EXPERIENCES FOR CHOCOLATE AND CAKE LOVERS
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PRIVATE CHOCOLATE & CAKE EXPERIENCES
Add a unique memory to your trip
Do you loooooove chocolate or cakes and want to add a touch of your secret passion to your sightseeing? Of maybe someone in your party does and you want to treat them?
We are passionate about chocolate and dessert, and this is why we have gathered the best private chocolate and cake experiences for you. We have some really cool ideas that will make your Barcelona tour unforgettable… and yummy!
NOTE: These activities can’t be booked separately as they are not tours by themselves, but extra activities designed to spice up your tour or extend it a bit longer (and they can also make a great morning if you combine them together)
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THEM
- Complement your tour with an activity that you wouldn't have access to otherwise
- Connect with local professionals behind the scenes
- Learn to appreciate chocolate and cakes and their possibilities
- Leave with a custom list of recommendations for other shops and restaurants to visit during your stay.
- And much more, in a private tour just for you and your party!
SUGGESTED CHOCOLATE & CAKE ACTIVITIES
PRIVATE CHOCOLATE TASTING
GET TO KNOW THE DARKEST SECRETS OF CHOCOLATE
Be taken to Marta's favorite chocolate store where you'll learn about the chocolate process and the difference between chocolate, praliné and truffle, and be guided through a chocolate tasting where you'll learn to appreciate the sensory characteristics of good chocolate: its snap, smell, texture and flavors.
You'll be taken to a modern chocolate store in the heart of the Eixample district, where they control the entire process of manufactoring of the products they sell: from the cacao harvest and roasting, to the chocolate making and the design of the final product. They love being creative and playing with unusual flavors, but also put in value the subtle differences between cocoas coming from different countries, as well as chocolates with different percentages of cocoa on them.
One of their managers will first offer an explanation of where cocoa comes from and how it's processed, you'll get to see cocoa beans and seeds and discover what a nib is. And after discussing the various ins and outs of the chocolate making process, you'll seat in a table in the store cafe and be led on a chocolate tasting of a variety of their products and learning about its sensory characteristics and how to properly taste chocolate (and it's not chewing it!). After the tour you'll be able to easily make the difference between so-so chocolate and awesome chocolate.
A fun and delicious experience that no chocolate love should miss!
Duration of this activity: 1 to 1.5 hours.
Activity available Mon-Sat (EXCEPT AUGUST), and it must be booked at least 15 days ahead of time, in order to confirm their availability.
PRIVATE VISIT OF A TOP CAKE ATELIER
THE CREATIVITY OF A GENIUS CAKE MAKER
Get behind the scenes of a famous local cake maker. Learn about a family of cake makers that have been in the business for three decades (soon four!), see their team working at their atelier and have private access to the offices where they plan their most extravagant creations: not just cakes, but also "cake performances".
Visit the main headquarters where a family of cake makers started their business almost 100 years ago. Their window displays are usually quite spectacular! You'll first have breakfast (one drink and one bakery: coffee, tea, soda or water + croissant, small cake or similar) before being met by the personal assistant of the owner, who'll lead you through their kitchens seeing their staff at work and eventually getting a few more bites of their chocolates and cakes.
After that, you'll be taken upstairs to their private showroom where you'll be shown a few amazing videos on their latest creations: flying cakes, exploding cakes, giant cakes, wall cakes... even the Cake of the Future! Discussing such unbelievable creations will make you realize that a cake can be much more than just a cake: as they say, a cake must make you happy and surprise you.
The owner of the cake shop is a busy gentleman and often is away traveling, but if he's around he'll probably show up to say hi at some point as he's very outgoing and loves meeting visitors.Duration of this activity: 2 hours.
Book well in advance: We recommend to book it at least 1 month ahead of time, as they are extremely busy and it can take days before we get an answer from them confirming we can be received.
TOUR LOGISTICS
- TOUR LENGHT
Chocolate Tasting duration: 1 to 1.5 hours approximately.
Cake Atelier Visit duration: Around 2 hours approximately.
- RECOMMENDED STARTING TIME
Beginning or end of your tour, depending on the venue’s availability and your tour itinerary/location.
- CALENDAR
NOT AVAILABLE: Sunday, August and local holidays: The venues are closed or the managers are not available for activities on those dates.
IMPORTANT
The availability of these activities is subject to the provider’s availability on your requested date/time. In general, they can’t be organized last-minute: The sooner you book them, the better.
INCLUSIONS, EXCLUSIONS & PRICING
TRANSPORTATION
Both venues are located in the city center, so depending on your location or itinerary it might be possible to walk, or take a short taxi ride (or use the driver if you booked it as part of a chauffeured tour)
HOW DOES IT WORK?
This is an addition to any other tour you booked. You can choose to shorten the original itinerary or book extra hours if you want to have enough time for everything.
Our team is small and we can only secure a guide for you after full payment has been received.
Don’t wait until last-minute: we often book out.
SAFE & RELIABLE BOOKING
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- We take Visa and Mastercard.
- You’ll receive an automated email confirming your booking after completing your payment.
EXTRA HOURS - Optional
GUIDE ONLY: €87.50/hour
GUIDE & DRIVER: €175/hour**
PRICING - Additional to your purchased tour (2020 fees)
CHOCOLATE TASTING: €20/person
CAKE ATELIER: €176/activity*
*Maximum 8 people – larger groups will be charged an additional fee per person.
**Only if you booked a chauffeured tour and you want to keep the driver.
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TAKE THE MOST OUT OF THESE ACTIVITIES
The chocolate tasting activity works great for any chocolate lover, both kids and adults*.
The cake atelier visit works great for teens and adults*, but not always for younger kids.
Both activities are wheelchair friendly.
Both make a great addition to our chocolate tour and our sweet tour, but can be added to any other of our private city tours.
SPECIAL DIETS
- Vegetarian (ovo-lacto) are welcome.
- Vegan are welcome to the chocolate tasting, we can only accomodate them in the cake atelier when ordered in advance.
- Gluten-free can only be accommodated in the chocolate tasting, but not in the cake atelier. Please note that there is still a chance of crossed-contamination and traces.
- Strict celiac should not book these activities.
- Nut allergies: please note that there might be traces in the food served in both the chocolate tasting and the cake atelier visit.
- Other food allergies and diets, please check with us before booking so we can assess your options and risks.
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