The year's most delicious festival returns to Istanbul

The International Chocolate Festival, which is being sponsored by the Toyota Hybrid this year, will transform the historic Sirkeci Train Station in Istanbul into a chocolate heaven. The festival is scheduled to take place from May 4 to May 6 and aims to bring professional chocolatiers together with chocolate lovers.

Chocolate is among the foods that people love passionately, and compared to other sweets and candies, it is more of a passion than a desert. Sometimes just thinking about chocolate can put a smile a person's face.

The International Chocolate Festival is a three-day event that is dedicated to this chocolate passion. Throughout the festival, chocolate competitions, workshops and tastings will take place, uniting chocolate lovers.

Sirkeci Train Station was built in 1890 and functioned as terminal for the famous Orient Express. International train services were suspended in 2013 as a result of the opening of the Marmaray station. The historic building is now used as a venue for cultural events.