The tour takes you on a journey through the world of chocolate.
Find out where cocoa grows, who discovered it and how it has been enjoyed at different times. When we say "100% chocolate", we mean it.
During the tour, you will be able to taste a real cocoa bean, the most important ingredients and the intermediary chocolate products from the various production stages as well as a number of fine chocolates.
Directions (from IBD Hotel)
Travel time is about 100 minutes
... including some potential waiting time for the trains you will take and the time locally in Cologne.
- Take the foot bridge in front of Maritim Hotel towards the airport terminal C
- Take the Sky Train in the Airport from "Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal C" to "Düsseldorf Flughafen Bahnhof" (the railway station)
- Walk to the railway train station "Düsseldorf Flughafen"
- Take the regional train RE1 or RE5 to Cologne central station "Köln Hauptbahnhof"
Note that the aforementioned regional trains pass through the Düsseldorf central station "Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof"
Directions (from Köln Hauptbahnhof)
Travel time is some 30 minutes
- Leave Cologne central station using the exit to "Breslauer Platz" (on the side opposite of platform 1)
If you're in front of the central station on the side of the Cologne Cathedral you want to pass through the central station to the other side - Take bus 132 towards "Frankenstraße" and get off at "Schokoladenmuseum" (2 stops)
Or bus 133 towards "Zollstock Südfriedhof" and get off at "Schokoladenmuseum" (2 stops) - Facing the river Rhine cross the bridge "Drehbrücke" slightly to the left onto the island in front of you
- Walk to the left - you can already see the big sign "Schokolademuseum" on the wall of the building
Hint: You want to visit several events in Cologne so that you have to spend a bit over an hour to get to Cologne only once.
See
Directions and Times for general information on directions.
