Choco-Laté Festival
In a country synonymous with sticky, chocolate-covered fingers, it's little wonder that Bruges dishes up its fair share of decadent surprises at the Choco-Laté Festival, held in the city's medieval core. The next edition will take place in 2009.
Visitors can expect a gamut of activities that make mouths water and waistlines expand, from tastings to presentations and demonstrations.
The self-proclaimed Belgian chocolate capital goes a step further with chocolate sculpture contests, body painting, children's activities and a "chocolate walk" taking in the city's landmark chocolatiers such as Leonidas and Godiva.
Brushing aside chocolate's sinful connotations, the festival reveals the health benefits of cocoa in massage, beauty therapy and skin products - so there's no reason to feel guilty about a little sweet indulgence...
Related Information
Website: Choco-Laté Website
| Contact Details | |
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| Name: | Event Organiser |
| Phone: | +32 (0) 16 463 258 |
| Phone: | +32 (0) 16 461 863 |
| Venue Information: | Oud Sint-Jan |
| Full Name: | Oud Sint-Jan,Bruges,Belgium |
| Opening Hours: | 1 Apr-30 Sep 9.30am-5pm; 1 Oct-31 Mar Thu-Tue 9.30am-12.30pm and 2pm-5pm |
| The Old St John Hospital housess the Memling Museum, named after one of the finest Dutch "primitives", Hans Memling (d.1494). Rumour has it the artist was a soldier in Charles the Bold's army and arrived wounded in Bruges. Cared for by the monks and nuns of the hospital, he showed his gratitude by giving many of his paintings, including the wooden shrine of St Ursula, to the hospital. | |
| Address: | 38 Mariastraat 8000 |
| Contact Details: | Oud Sint-Jan |
| Phone: | +32 (0) 50 33 25 62 |
| Other Information: | Oud Sint-Jan |
| Website: | Tourism Flanders Website (UK) |
| Website: | Belgian Railways Website |
| Contact Details | |
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| Name: | Event Organiser |
| Phone: | +32 (0) 16 463 258 |
| Phone: | +32 (0) 16 461 863 |
| Name: | In&Uit - Tourisme Bruges |
| Location: | Bruges |
| Address: | B.P. 744, B-8000 Bruges |
| Email: | toerisme@brugge.be |
| Phone: | +32 (0) 50 44 46 46 |
| Fax: | +32 (0) 50 44 46 45 |
| Name: | Flanders Tourism UK |
| Location: | Flanders |
| Address: | Flanders House, 1a Cavendish Square, London W1G 0LD |
| Email: | info@visitflanders.co.uk |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 7307 7738 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 7307 7731 |
| Name: | Flanders Tourist Office Belgium |
| Location: | Flanders |
| Address: | Grasmarkt 61, B-1000, Brussels |
| Email: | info@toerismevlaanderen.be |
| Phone: | +32 (0) 2 504 03 90 |
| Fax: | +32 (0) 2 513 04 75 |
| Name: | Brussels & Wallonia Tourist Office UK |
| Location: | Belgium |
| Address: | 217 Marsh Wall, London E14 9FJ |
| Email: | info@belgiumtheplaceto.be |
| Phone: | + 44 (0) 207 537 1132 |
| Fax: | + 44 (0) 207 531 0393 |
