A Journey Through Chocolate

Human nature loves travelling. And for me personally, chocolate is The Best companion during my tours. It keeps my energy and enthusiasm aflame and makes me happy like none other. And what could be more enticing than the travel itself being all about chocolate.

Let's go on an alluring tour of the Chocolate Museums in Europe.


Cadbury World:  This is a family-oriented theme park in Bouneville, England, where you come across a fascinating, overwhelming and captivating chocolate episode. The tour includes a complete experience of the history of chocolate in Europe, the process of making chocolate in the factory, fascinating chocolate shops and chocolate wonderlands for kids, where you enter into a dream-world of chocolate.

Imhoff Stollwerk Chocolate Museum (The World of Chocolate): Located in Cologne, Germany, this museum is placed on the Rhine River, having a ship shaped architecture made of metals and glass. It gives you an insight into the origin of chocolate, including its cultural history spanning 3000 years, a knowledgeable  experience of chocolate manufacturing in a three-storey factory building, a mesmerizing opportunity to taste chocolate from a chocolate fountain and a shop overlooking the Rhine River having chocolate varieties, snacks and memoirs.

Le Musee du Chocolat Bovetti (The Chocolate Museum Bovetti): In Villedieu, France, this museum enables you to know the journey of chocolate from cacao beans to the smooth creamy taste of solid chocolate, visuals explaining the cacao plantation, workshops on chocolate production and mechanisms and children workshops where kids can make chocolate mementos by themselves.

Museo Storica della Perugina (Historical Museum of Perugia): This museum is a delicious tribute to the city of Perugia, Italy, and is dedicated to the history of chocolate making. Located in the San Sisto Suburb of Perugia, the museum is actually called 'Stabilimento Nestl', and is distinguished by a pleasant aroma of baking brownies.

Alprose:  The Alprose chocolate museum situated in Caslano in the district of Lugano, Switzerland, covers every possible aspect of chocolate starting from its origin, its cultural evolution, its first manufacturing plants to the modern styles and varieties. In its shop you will get chocolate in a tempting and overwhelming variety of tastes and styles. 


Cailler Nestle: Don't forget to include a tour of Cailler Nestle chocolate factory located in the town of Broc, Switzerland, which was founded in the year 1897 by Alexandre Cailler. You get a 45-minutes tour which fills you with every bit of information about the history of chocolate, starting from the Aztecs to the Spanish conquistadors. The tour ends with an exotic episode of getting to taste every imaginable chocolate variety, being displayed on large tables in a tasting room.

Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate: Belgium, which is one of world's largest chocolate consumers and producers is the home of this exotic chocolate museum. The museum is situated a few minutes away from Brussel's main market area called Grand Place. Like the other grand museums, this one also exhibits the journey of chocolate from cacao beans to the bitter drink made by the Aztecs to today's fine taste. There are videos, posters and display panels to show cocoa plantations and chocolate making processes. The most enticing event of this tour is the personal presentation made by an expert chocolate maker on how to prepare pralines in a traditional way.

So I am done taking you on an intellectual tour of these amazing, mouth-watering places in various parts of Europe. The next time you plan an exciting vacation, don't forget to include some of these chocolate paradises in your list.
See you soon with something more on this addictive allurement - Chocolate.

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