Garoto, State of Espirito Santo, Brazil
4.0 (1.469 reviews) Monday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #2 in Vila Velha Speciality & Gift Shops • Speciality Museums
Worth a stop, if you get Drieli
Garoto: Brazilian tradition Chocolates Garoto, located in Vila Velha (ES), is one of the 10 largest chocolate factories in the world. The company’s portfolio now has approximately 70 products: from bonbons to tablets, Easter eggs, chocolates for culinary purposes like covertures and cocoa powder, which can be found in more than 50 countries. Some of its best-sellers are the Yellow Box of Assorted Bonbons, the Family Tablets, under the brand Garoto; Baton, Talento and the bonbon Serenata de Amor. Garoto also offers ice cream versions of some of its main brands.
Address
Praca Meyerfreund 1, Vila Velha, State of Espirito Santo 29122-900 Brazil
Mobile
Website
http://www.garoto.com.br/visite
Working hours
Monday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday :
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 4:21
User Ratings
4.0 based on (1.469 reviews)
Reviews
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5ldye 5:00 PM Feb 13, 2012
Not Willy Wonka's, but close!
Don't miss the chance to visit this chocolate factory. The price is extremely low (something like $6.50), and you can see the chocolate making process in detail. You are often within a foot of the machines that assemble the chocolates (i.e. cut the fillings, add wafer to the outside, drip chocolate over the fillings, etc.). They tell you all about the fabrication process and you can see the extremely fast chocolate wrapping machines and boxing machines. The tubes carrying solid and liquid ingredients are also pointed out and explained. Heating and cooling processes are related, etc.! It's all very interesting...and to some perhaps the most fun part is you can eat as much chocolate as you can hold while in the factory! :D There are about 3 stops for chocolate eating and you can taste the chocolates you've seen made. The record for most chocolates eaten on the tour is something like 73...held by an American gentleman...Kids, don't try this at home! :o After the tour don't forget to go across the street and see the free museum. As well as being interesting, they will probably give you a small bag of chocolates and mints to take home. Oh, if you need an English guide you should call and say so in advance. Actually, you have to call in advance to reserve a spot, sometimes they are booked full weeks in advance. The telephone number is on the Garoto website.
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5Tielly O 5:00 PM Aug 16, 2018
Que divertido! Que gostoso!
Sempre quis conhecer a fábrica! De criança já ouvia as histórias e imaginava como poderia ser nossa versão local de Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory! A oportunidade surgiu depois de adulta e me diverti tanto quanto imaginava. Fui com minhas tias, primos, irmãos. Rimos tanto, morremos com o cheiro delicioso durante o passeio e nos empanturramos de chocolate depois. E fica essa dica: CROCANTE FRESQUINHO! Já quero muito ir de novo! — What an amaaaaaazing tour! It was in my childhood fantasies to visit our little version of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, but just after growing up I got to go there. I had so much fun with my family! Yes! All adults! We laughed the whole time, had lots of fun, almost died over the delicious smell everywhere and ate bombons like crazy people in the end! Fantastic! Can’t wait to go there again!
