Museu de la Xocolata Review

Could there possibly be any downside to a museum that gives you a bar of chocolate when you pay your admission?  Mei non!!  Just a fabulous museum of the history of chocolate that takes you chronologicaly through the ages and the history of chocolate making. The museum also displays chocolate's history as currency, and has many sculptures carved from chocolate. Yes, some of the sculptures are quite large, and yes, at one time chocolate was used as money.  Brings kind of a new slant to the saying "living hand to mouth", if you get my drift. 

White chocolate is also displayed in carvings as you walk amongst the various informational areas, and at the back of the museum is the chocolate academy where chefs learn their craft of making chocolate everything.  Viewing of their work is easily assessable as a series of large interior picture windows reveal their cooking stations and allow you to visualize the creations of their artform. 

At the end of the museum's path is a chocolateria / espresso stop / cafe /  chocolate liquor shop, where you can indulge and/or persue the chocolate fantasy of your dreams.  Even to excess.  Most items, including the chocolate liqueur's seemed quite reasonably priced. 

Entry to the museum was around 5 USD for an adult, with children at a lower rate.   The museum is located in the Barri Gothic area of Barcelona, and if you're in the area, I'd swing by if your a fan of chocolate.