The Grenada Chocolate Festival is set to be the first big event on the island, since Grenada was added to the travel green list.
After being cancelled last year, the festival returns this year and will run from July 23-28. The festival takes holidaymakers on a journey to explore cocoa plantations, meet with artisan chocolate makers and of course, includes plenty of opportunities to sample the locally produced chocolate.
Highlights of the festival include learning about the fascinating history of cocoa and chocolate, watching the chocolate making process from tree to bar and tasting chocolate with specialists from around the world. There are lots of hands-on experiences such as making a chocolate face mask, creating art using recycled chocolate wrappers, a chocolate yoga meditation and grinding cocoa Aztec style.
Holidaymakers can choose to join individual activities or the whole event. Prices start from ?9 for individual activities to ?8-?48 approx for a full day.
Some activities are free for guests of the True Blue Bay Boutique Resort (www.truebluebay.com) - which is the main host hotel for the event.
