Description: Being a fan of Chocolate I was quite excited to visit the chocolate museum in Cologne as I thought it would not only be a fun thing to do but because I had read they also had a large chocolate fountain where you could taste the chocolate for yourself.
Finding the museum was easy enough as it was well signposted from the centre and it is located right on the river.
The admission price was 7.50 Euro for adults and it is opened until 6pm during the week and 7pm on weekends.
We had the Cologne pass which meant we got free entry but if I was paying then I am not sure I would have thought 7.50 Euros was good vaue for money.
In the museum they have a history of the cocoa bean and it's life span from the rain forests to it's production as a chocolate bar. There are a few little interactive exhibits that may be of interest to children but to be honest they were a little boring which is a shame as a chocolate museum should be fun.
One part which I did enjoy was the ran forest section showing how the cocoa bean would be in it's natural habitat. You had to go through a sealed door into the rain forest section and this was really interesting.
The main event of the museum has to be the golden chocolate fountain but this was a huge dissapointment. Firstly the fountain was a lot smaller than it looked in the pictures and it was cordoned off so that you couldn't actually help yourself to the chocolate and had to rely on the person behnd the cordon to hand you some. The amount they gave you was absolutely pitiful and the people manning it were absolutely mserable and never even smiled.
After the fountain you can eplore some machinery that is used in the production of chocolate but this was again presented in such a dull way that it lost any interest for me.
There was some interesting facts given on chocolate which I quite enjoyed learning but for the most part the museum was a huge let down for me and not somewhere I would consider going to again.
When you leave the museum there is a shop that sells some good chocolates with a large selection on offer. There is nothing cheaper here than in a shop but it is a good place to stock up on some gifts to take home with you.
I was glad I visited the chocolate museum and I honestly believe that it has everything it takes to be a top attraction if only they would put some fun into it and not make everything so serious and boring.
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