#328
Zotter Chocolate Factory
From: Michelle Terese Hrvat, [email protected]
WHERE: Riegersburg,
Austria
WHY: For chocolate lovers
– this is heaven: Learn about
the process of making this
cocoa delicacy in Zotter’s
fair-trade factory while given
unlimited access to tasting
and sampling a wide variety
of chocolate products. Try
their delicious and unique
chocolates from various
countries, and take a risk
with exotic flavors such as
fish or zucchini chocolate.
Highlighted features on this
special tour are the nougat
fountain, lollipop stairway
to heaven, and the drinking
chocolate stations. Tours
are available in several
languages and there’s also
a gift shop for you to take
goodies home. Don’t forget
to visit their ‘’Edible Zoo’’
and organic restaurant – two
areas that places emphasis
on sustainability and
innovation.
WHEN: Spring
44 Travel Secrets November-December 2015
#329
Lahaul – Spiti and the spirit of
Himalayas!
From: Harsh Sonawala, co-founder and blogger@www.
indiasomeday.com
So everyone knows of
Leh and Ladakh but the
Himalayas also have some
equally picturesque and
lesser explored regions,
Lahaul – Spiti in northeast
Himachal being one of them.
Travelling to Spiti is not
for the faint-hearted: think
winding, narrow, nearly non
existent roads. But the stark
beauty more than makes up