Thinking of a Chocolate Vacation?
Try Torino

Chocolate connoisseurs from all over the world make their pilgrimage to Torino, Italy, the birthplace of solid chocolate. More than 300 years ago, solid chocolate was born in the city of Torino. Chocolate had previously been available only as a beverage

Today, Torino is still a mecca for chocolate lovers. It is said to be home to more chocolatiers than France and Belgium combined, and it’s famous Gianduia chocolates are exproted all over the world. The annual chocolate festival, Cioccola-TÒ, draws 700,000 visitors, who indulge in 66,000 pounds of chocolate.

Starhotels, an Italian collection of hotels with 20 properties in Italy, one in New York and one in Paris, sweetens the path to Torino with the Choco-Travel promotion, based at the Starhotels Majestic on the Corso Vittorio Emanuele in the heart of the city.

A stay at the Starhotels Majestic offers visitors the opportunity to get to know the first capital city of the Kingdom of Italy, and stroll beneath its romantic porticoes, built to enable royal courtiers to walk and conduct conversations under an "outdoor canopy" as elegant as a salon. The Starhotels Majestic dates to 1861. It has been carefully restored with period furnishings and period decorations recreating the late nineteenth century atmosphere.

Starhotels Majestic Hotel invites American visitors to taste the chocolate this Spring/Summer and enjoy all that the city has to offer. Choco-Travel promotion, valid through July 31, 2007, includes:

• Breakfast in the bed the first morning
• Two tastings of the famous Turinese chocolate at the Caffé Barratti, one of the oldest cafes of Turin
• Two Turin cards for entrance to the city's major museums, such as the Egyptian Museum
• A 10 percent discount at the Place Cafe and the Cafe giftshop with local craft and gift items
• 2-night comfort kit (includes an oversized unisex T-shirt, facial cleansing set for ladies, shaving products for men, hairbrush, and dental kit)
• A Box of Italian chocolates on the bed for a Buona Notte--Italian Style

Guests may reserve a room using this promotion at www.starhotels.com and through the USA toll free number 1- 800 816-6001

Edited by Patricia D. Sherman

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