10 ice cream shops to fight the heatwave throughout France: Vanille noire in Marseille, Confiserie Lopez in Royan, Crème crunchy in Grenoble…

Quick, quick, the goal of this intro is to prevent your scoop of ice cream from melting before you've finished reading it. Across France, there are countless artisan ice cream makers who do their job well and offer products prepared with love and an ice cream maker.

Libération has collectively selected its favorites, from places that have been passed down from generation to generation to more recent businesses that are reinventing the codes. However, for the sake of peace, we won't settle the debates that divide purists: ice cream or sorbet (both), one or two scoops (two), with or without whipped cream (without), a pot or a cone (a cone, obviously). Watch out, it's going to leak! HQ

From the discreet address on the edge of the Panier district, passed on by word of mouth a little over ten years ago, to the terrace that stretches out in front of the esplanade of the opera, the Vanille Noire ice cream parlor has expanded its network in Marseille, with three locations in the city center today. Its flagship flavor, bears the name – black vanilla – and has made the reputation of this artisanal brand: an ice cream