This cute museum explains the traditional process behind manufacturing carob pasteli (a Cypriot sweet), which was every Cypriot child’s favourite treat long before Cadbury hit the market here. Outside of summer it’s sometimes shut, so phone ahead.
Pasteli Museum
Cyprus
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