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Gelateria Giancarlo

The Gelateria Giancarlo: a white house with a wave-patterned frieze, the name in gold over the door, red parasols, thuja trees and guests at the tables, a Top-40 certificate by the entrance

The gelateria at the bend of the Schillerstraße, opposite Schiller's house.

The gelateria at the bend of the Schillerstraße, opposite Schiller's house.(Weimar Web)
The gelateria's window: gold lettering on the glass reading Il nostro Gelato è di produzione Artigianale, petunias cascading from the flower boxes above

The promise on the glass: gelato of the house's own making.

The promise on the glass: gelato of the house's own making.(Weimar Web)
The gelateria's side terrace: red deckchairs and white benches between planted tubs and thuja trees, a white parasol, the wave frieze running along the house

The side terrace with its red deckchairs.

The side terrace with its red deckchairs.(Weimar Web)

Contact & Visit

Address

Schillerstraße 11
99423 Weimar

Opening Hours

Daily from 9:00.

About Gelateria Giancarlo

Gelateria Giancarlo makes Italian ice cream where the Schillerstraße bends, directly opposite Schiller's house — gelato and coffee to original, authentic recipes, red parasols outside, open daily from nine in the morning.[1] A certificate in the window ranks it among Germany's top forty gelaterias.

One of the Giancarlo houses

The gelateria, run by Luana Guardati, belongs to the Gruppo Giancarlo — a family of Italian houses in Weimar devoted, in their own words, to Mediterranean food culture: original and authentic recipes for the dishes, the coffee specialities and the many kinds of ice cream alike.[2] Whoever eats here, the group likes to say, is not just a guest but a friend.

Questions visitors ask

Where exactly is the Gelateria Giancarlo?
At the bend of the Schillerstraße, Schillerstraße 11 — directly opposite Schiller's house.[1]
When is it open?
Daily from 9:00 in the morning.[1]

Sources

  1. Gelateria Giancarlo, retrieved 31 August 2026
  2. Gruppo Giancarlo, retrieved 31 August 2026

Stay and eat nearby

Historic sites

Schillerstraße 12, 99423 Weimar

The gelateria gives its own position as directly opposite the Schillerhaus, at the bend of the Schillerstraße.

Interesting reads

Historical figures

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749–1832writer • statesman • naturalist

Friedrich Schiller

1759–1805writer • poet • historian

Duchess Anna Amalia

1739–1807duchess • regent • patron • composer

Walter Gropius

1883–1969architect • founder and director of the Bauhaus • teacher

Historic sites

Frauenplan 1, 99423 Weimar

Platz der Demokratie 1, 99423 Weimar

Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1, 99423 Weimar

Buchenwald, 99427 Weimar