Have Chocolate, Will Travel: An Enticing Journey to All Things Chocolate

By Kay Harwell Fernandez

Mmm, chocolate—there’s nothing quite like it. After all, it’s the world’s most perfect food. Chocolate lovers rarely pass a confectionery or ice cream shop without a look of longing at those yummy chocolate creations. Savoring is even better. Have Chocolate, Will Travel takes readers and armchair travelers on an enticing world journey to chocolate festivals, museums, factory tours, cafes, trails, tours, spas, attractions, bean-to-bar chocolatiers and other chocolate-themed travel. Each spot exudes a whiff of chocolate. It’s not only a travel experience, but a sensory one as well. Take pleasure in every morsel of your chocolate adventures!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kay Harwell Fernandez
• Release date: Mar 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9780997080032

Kay Harwell Fernandez

A seasoned travel writer, Kay Harwell Fernandez has written hundreds of feature articles for international, national and regional magazines, newspapers and webzines. She contributed to five National Geographic books. She is a longtime member of Society of American Travel Writers and American Society of Journalists and Authors. Her journeys have taken her to 56 countries (and counting), either independently or with a traveling companion. She authored two e-books: It Ain't Heavy, It's My Luggage: Tips for Older Women Traveling Abroad and Have Chocolate, Will Travel--An Enticing Journey to All Things Chocolate.

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Have Chocolate, Will Travel

An Enticing Journey to All Things Chocolate

Kay Harwell Fernandez

© 2016 Kay Harwell Fernandez

All Rights Reserved

Smashwords Edition

ISBN: 978-0-9970800-3-2

Cover Design by Alchemy Book Covers

Formatting by Polgarus Studio

About the Author

A longtime journalist, travel writer and chocoholic, Kay Harwell Fernandez has been writing about chocolate-related travel for more than a decade. She has written hundreds of feature articles for international, national and regional magazines, newspapers and webzines, and contributed to five National Geographic books. She is a longstanding member of Society of American Travel Writers and American Society of Journalists and Authors. Her adventures have taken her to 55 countries (and counting), often in search of chocolatey things to see, do and taste. Kay also published the e-book It Ain't Heavy, It's My Luggage: Tips for Older Women Traveling Abroad.

Table of Contents

About the Author

Author’s Note

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE - ATTRACTIONS

CHAPTER TWO - BEAN-TO-BAR ARTISANS AND CHOCOLATIERS

CHAPTER THREE - CAFES, BARS AND BUFFETS

CHAPTER FOUR - CRUISES

CHAPTER FIVE - FACTORY TOURS

CHAPTER SIX - FESTIVALS

CHAPTER SEVEN - HOTELS

CHAPTER EIGHT - MUSEUMS

CHAPTER NINE - SPAS

CHAPTER TEN - SPECIAL EVENTS

CHAPTER ELEVEN - TOURS

CHAPTER TWELVE - TRAILS

Photo Credits

Author’s Note

Dear Readers: A chocoholic since childhood, I have relished researching and compiling information on chocolate over the last decade. Since I wrote a chocolate travel app several years ago (no longer available), companies and events have come and gone. I have endeavored to have the most current information in Have Chocolate, Will Travel; however, businesses change as do rates and hours. With thousands of chocolatiers and chocolate-themed travel worldwide, not everyone could be included, but here's a worthy sampling of inspiring chocolate finds.

This book is dedicated to chocolate lovers around the globe.

Introduction

Mmm, chocolate—there’s nothing quite like it. After all, it’s the world’s most perfect food. Chocolate lovers rarely pass a confectionery or ice cream shop without a look of longing at those yummy chocolate creations. Savoring is even better.

Have Chocolate, Will Travel takes readers and armchair travelers on an enticing world journey to chocolate festivals, museums, factory tours, cafes, trails, tours, spas, attractions, bean-to-bar chocolatiers and other chocolate-themed travel. Each spot exudes a whiff of chocolate. It’s not only a travel experience, but a sensory one as well. Take pleasure in every morsel of your chocolate adventures!

CHAPTER ONE

ATTRACTIONS

Cadbury World

Chocolate wonderland

One of the UK’s best-loved chocolate brands gets a bow at this entertaining attraction. Go at your own pace on a self-guided tour, and sample freshly made milk chocolates along the way.

Traipse boardwalks and waterfalls in The Aztec Jungle to learn about the history of cocoa. Discover how cocoa traversed the ocean to Europe to eventually become an indulgent chocolate drink for high society. Interactive videos show how different types of Cadbury chocolates are made.

Adorable Cadbury characters take you on a clever, adrenaline-charged 4D Chocolate Adventure. Hop on the Beanmobile for an exhilarating ride through a wonderland of chocolate characters.

Linden Road, Bournville

Birmingham, ENGLAND

44 121 880 7667

www.cadburyworld.co.uk

Hershey's Chocolate World

Smiling faces

The smiling faces of Hershey's product characters atop the entrance welcome you. Start off with the Chocolate Making Tour, and spring onto a car that simulates a conveyor belt through an entertaining factory tour. Not to worry, the ride is a smooth one that begins in a tropical rainforest where cocoa beans grow. Watch how Hershey’s candies and syrup come about.

At Hershey’s 4D Chocolate Mystery™, Hershey characters seemingly jump off the big screen in this animated adventure chock full of special effects. You get to help solve the mystery!

As a special treat, you can create your own candy bar by choosing your makings and designing your own candy wrapper.

Hershey, PENNSYLVANIA

1-800-HERSHEY

www.HersheysChocolateWorld.com

Shiroi Koibito Park

Sweet memories

There's not much you can't find at this chocolate-oriented park. Look at exhibits on the history of chocolate, including a chocolate cup collection, packaging labels and a fountain that dates to 1870. Drool over the chocolatey cookie production