Chocolate Workshop & Afternoon Rum Tasting, Cartagena

The only thing better than a chocolate tour is one that involves preparing that chocolate from scratch, directly from cacao beans. This is what's in store at the "Bean to Bar" workshop in the Museo del Chocolate (Chocolate Museum) located in Cartagena's Parque Bolívar. Over two hours, you'll learn the history of cacao and even get to prepare a legendary chocolate drink that dates back to the years of the Spanish conquest. At the end of the workshop, you'll leave with your own handmade chocolates.

Afterward, it's time for more indulgence masquerading as education in the form of a rum and chocolate tasting. Hosted by a local mixologist, this one-hour experience includes some backstory about how rum is Colombia's principal liquor export, as well as a sampling of a wide variety of rums, all paired with delectable chocolates. The tasting involves about six shots of various local rums and even a welcome cocktail.