“Europe’s lesser-known chocolate cities are drawing attention this Easter, with Turin, Perugia and York ranked among the continent’s sweetest destinations.”

“A new study by Avis has ranked Europe’s most surprising chocolate cities by looking at the number of chocolatiers and chocolate shops listed on Yelp, attractions such as museums and factory tours, Google review ratings and monthly search demand for terms like 'city + chocolate'.”

“Best known as the home of Baci chocolates, second-placed Perugia also hosts Eurochocolate, which is billed as Europe’s largest chocolate festival and draws around one million visitors each year.”

“The Italian city also scored strongly on ratings, with Casa del Cioccolato Perugina at 4.4 stars on Google and Cioccolateria Augusta Perusia at 4.7.”

“Austria’s Salzburg ranked third, helped by its compact city centre, 51 chocolatiers and its link to the original Mozartkugel, first created by Fürst Confectionery in 1890.”

“York in the north of England came fourth despite having only 12 chocolate shops listed on Yelp. Even so, it draws more than 12,000 monthly searches for its chocolate scene, thanks to its confectionery past and attractions such as York’s Chocolate Story, which has a 4.3-star Google rating from more than 3,000 reviews.”

“The city is also the birthplace of confectionery brand Rowntree’s and Terry’s Chocolate Orange.”