ATTRACTIONS Milas (Bodrum)
Karia Port AVM
7 TONS OF CHOCOLATE USED IN THE MUSEUM
The historical places and buildings located in all districts of Muğla, mainly Bodrum and Milas, and the chocolate works of people who have added value to Muğla. 7 tons of chocolate were used in the creation of the museum. It is a first in our region in terms of concept. People walking around inside our museum come out by storing their daily happiness hormones. Our motto is the road to happiness. Our museum is open between 10.00 and 19.30 during the week. Arrangements will be made in opening and closing hours according to pandemic conditions. An air conditioning system was installed to prevent the works in our museum, which was built on a large area, from melting. We keep the environment at a certain temperature. Thus, it can remain intact for a long time. We exhibit historical and natural artifacts unique to every district of Muğla. Some different works can be exhibited in the upcoming period. Besides our museum, there is also our store where real Belgian chocolates, produced by 2014 Belgian Chocolate Champion Mesut Kırımlı, are sold. The most important feature of Belgian chocolate is that it is handmade. We make our chocolates from 100 percent cocoa. We do not use palm oil as an additive.
WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE TOURISM OF THE CITIES
Stating that he has lived in Belgium for 25 years, Mesut Kırımlı said, "I received a serious education on the chocolate academy. I am the winner of the 2014 Belgium Chocolate Competition. I also work in Turkey since 2014. We brought our first museum to life in Safranbolu. Actually, the chocolate museum was my university thesis. After doing this thesis first in Safranbolu, we open the second one at the common point of Milas and Bodrum. Here, we want to contribute to the tourism of cities with chocolate. Because Turkey is a tourist paradise. But we also want to draw attention to chocolate and food. Real chocolate is very useful for human beings. That's why we attach importance to this. We want to contribute both to tourism and to people that deserve real healthy chocolate. After our Safranbolu and Milas - Bodrum museum, we will open our third museum in Bursa. We also established in Bursa, Turkey's first and only handmade chocolate factory", he said.
61 TO 61 CHOCOLATE MUSEUM
Drawing attention to the fact that children are consuming cream too much in recent years, Mr Kırımlı says, "Especially children consume too much cream. For this reason, we started to produce palm oil-free cream. Health is important to us, chocolate is important. We have a very beautiful country. Each corner has a different history. We wanted to draw attention to those values, ensure their restoration, and contribute to both chocolate and tourism. And we developed this project. The name of our project is "61 to 61 chocolate museums". Hopefully, we will build a chocolate museum in each of our provinces. We will bring real chocolate to the people. Because you cannot buy a chocolate bar, put it in a warehouse and keep it for a long time. The shelf life of real chocolate is a maximum of 3 months. That's why we found it appropriate to go to the people" he said.