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The Chocolate Festival in Opatija
Spend the sweetest weekend in the year in Opatija with a holiday inspired by - chocolate.
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treatments at Opatija's spas and wellness centers will also be inspired by chocolate. During that time, the favorite treat will also be harmoniously combined with music and art, so, amongst other things, you will also have the chance to enjoy the spectacular "Pure Chocolate" concert, which brings together music, light, and chocolate, and bear witness to the creation of chocolate retro dresses and accessories, along with chocolate sculptures. Creative, interactive chocolate workshops await even the youngest chocoholics, just to their taste. Along with an abundant music program, the festival also includes many workshops, tastings, exhibitions, and lectures - all based on chocolate. Could it get any sweeter? See you in Opatija :)
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t is the sweetest temptation and the elixir of love, the favorite treat of many, and everyone would agree that life without it would be unimaginable. Of course, it's chocolate, the delicacy that caresses taste buds, convincingly improves moods, brings a smile to the faces of all generations, and rightfully has the sweetest event in Croatia dedicated to it - the Chocolate Festival in Opatija (November 10th-12th). For the 17th time, the Queen of the Adriatic will once again reign over chocolate in its most imaginative creations, and only those scrupulous chocoholics and true hedonists who head to Opatija at that time will have the privilege to exclusively taste unique, novel chocolate delicacies and superb flavors. As is tradition, the locals will skillfully intertwine chocolate into every part of life in the city, and the "Chocolate Magic" fair in the Gervais Center, the main center of the festival, will once again bring together the best Croatian and foreign chocolate brands, and present special and hard-to-get chocolate delicacies. As of this year, the new "chocolate-filled" location is the Juraj Šporer Art Pavilion, which will be transformed into the Zotter Salon at that time. In that chocolatey world of exclusive types of chocolate, which have a cult status, taste and buy the ones that you love the most. Chocolate will also take over the menus at Opatija's restaurants, the aroma will infuse the city's cafés and restaurants, and specially-created