Kraków is by no means lacking in ice cream parlours and probably every resident has their favourite one. I've got three. :) But if you think I've overlooked a good ice cream shop, please let me know - I'll have a perfect excuse to visit it and eat one more scoop of gelato. ;)
FAMOUS ICE CREAM IN STAROWIŚLNA STREET - QUEUE UP!
If you walk Starowiślna
Street in the Kraków Jewish quarter, Kazimierz, and see an endless
queue, it doesn't mean that the communism with its food
ration cards is back in Poland. It's just a line to the legendary ice
cream parlour which sells delicious, milky ice cream (PLN 2,50 for
one scoop) with pieces of real fruits. And waiting
in the queue will only whet your appetite so the ice cream will seem
to be even more delicious....
Address: 83 Starowiślna Street, Kraków, Kazimierz district
Website:
www.facebook.com/LodyStarowislna
TRADITIONAL ICE CREAM IN ZWIERZYNIECKA STREET - LOVELY AND WITHOUT A QUEUE
TRADITIONAL ICE CREAM IN ZWIERZYNIECKA STREET - LOVELY AND WITHOUT A QUEUE
If you liked the ice cream
in Starowiślna Street, you should also try gelato in Zwierzyniecka
Street, just next to the Kraków Philharmonic. In a tiny shop you can
buy a few basic but delicious flavours (PLN 2.20 for one scoop). I
especially love chocolate ice cream with morsels of chocolate, and
bakaliowe with pieces of crunchy nuts and raisins. I must admit that
the lack of a queue, lower prices as well richer taste give
Zwierzyniecka Street's ice cream an advantage over Starowiślna's.
And which one do you prefer? :)
Address: 3 Zwierzyniecka Street, Kraków, Old Town
Address: 3 Zwierzyniecka Street, Kraków, Old Town
Donizetti in św. Marka
Street is one of the youngest ice cream parlours in Kraków as it
was open just this summer. I discovered it by chance while walking my
dog around the quaint streets of the Old Town. I decided to try it
out because the sign on the window said their ice cream is made only
from natural ingredients, without any white sugar.
The flavours served by this Italian parlour are also quite unusual, for example I tried here gianduja ice cream (chocolate with hazelnut paste) as well as sweet and salty pistachio ice cream which tasted exactly like roasted pistachios. One scoop in Donizetti costs as much as PLN 3 but I think their ice creams are worth their price. Especially because they're served in tasty, tulip-shaped cons. :)
The flavours served by this Italian parlour are also quite unusual, for example I tried here gianduja ice cream (chocolate with hazelnut paste) as well as sweet and salty pistachio ice cream which tasted exactly like roasted pistachios. One scoop in Donizetti costs as much as PLN 3 but I think their ice creams are worth their price. Especially because they're served in tasty, tulip-shaped cons. :)
Website:
www.facebook.com/LodziarniaDonizetti
And for dessert, one of my favourite songs about ice cream. Enjoy! :)
