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    The Malecón a block below the ChocoMuseo, Jalisco

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    ChocoMuseo

    Landmark Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco Municipality of Puerto Vallarta Banderas Bay

    Free little chocolate museum and tasting bar a block above the Malecón, with hands-on bean-to-bar, truffle and mole workshops.

    From Puerto Vallarta: 5 min by car (4 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to ChocoMuseo

    • From Puerto Vallarta: about 5 min by road (~4 km)
    • Nearest airport: Puerto Vallarta (PVR), 41 min by car to Sayulita
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    About ChocoMuseo

    The ChocoMuseo is a small chocolate museum, shop and workshop in downtown Puerto Vallarta, at Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez 128, just up the hill from the Malecón. It is one of a small group of ChocoMuseos, with others in Peru, Guatemala and Nicaragua, and it makes its own chocolate on site from Mexican cocoa beans.

    The museum itself is free. Its displays walk through how cacao is grown and turned into chocolate, and through some 4,000 years of cacao history in Mexico. In the shop you can watch the melangers grind cocoa and see chocolate tempered by hand on marble, and the tasting bar lets you sample dark chocolates from 60 to 100 percent, milk chocolate, cocoa-nib tea, liqueurs, sauces and jams, plus cocoa-butter beauty products.

    Most people come for a workshop. The two-hour Bean to Bar class has you roast and grind cacao beans, prepare three traditional chocolate drinks, hear the story of cacao from the Maya to the conquistadors and the industrial revolution, and mould your own chocolates to take home; there is a 50-minute mini workshop for families with small children, a truffle class, a combined total-chocolate session, éclair and macaron classes, and a three-hour mole poblano workshop that starts with a trip to the local market to buy the chiles. Classes run in English and Spanish and are kept small, so it is worth booking ahead.

    How to get to ChocoMuseo

    Drive from Puerto Vallarta: 5 min, 4 km

    The ChocoMuseo is at Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez 128 in Centro, a block uphill from the Malecón; from the seafront, turn inland at Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez street. It is a short walk from the Plaza de Armas and the Guadalupe church, and the same street continues up the hill as one of the two walking routes to the Cerro de la Cruz lookout.

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    Before you go to ChocoMuseo: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Open Monday to Saturday, 10:30 am to 6:15 pm. ChocoMuseo · checked Oct 2026
    Entry
    The museum and tasting bar are free; workshops are paid and booked separately. ChocoMuseo · checked Oct 2026
    Time needed
    The Bean to Bar workshop takes 2 hours (Monday to Saturday at 3 pm), the mini workshop for families 50 minutes (1:30 pm) and the mole poblano class 3 hours (10:30 am). ChocoMuseo · checked Oct 2026
    Guide or tour
    No guide needed for the museum; workshops are led in English or Spanish, with groups kept to about 8 people for Bean to Bar. ChocoMuseo · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting ChocoMuseo: what to see and do

    Walk through the free museum on cacao and 4,000 years of chocolate history in Mexico.
    Taste dark chocolates from 60 to 100 percent, cocoa-nib tea and chocolate liqueurs at the tasting bar.
    Roast, grind and mould your own chocolate in the two-hour Bean to Bar workshop.
    Cook mole poblano from scratch, starting with a trip to the market for chiles.
    Walk on up Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez towards the Cerro de la Cruz lookout.

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    ChocoMuseo shares the climate of Sayulita, 36 km away. The best months to visit are March, April, May, and November.

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