{"id":53446,"date":"2015-06-09T15:27:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T13:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=53446"},"modified":"2016-11-16T18:28:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T17:28:22","slug":"chocolate-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/chocolate-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Chocolate \u2013 Museu de la Xocolata"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you never thought a museum could make your mouth water, prepare for a visit to one that makes you want to eat the art. I\u2019m talking, of course, about the Museu de la Xocolata<\/strong>, Barcelona\u2019s very own chocolate<\/a> museum!<\/p>\n

Located at the former Sant Agust\u00ed monastery, the Museu de la Xocolata tells the visitors all about this delicious treat. From chocolate\u2019s origins and its arrival in Europe\u00a0to its medicinal properties and nutritional value.<\/p>\n

The museum offers a variety of activities<\/a> <\/strong>and educational services<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Guided tour: <\/strong>Adults and teenagers 16 and up can enjoy a guided tours<\/strong>, which cost 6,50\u20ac per person and last 1 hour.<\/p>\n

Related article: A sweet tour of Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Chocolate tasting<\/h2>\n

\"choc1\"<\/a>Chocolate tasting<\/strong> is a workshop that will teach you about the different varieties of solid and liquid chocolate, how the type of cocoa used affects the taste and much more. This 1-hour activity costs 8.80\u20ac per person.<\/p>\n

Speak with chocolate:<\/strong> people from 16 and up can pay 25\u20ac for a 3-hour class that will teach them how to make chocolate bars, bonbons and lollipops.<\/p>\n

100% Dark<\/strong> is an activity in which the participants’ eyes are covered with a\u00a0blindfold and they are given several types of chocolate to taste. The activity lasts 1 hour and a half and costs 10\u20ac per person.<\/p>\n

Combining brandies with chocolate:<\/strong> those over 18 years old can join this activity that begins with chocolate and ends with brandy. The price is 15.20\u20ac per person.<\/p>\n

Children <\/strong>can participate in activities like Painting with chocolate, Chocolate artists and The sweet world of the Cocoa Spark.<\/p>\n

\"chocapic\"<\/a>You can find the chocolate museum at Carrer Comer\u00e7, 36. To get to the museum using public transportation, take the subway using the yellow line <\/strong>(L4) to get to Jaume I<\/strong> or the red line<\/strong> (L1) to get to\u00a0Arc de Triomf<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can also use buses<\/strong> number 39, 40, 42, 45, 51, 120, H16, V15 and V17.<\/p>\n

The Chocolate Museum<\/strong> <\/a>is open from Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays and public holidays.<\/p>\n

The price<\/strong> of a ticket is 5\u20ac or 4\u20ac for a group of 15 or more people.<\/p>\n

Students<\/a>, unemployed and retired people pay 4.25\u20ac.<\/p>\n

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If you never thought a museum could make your mouth water, prepare for a visit to one that makes you want to eat the art. I\u2019m talking, of course, about the Museu de la Xocolata, Barcelona\u2019s very own chocolate museum! Located at the former Sant Agust\u00ed monastery, the Museu de la Xocolata tells the visitors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":53452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[2517],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53446"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82479,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53446\/revisions\/82479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}