Ferret, Lacanau, La Teste-de-Buch, Toulouse, Braga in Portugal and of course in Bordeaux, 2 cours de l'intendance next to the Grand Hotel. A wind of modernity blew on the sign of this artisan ice cream maker with the development of the brand Ô Sorbet d'Amour in franchise. The gourmet recipes are still made in the traditional way; the milk is supplied by the last farm in the Arcachon basin, then transformed in a traditional way with fruit and high quality ingredients in the laboratory in La Teste. The sorbets (about thirty) with a thousand and one flavours are very original, you can't resist sauternes grape, kalamansi or strawberries and piquillos, you can enjoy ice creams (about 60 flavours, some of them alcoholic), or the famous Pinasse and its scoops of ice cream for 15 people, the emblematic dessert of the ice cream maker Ô Sorbet d'Amour.

A renowned house founded in 1985 and an institution in Noirmoutin! With a long experience in the culinary art, a career in the most beautiful houses, and consultant for Pierre Hermé, with Beatriz, Stéphane proposes his creations with more than 25 original verrines. From full-fruit sorbets, creams and frozen sticks to cones and waffles, everything is homemade! More than 50 flavors, classic and surprising: caramel with fleur de sel de Noirmoutier, bergamot ginger and raspberry slivers, yuzu... Frozen desserts and half-litre ice creams to take away.

A rich family history, sketched out just over 60 years ago by Raymond Berthillon (who passed away in 2014), the famous Maison Berthillon is an ice cream parlour and tea room on rue Saint-Louis-en-l'Île. The work, now carried out by the new generation, gives rise to creations that are a marvel of flavour and balance. Note: Maison Berthillon makes a point of using natural products (milk, fresh cream, eggs, fruit, etc.). It remains one of the best places in Paris to appreciate artisanal know-how.

Nardone rhymes with glacier and great pleasure on the terrace. Since 1899, from father to son and from father to daughter, the Nardone family has reigned over the ice and this corner of Old Lyon bordered by the Saône and a lively quay. Home-made ice creams for a high gustative quality. Plate, cup, cone, from Easter to the iced logs of the New Year, quality is always there and it is a joy to succumb to an ice cream cup - the Fruit Giant... - signed Nardone. Possibility to order in advance marvellous frozen desserts.

One of Nantes' Fraiseraie shops is located near the Gaumont cinema in the town centre. So, no need to go to Pornic to taste the star sorbet of the king of strawberries. Go to Place de la Bourse and create your favourite blend by choosing from about thirty flavours. You can also trust the house and ask for a marbled ball, a combination of two sorbets that complement each other perfectly. You will have to pass the hesitation of a few moments between the cone and the cup, even if it does not matter the container as long as you have the ice cream! After such a trying adventure, get back on the road and, with sweetness in hand, taunt the envious ones who can only eat with their eyes the coloured freshness (but without colouring) that finally sustains you. La Fraiseraie also offers products to eat at home: sorbets to take away, jams, jellies, syrups, liqueurs, arranged rums, flavoured teas... Because good things should be shared! Other addresses in Nantes welcome you near the Galeries Lafayette and 2 on the Ile de Nantes: near the Elephant and the Carrousel des Mondes marins. In 2020 the Fraiseraie blew out its 50 candles, half a century of greed!

Frosted, you always have to be to start a greedy business. Old Lyon (and other places) is home to a completely frosty place imagined by chef Jérémie, creator of different ice creams, and Martin. Artisanal production in the Ardèche using seasonal fruit, preferably from the Rhone Valley. Bergeron apricots, fir shoots from the Vercors, Hermitage grapes... Perfumes and creations make our heads spin. Starting with the famous Kif, between ice cream and pastry. A massacre.

Pastry chef, chocolate maker and ice cream maker: Alexandre has everything to seduce you! Join the Barrelle boutique, where you can watch the chef at work through the glass roof that separates the sales area from his laboratory. You will have the opportunity to discover his flagship creations, frozen entremets that come in original gourmet bars. Creativity and refinement can be found in many gourmet forms: chocolate bars, candy boxes, spreads, orangettes, coated meringues, ice creams... Go there!

Amorino, a true Italian glacier, uses manufacturing processes from generation to generation. The first shop, opened in 2002 on Saint-Louis island, made many Small. At Amorino, all materials are imported from Italy. The ice is made from whole milk, eggs, sugar and natural flavourings, fruit and even organic products. They are invariably served by spatula, pots or cornet of different sizes in flower form with, in choice, twenty fragrances, which vary depending on the seasons. Among the specialties of the house: La, a chocolate cream and hazelnuts or the Amaretto with a delicious almond biscuit. Amorino also thinks of winter months, when freezing is felt, you can indulge in hot chocolates or simply good chocolate sweets.

Established in Sagone plage since 1969, this is the benchmark ice cream parlour in Corsica. Based on seasonal produce, the menu is regularly updated with strawberries from Prunelli, chestnut flour from Renno, Népita and brocciu from Piana, and original flavors from the Saint-Sylvestre confectionery in Soveria near Corte. A lovely terrace where you can enjoy this artist's original compositions at any time of day. For lunch throughout the season, a menu of ten salads, ideal for summer hours, to accompany the range of ice creams and savory sorbets.

Ice cream, yes, but homemade! Tante Jeanne's ice creams are made with milk from the owners' Landes farm! A total of 40 flavors of ice cream and sorbet are available from the stand, which has been enlarged to make room for the Cantine gourmande. Italian-style ice cream in vanilla, chocolate, raspberry, pistachio and passion fruit flavors, and a multitude of ice cream flavors: wild strawberry, tiramisu, apple-raisin, cookies, amarena cherry, blue ice cream... A real treat at the right price.

A little ice cube for drinks? The Saint-Rémy icebox should be classified as a public utility. Indeed, what could be more destabilizing than running out of ice cubes an hour before the arrival of guests?
So, here, no fuss, no fuss, but a perfect welcome and real empathy for the ice castaways. And that, every day of the year, Sunday morning and holidays included - yes, those are the days when the fridge breaks down. By the way, don't miss the wonderful ice machine dating from 1936.

The place has recently undergone major renovations, and the shop now has a new face, very modern and refined. The house, well-known for its chocolates, also offers homemade ice creams here. You will have to choose among the choice of flavours offered but once tasted, there will be others, the house has developed throughout the seasons. You can taste ice creams, pancakes and waffles, with a nice terrace just in front of the shop. We can only recommend this real institution of the city.

This ice cream parlour/tea room, opened by Anthony Porée, has a friendly, slightly baroque decor. The ice creams and sorbets are handcrafted from fresh fruit, regional whole milk and Valrhona chocolate by Terre Adélice's Master Glaciers. Choose from 80 flavors, 60 of them organic, incredible, authentic and original: foie gras, madeleine, speculoos, tiramisu, rice pudding, honey/violet, prunes/armagnac, and more. You can also enjoy a home-made organic waffle inside the store or on the terrace.

The Smart is demanding, especially when it comes to ice. Amorino is one of the specialists in Italian artisanales. Ice cream with tasty aromas, onctueuses ice cream that you enjoy tasting in pots of different sizes or in artistically shaped cones shaped in flower petals. Ice creams made exclusively from organic eggs, whole fresh milk and selected fruit, all without dyes or artificial aroma. A nice home and service of a man who never misses a good word to present us with the bacs containing the delights of the house: the famous 100% Amorino chocolate not to be missed in your mixture, a wonderful Bourbon vanilla in Madagascar but also Bronte pistachio, extra hazelnuts, strawberries, lemon of Sorrento, tiramisu, spéculoos or stracciatella. You will have to go back many times to taste all these wonders, including the perfume of the month, not forgetting that of organic yogurt 0% if you fear calories or a gideons ice. To accompany its ice, hot drinks, including excellent hot chocolate, but still some original sweets. Cool and refreshing address in the heart of Old Lyon.

Created by a Roman ice cream maker, Veronika and Renato Squillante Montoro's ice creams and frozen desserts are made with fresh seasonal products, without additives, coloring agents, preservatives and artificial flavors. One of the stars of this gelateria artigiana is the pistachio ice cream from Iran. You should know that the sorbets here are officially certified vegan, and the ice creams are gluten-free. But the particularity of this noble sign - Renato is a marquis - is that it elaborates salted ice creams with surprising flavors, such as this ice cream with avocado and gorgonzola. Quite original, isn't it? Small selection of pastries... Italian of course (cannolo, maritozzo).

Gelato & Coffee is the traditional artisanal ice cream revisited by Corrado Barberis, an Italian passionate about his craft. He offers ice creams made the old fashioned way, from the best products: milk, cream, seasonal fruits. And his know-how is also very popular with the city's chefs. His ice creams, sometimes classic, sometimes original, will surprise you with their taste and smoothness. This true artisan-creator can also create unique flavors for your big events (wedding, birthday).

With its sea views, attractive prices and intoxicating fragrances, this establishment deserves its success. Described as "the best ice cream parlour in Grau-du-Roi", the store has been run by Guillaume Thevenin for 8 years. His motto is: make good with excellent. He makes around forty homemade ice creams, using natural products (Bourbon vanilla, Sicilian pistachios, Valrhona chocolate...), which are produced in the workshop adjoining the store, and certain "must-haves" such as coconut, chocolate or blueberry remain on the menu all year round.

Located on the Place des Menhirs, this ice cream parlour catches the eye with its cosy terrace. Renard took a seat for a tasting of the specialties of this true artisan ice-cream maker. The concept was born in Saint-Malo, where the ice creams with their unique tastes and textures are made. Everything you taste here is handcrafted, from the creamy ice cream to the sorbet and topping. The quality of the ingredients is undeniable, and all you have to do is taste to rediscover authentic flavors. We tested a dozen flavors and our verdict is clear: go for it!

Located in the heart of the Old Town for over 10 years, Yogolicious has been delighting us with its fresh and cheerful version of frozen yogurt. Frozen yogurt is just as fresh as ice cream, but much healthier and lighter, especially if you don't drown your yogurt in sweet toppings (choose fruit...). A pleasant atmosphere in a setting that smells clean and organic. Low-fat (1.5%), low-calorie frozen yogurt. The twenty or so flavors change with the seasons and fashions, so you can enjoy a treat with an (almost) clear conscience. Customize with over thirty toppings. Bubble Waffle, smoothie and milkshake to vary the pleasures.

In summer, the streets of Arles can turn into a real furnace. So what better way to beat the heat than with a sorbet made from fresh fruit? Gourmandise and lightness are Soleileils' winning formula. Ideally located near the Place du Forum, this ice cream parlour offers a wide choice of ice creams and sorbets, with something for everyone! Not to be outdone, the flavors change with the seasons. And all served with a smile! Vanilla and melon!

A pastry chef by trade from the Périgord region, Roland Manouvrier is a renowned master ice cream maker. He handcrafts ice creams and sorbets with subtle, gourmet flavors, using fruit, flowers and spices. We love his jasmine, rose petal and violet ice creams, his espresso coffee, fleur de sel caramel, marron glacé, Périgord walnut and Périgord strawberry sorbets. No retail sales, but all the ice creams can be sampled in several restaurants and stores in the Périgord Noir.

Grom, it's the top of the ice. Here, we use only AOC natural products and pay particular attention to the dietary aspect of their ice. The raw material comes from Italy, but everything is made on the spot. Just plunge the spoon into the pot to see the beautiful creamy texture; perfumes of perfumes escape and taste is well restored. Difficult to choose between classics, special (example: Ice cream with pieces of frozen marbles), seasonal fruit without forgetting the fragrance of the month. Winter four hot chocolates à la carte including a dessert with ice.

When the passion of the farm meets the pastry know-how, it naturally gives a Pauze Ice! Serge Garnier, a farmer, and Virginie Rivollier, a graduate in pastry, combine the talents to put into ecstasy small and large! Their farm is located in Saint-Genest-Malifaux at 1 070 m altitude. 40 dairy cows and 45 heifers of high-open montbéliarde race provide quality milk. More than a drink, it's the main ingredient that transforms to give birth to delicious treats! Desserts, frozen, bins, you cannot do more healthily! Without dye, or conservative, you don't resist the desire to describe the tulip with its ice cream and caramelized pears or vanilla vacherins that faithfully restore the taste of a raspberry sherbet and a meringue. It should be noted that the élaborés produced are with the fruit of local farmers in the Pilat. In a word, it's authentic! So try a strawberry cone, you'll love! Manufacturing is a house even when it comes to cookies and chantilly! We can only highlight the individuality of such work, because everything goes directly from the breeder to the buyer. By appointment on the farm or on the markets, it is a pleasure to discover these ice cream delights and the same opportunity to leave with fresh milk, a creamy cream or butter as you rarely find!

The old without additives, unique in Paris. This Italian glacier that works only with noble and natural products, for both sorbets and ice. Many perfumes (up to 36 in full season), some of which are exclusive (Danao, Ali Baba, caïpiroska, cheese cake, pop corn, lemon pie, Paris-brest, etc.) and permanent creations, presented in pot, corole on a cone like flower or in 1/2 litre and litre (9,50 € and 18 €). Each store has its production unit which allows for the freshness of the products and the ice preparation on the spot. The pink and purple shop makes a big acidulous candy think. The staff were friendly.

At Raugi's, ice creams are a family story that has been going on for more than 80 years. Over time, the establishment has become the place to be for the Bastians, who enjoy rediscovering the flavors of their childhood, or being surprised by the original creations mixing authentic flavors and a dose of modernity. In cones to take away or in more elaborate cuts with more than 40 flavors to discover. You can also eat pizzas and focaccias with the original dough of the Pisa recipe, leavened dough filled with fresh products.

In this cosy bar and tea lounge with contemporary design, you can enjoy the delicacies of the house like pancakes and waffles as well as a ice waltz. The choice and quality are the perfect choice for these ice creams and with a choice of 40 fragrances. Your host, Xavier, is always in the care of its guests, and know that you can privatize the address for all your holidays and birthdays.

It's not just ice creams and sorbets that are sold here... With some twenty flavors, each more delicious than the last, Olivier Onfroy is first and foremost a merchant of happiness! A true artisanal ice-cream maker, as expert in classic flavours as in the most original. We fall for his lead recipe, but also for the rose, violet, tiramisu, peach-hibiscus iced tea, rhubarb or peanut and fleur de sel flavors. All served in cones, jars or to-go tubs (remember to order in advance!)

The pastries and ice creams of Les Maisons de Bricourt, owned by the famous chef Roellinger, can be enjoyed above Dinard beach. The famous pastries have also made the reputation of Grain de Vanille, Dinard's big sister: vanilla mille-feuilles, old-fashioned praline, salted butter caramel or Paris-Cancale, pistachio and praline, not forgetting far (truly Breton). The place also offers sorbets and ice creams made with organic whole milk from Breton cows, known as Froments du Léon. An exceptional moment to savor with delight. Not to be missed!

Gérard Sanchez's Glaces Moustache is certainly one of France's finest artisanal ice creams. The secret? Full-fat milk, farmhouse cream, seasonal fruit... And nearly 130 flavors! Among the most iconic: Vanille Bourbon de Madagascar (voted one of France's best ice creams by Gault & Millau in 2020), Un amour de glace (whole milk vanilla base with organic chocolate chips and nougatine slivers), La Bretonne (whole milk salted butter caramel with crumble inclusion and caramel coulis) and Banoffee.

Artisan Glacier in Vaison-la-Romaine,Léone welcomes you for a gourmet moment with authentic flavours, all year round. Come and taste the artisanal creations imagined and made on the spot. On sunny days, let yourself be tempted by ice creams and sorbets made with fresh local fruit, flavor sticks or even gourmet verrines. And when autumn approaches, it is the occasion to discover the traditional Belgianwaffles as well as the home-made hot chocolates. The best ice creams in Vaison!

L'Amour est dans le lait is a range of ice creams and sorbets made directly on the farm. In 500 ml or 1 liter pots, you can order local flavors such as Cerise crème fraîche and ratafia de Jussy, or any of the 30 available. All you have to do is pick them up at the farm, and see the 150 cows (280, if you count the youngest ones!) that produce the good milk that makes these delicacies. Note that L'Amour est dans le lait is also present on markets in the Yonne, and in many sales outlets in the region.

If you like Italian ice cream, you don't have to cross the border into Germany to enjoy it, just go to Gelato in the heart of the city. In collaboration with Carlos Gourmet, you will discover ice creams and sorbets made according to the artisanal know-how of Italian ice cream makers. A large selection of flavours is available and served by the spoonful. There are the inevitable pistachio, chocolate and coffee flavours, but also original ones such as panna cotta and Kinder, all accompanied by a delicious homemade whipped cream. The most difficult thing will be to choose! All that will be left for you to do is to enjoy your composition on a large covered and glazed terrace, or to take away.