June 14, 2007

We did not expect to find chocolate at all, only friends of friends with whom to spend the night and visit. Surprisingly, while searching out the one chocolate store recommended by the local Tourist Office, we found a cluster of stores in the Quartier Victor Hugo, close to Victor Hugo Square, near the food market:

and finally the only one we had actually been searching for, Chocolats Olivier, opened in 1780 by François Olivier, near Place Wilson:

Plus, as we see occasionally elsewhere, chocolate used as part of spa treatments:

Biarritz & Bayonne

Carcassonne