Museu de la Xocolata
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A perfect itinerary when your visiting Barcelona with the kids, this is an identical day for us when we only had 2 full days in Barcelona. ✨SAVE for your next trip as there’s 15+ activity ideas for your next family city break to Barcelona 🇪🇸✨ 🏨 Woke up at Novotel Barcelona City and enjoyed some play time before we headed out. This is huge when travelling for kids, because we’ve overlooked playing before and they really do need it! Ⓜ️ The metro is one of the best transports lines in Europe so definitely take advantage. They have a handful that don’t have lifts (check online) and it’s so easy hopping on and off with a pushchair. Will share on my highlight of someone helping us 😅 🥐 grabbed some coffee and fresh croissants from Cafe Pans (they’re all over Barcelona so you will see them at every corner) and so cheap!!! *Billy Brunch is also super family friendly but we didn’t have a chance to visit on our trip but highly recommended online 🏛️ Gothic Quarter for gelato and sightseeing. The boys really enjoyed it as there’s no cars and play areas in the square 🙌🏼 🍉 The supermarkets here, have watermelon cut into a whole quarter so you don’t need to buy a whole one! So handy for healthy snacks 🫶🏼 🍦 The Sagrada Família is equipped with two play areas for younger and older kids! Just so we’ll thought out and perfect to do a parent swap and go inside on your own PLUS there’s a McDonald’s across the road serving those €1 cones! 😍 nostalgia 🍜 Stopped for a pad thai dinner and another play area! The boys were so tired when we go back to the room. We grabbed a pizza and everyone was bathed and sound asleep in bed, ready for next days adventure 🫶🏼 Additional days out with kids: 🦒 Barcelona Zoo 🔭 Cosmocaixa (Science Museum) 💦 Montjuïc Magic Fountain 🎡 Tibidabo Amusement Park 🐡 Barcelona Aquarium 🍫 Chocolate Museum 🌳 Labyrinth Park 🏯 Museu Blau (Natural History Museum) 🏖️ Barcelona Beaches 🚠 Montjuïc Cable cars 🚢 Maritime Museum
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Discover the enchanting world of chocolate at the Museu de la Xocolata in Barcelona. Operated by the city’s pastry-makers’ guild, this dynamic museum is housed in the former Sant Agustí convent. Immerse yourself in the origins of chocolate, its journey to Europe, and its dual existence—part myth, part reality. From medicinal properties to nutritional value, these cocoa tales resonate with tradition and future, weaving themselves into our collective imagination. And here’s the sweet twist: your ticket to the museum is chocolate itself! As you explore, savor the rich cocoa flavors while wandering through exhibits adorned with chocolate sculptures inspired by iconic landmarks like the Sagrada Família and Don Quixote. Don’t miss the café, where you can sip on velvety hot chocolate and leave with a delightful cocoa-covered memory. 🍫🏛️ Whether you’re a chocoholic or a curious traveler, the Museu de la Xocolata promises a delectable journey that transcends time and taste.
Akihiro YamaguchiAkihiro Yamaguchi
10
We came here since it is included in the Barcelona card - the ticket is a small chocolate bar. I would skip this museum if u are short on time… it was honestly a big letdown especially since returning from Belgium and visiting the Chocolate museum there, where the history of how chocolate came to be, education on how chocolate is made from cocoa beans etc were explained significantly better with better use of infographics, interactive displays, videos and audioguides. This museum sorely needs a facelift in general and does not really illustrate clearly how chocolate was slowly integrated into Spanish society and also how chocolate was made (drink form vs solid form). The chocolate displays are kind of randomly distributed throughout the museum and scattered between them are chocolate making tools that seem out of place and without any chronological order. A chocolate making demonstration or comparison of different types of chocolate would have been nice, perhaps discussing historic preferences of different chocolates (ie chocolates made with different percentage cocoa/cocoa butter/cocoa mass) by Spanish elites / bourgeoisie. The chocolate store at the front is the nicest part of the museum and the staff are also friendly. Other than that, i would not pay the fee to enter this museum.
Gloria LauGloria Lau
20
Small museum, can see everything in 10-15 mins. Waited to get our tickets even thought it was almost empty, the staff just kept chatting with each other. Thought we would try their hot chocolate but had to wait for 25-30 mins to get two small hot chocolate and thats not counting the time took for getting the staff attention and ordering the chocolate. I guess the staff don’t see each other everyday, so they need to catch up with each other? who knows but they need to pay attention to the customers since we are paying. We clearly saw workshop and right away asked the staff if we could also join or how can we join but they just kept saying “no” without explaining anything, which was kinda rude. So if your coming, good luck getting the attention of the staff. Unless you have whole day to waste, don’t order anything from the cafe.
Kanzeone AmiKanzeone Ami
00
Not worth your 6 Euro or 5.10 Euro with student discount. Slow to get in - the lady working wouldn’t let us look in gift shop without first paying, and then took forever to sell tickets to the two couples in front of us who spoke Spanish and received about 3 or 4 minutes of instructions each. Our check in lasted about 1 minute which consisted of her scrutinizing the three kids student IDs - again to get a 90 euro cent discount. Most of Museum are old and dated displays and 1960’s projectors. Surrounded by huge chocolate displays, like tin tin or Star Wars made of chocolate. Best part of the tour was the chocolate bar - very small - and all dark chocolate, my favorite!! But some churros and eat them elsewhere.
thomas bradenthomas braden
50
Being a chocolate lover I decided to visit the museum. We knew that at the entrance the ticket was in the form of a chocolate with the flag of the country you come from, but we received another flag. the museum is not very big and starts by exposing the history of chocolate. In the museum you can see various chocolate figurines - gorilla, Don Quixote, Star Wars, Sagrada Familia, Louis Armstrong etc. While we were visiting the museum, în a separate room there were some kids making their own chocolate. I dont know if that experience is only for them, bit it would be interesting to make your own chocolate bar. When you leave the museum you can buy chocolate or drink something. it was a decent experience.
Marius V.Marius V.
20
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Carrer del Comerç, 36, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Museu de la Xocolata or Museo del Chocolate in Spanish, is a private museum in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, owned by the Gremio de Pastelería de Barcelona. The museum opened in 2000, at Calle Comercio 36, in El Born, Ciudad Vieja, on the ground level of an old barrack.
attractions: Plaça de Catalunya, Arc de Triomf, Arco de Triunfo de Barcelona, Ciutadella Park, Cathedral of Barcelona, Palau de la Música Catalana, Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, Picasso Museum, Barcelona Zoo, Plaça Reial, restaurants: Colom Restaurant, Hard Rock Cafè, Al Arabiya Restaurant & Cafe, Jesús Restaurant, Ocaña, 7 Portes, Tapas San Miguel, Les Quinze Nits, Can Paixano, La Central Burgers
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