Museu de la Xocolata

This has to be the place that kids will love the most. However, it has been observed that even their parents melt down when they visit the Museu de la Xocolata. As its name seems to suggest, this is perhaps the only museum in the world whose entire exhibits includes of chocolates.

Museu de la Xocolata Barcelona (foto Kippelboy)

You should place this museum on your priority list of tourist spots to visit when next visiting Barcelona. This museum is quite new when one compares it with the other museums of the city and was opened to the public in the year 2000. Quite a number of displays in this museum are sculptures that are made out of chocolate.

Do not forget to check out chocolate sculptures of famous buildings of the city like the Casa Amatlier and the Casa Batllo. This private museum is owned by the pastry makers’ guild of the city. Apart from viewing some exquisite exhibits including Obelix and Asterix, the famous Gaul cartoon characters, visitors can also learn more about the history of chocolate in Europe.

This museum will also enlighten you about the manufacturing of chocolate, right from the very beginning. Visitors are rewarded with a piece of chocolate when they enter the Museu de la Xocolata.