We had a wonderful time with Giuseppe and Enzo being chocolatiers for a day! We are a family of 7- we have five children ages 4-12 years old and all of the children regardless of age had a wonderful time. I booked our trip to Modica specifically to have this experience with my husband and our children and it was even better than I expected.
We were going to walk because we didn't have a car and the buses didn't go that way but it was going to be a 47 minute walk so Giuseppe very kindly offered to pick us up near our accommodations and we had a lovely Sicilian lady, Agnese, who Giuseppe arranged to be a translator for us. His English was good but having the translator was helpful and my children really liked her as well.
The atmosphere was so relaxed and they were very kind and patient with our children. We learned SO much about the process from bean to bar, how the variations between beans, temperature, processing and more can change the final product.
It was very hands on which our children enjoyed, and being able to customize our own bars down to the last detail was wonderful. While waiting for the bars to set, we were treated to learning more about the process, the varieties and flavours while getting to sample a good many different flavours of the chocolate they make. They had a nice surprise for us at the end too which just was the cherry on top of an already incredible experience.
Thank you both for the wonderful experience, chocolate, and memories!