Chocolate Festival - Obidos

Posted on February 13, 2008
Filed Under Culture

Any guesses on the worlds #1, most popular flavour? Well its dark, sweet, rich and delicious…surpasses age; gender, culture, creed and people have even been known to lie about it… any clue? Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate…if you haven’t guessed.

And in just a few days there’s going to be an entire 2-week Chocolate Festival here in Portugal, in the tiny village of Obidos, just north of Lisbon. From what we hear, there will be chocolate sculptures, fashions, recipe contest and lots of chocolate eating. So, whether you like Dark, Milk, Semi Sweet, Bitter, White…you can fill that gap of indulgence and then some with chocolate treats from all over the country.

Obidos Chocolate Festival

We simply can’t miss this - Obidos is a magical little place embraced by huge stone walls protecting a medieval castle inside, and feels a lot like a mini medieval wonderland year round. So I can only imagine what it will look like swathed in people and chocolate for two entire weeks. So we’ll be making the trip from the Algarve up to Obidos to check it out for ourselves and we’ll update this post with pictures from our trip. For now here are some pictures from previous years.

And in case you’re short on excuse to eat more chocolate, try these:

Its been proven to be good for you
It doesn’t cause obesity
It doesn’t cause acne or breakouts
It’s the best way to say, I’m sorry and I love you

Enough said! Now, let’s eat some chocolate!

Obidos Chocolate Festival
Date(s): Feb 14 - 24, 2008
Location: Obidos
(view on Google Map)

Tel: 262 955 561
Web: festivalchocolate.cm-obidos.pt/
Photos: Photos of Obidos chocolate festival on flicker here & here

Schedule: Sunday to Thursday: 15:00 - 23:00
Friday’s: 15:00 - 24:00
Saturday’s: 10:00 - 24:00
Sunday: 10:00 - 23:00
Last day: Feb. 24th Festival closes at 20:00

The Children’s Chocolate house:
Sunday to Thursday 10:00 - 20:00
Friday to Saturday’s 10:00 - 22:00

Tickets: €5 for anyone over the age of 12. Children’s Chocolate House for kids under 11 is set at €4

Other Related Posts on Chocolate:

Chocolate Salami Portuguese Recipe

Chocolate Festival in Obidos plus Chocolate Truffle Recipe

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Festival Internacional de Chocolate Óbidos : blog.delaranja.com on February 15th, 2008 6:19 pm

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Festival Chocolate Obidos - Chocolate Truffle Recipe on February 15th, 2008 9:46 pm

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