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Italy
Museo Storico della Perugina
At last report, the Perugina Historical Museum at the Stabilmento (chocolate factory) Nestlé
Perugina S. Sisto in Perugia was open 9-1 and 2-5:30 Monday through Friday, but
you might want to call 075/5276796 ahead of time to ask about English-language
tours. Admission is free. Read Paul Brodie's
article about
the factory tour and museum.
Museo del
Cioccolato
"Italy's first chocolate museum" opened in 1995. Free admission includes
a visit to the Antica Norba factory and a drink from the chocolate fountain.
The museum is located at Via Capo Dell' Acqua n°1 in Norma, a city in
Latina Province of the Lazio region south of Rome.
Switzerland
Alprose
Caslano in the Lugano region of Canton Ticino is headquarters to both the
Alprose chocolate factory and the company's Museum of Chocolate. (You'll need to
drill down through several layers of Flash animation to reach the museum page.)
Cailler-Nestlé
The Cailler-Nestlé candy factory in Broc, Canton Fribourg, offers a free
half-hour, multilingual video presentation about the manufacture of chocolate.
After you've sat through the show, you can gorge on free Swiss chocolate and buy
Cailler or Nestlé candy bars at factory prices. At last report, weekday hours were 9:00 a.m. - 11
a.m. and 1:30 - 4:00 p.m., April through October. Reserve ahead by phoning +41
26 921 51 51.
Swiss
Chocolate Train switzerlandforvisitors.com
From June through October, a weekly excursion train will take you from Montreux,
Switzerland to the Cailler-Nestlé chocolate factory at Broc, with a stop at the
medieval cheesemaking town of Gruyère along the way. (From
Switzerland for Visitors.)
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