Chocolate museum in Barcelona
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Barcelona,
Spain
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Who does not dream of having a chocolate fountain or to see a 100% chocolate Sagrada Familia? Visit Barcelona 's chocolate museum to discover all kind of activities around chocolate!
Barcelona hosts Catalonia's chocolate museum, Museu de la Xocolata in Catalan language. The museum has been built on the initiative of the Barcelona Confectionery Guild and is located in the very centre of the town.
When entering the museum, you will first find a bar serving coffee, cappuccino, pastries and of course....thick hot chocolate! This bar can be a good option to finish the visit....Especially after seeing all chocolate sculptures exposed in the museum. Among all sculptures, you can particularly appreciate a four-horse chariot, the Sagrada Familia, Willy Wonka's chocolate factory....
Among with the sculptures are posters and movies explaining chocolate's route from South America to Europe 's palaces in the Renaissance. You will also find some short movies with advertisement or cultural documentaries about chocolate today in the world.
There are also activities and visits organized every week (high season only) inside the museum. These workshops are oriented towards scholar groups and families. Here are some examples of the themes: "be a confectioner", "The route to the discovery of chocolate", "Celebrate a birthday party"....All details and prices can be found on the website: http://pastisseria.com/en/PortadaMuseu.
The chocolate museum is open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 7pm and on Sundays 10am to 3pm .
A single ticket will cost you 3,90€ but you can have reductions thanks to a lot of cards : youth cards, Futbol Club Barcelona member card, student card, invalid card, Open University of Barcelona....
For more information:
Museu de la Xocolata
Calle Commerç 36
http://pastisseria.com/en/PortadaMuseu
Barcelona offers lots of different accommodations, from pensions to five-star hotels. We recommend you to stay in Bcn Loft for apartments located in the very center of Barcelona : www.bcnloft.com.
