Cheese travel
Cheese Factory Tours
Cheese factories and dairies that welcome visitors, with hours and what you can see.
Australia
Cheese travel in AustraliaAshgrove Cheese Dairy Door
Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia
Factory windows, tastings and a café between Devonport and Launceston.
Pyengana Dairy
Pyengana, Tasmania, Australia
Cloth-matured cheddar, a cellar window and a farm café in the north-east.
Cambray Cheese
Nannup, Western Australia, Australia
Sheep dairy farm shop with tastings and viewing windows near Nannup.
Canada
Cheese travel in Canada
Fromagerie St-Albert
St-Albert, Ontario, Canada
Free observation gallery over the curd and cheddar factory, east of Ottawa.
Salt Spring Island Cheese
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Goat cheese farm with free samples and windows into every room of the dairy.
Little Qualicum Cheeseworks
Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
Free self-guided tour of a working dairy farm and cheese plant on Vancouver Island.
COWS Creamery
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Free self-guided look at the ice cream kitchen and the Avonlea cheddar cave.
Fox Hill Cheese House
Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Canada
Farm cheese house in the Annapolis Valley with a viewing window and free samples.
Fromagerie La Station
Compton, Quebec, Canada
Free self-guided farm cheese museum, tastings and grilled cheese, open daily.
Les Fromages de l'isle d'Orléans
Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada
Home of the Paillasson, with a viewing window and a tasting terrace.
France
Cheese travel in France
Roquefort Caves
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France
Three cellars to visit, from free at Gabriel Coulet to €37 tours at Société.
Fort des Rousses Comté Cellars
Les Rousses, France
Guided tours of Comté ageing cellars inside a mountain fort, all year.
Fromagerie du Mont d'Or
Métabief, France
When Mont d'Or is in season, and a free dairy gallery in Métabief.
Coopérative Laitière du Beaufortain
Beaufort-sur-Doron, France
Free viewing of Beaufort being made every morning, and €3 cellar tours.
Village Fromager Graindorge
Livarot, France
Free glazed galleries over a Livarot dairy, with a tasting of four Normandy cheeses.
Coopérative Jeune Montagne
Laguiole, France
Free guided visits of the Laguiole AOP dairy on the Aubrac plateau.
Germany
Cheese travel in GermanyGreece
Cheese travel in Greece
Armeos Farm Cheesemaking
Naxos, Greece
A two-hour traditional goat cheesemaking session on a family farm.
The Shepherd's Shelter
Krana, Psiloritis (Rethymno), Greece
Sheep milking and cheesemaking in a stone mitato on Psiloritis, April to October.
Arkadianos Farm (Aggeliko)
Latzimas, Rethymno, Greece
A family goat and sheep farm with its own cheese dairy and tastings.
Spiridi Farm Cheese Making Workshop
Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Greece
A 75-minute goat milking and cheesemaking session, three mornings a week.
Anthi's Farm
Apollonia, Sifnos, Greece
Evening goat milking and manoura making, with dinner, May to October.
Buffalo Mozzarella Farms Near Paestum
Capaccio Paestum, Italy
Vannulo, Barlotti and Rivabianca: farm tours, fresh mozzarella and buffalo gelato.
Buffalo Mozzarella Farms Near Caserta
Caserta, Italy
Feed calves, stretch mozzarella and walk among buffaloes north of Naples.
Pecorino Toscano Dairies in the Maremma
Roccalbegna and Manciano, Italy
Il Fiorino's €25 tour and ageing cave, and Manciano's cooperative.
Asiago Cheese Dairies and Malghe
Asiago, Italy
Caseificio Pennar's dairy visits and summer malghe on the plateau.
Furano Cheese Factory
Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Free factory with windows onto the cheesemaking and short hands-on workshops.
Meiji Naruhodo Factory Tokachi
Memuro, Hokkaido, Japan
Free 70-minute tour of Meiji's natural cheese plant, by reservation.
Rokko Mountain Pasture Cheese Factory
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Watch Kobe Cheese being made, eat fondue and make string cheese.
Mexico
Cheese travel in MexicoNetherlands
Cheese travel in Netherlands
New Zealand
Cheese travel in New Zealand
Barrys Bay Cheese
Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
A viewing window onto the cheesemaking, on the road to Akaroa.
Whitestone Cheese Factory Tour
Oamaru, New Zealand
Guided factory tour with a tasting, Tuesday to Friday at 10am.
The Cheese Barn at Matatoki
Matatoki, near Thames, New Zealand
Organic cheese factory with a viewing window, café and animals near Thames.
Switzerland
Cheese travel in Switzerland
La Maison du Gruyère
Pringy-Gruyères, Switzerland
Watch Gruyère made in copper vats next to Gruyères station. Come in the morning.
Moléson Alpine Cheese Dairy
Moléson-sur-Gruyères, Switzerland
Cheese made over a wood fire in a 17th-century chalet, May to September.
Next: 1 May 2027
Emmentaler Show Dairy
Affoltern im Emmental, Switzerland
The home of Emmentaler AOP, open every day with a walk-through tour.
Appenzeller Show Dairy
Stein, Switzerland
Appenzeller made daily until about 3pm, with a tasting box included.
Alp-Schaukäserei Morteratsch
Pontresina, Switzerland
Free open-fire cheesemaking in summer, next to the Bernina line in the Engadin.
Next: 8 Jun 2027United Kingdom
Cheese travel in United Kingdom
Wensleydale Creamery
Hawes, United Kingdom
Live cheesemaking demonstrations and a tasting in Hawes, open daily.
Cheddar Gorge Cheese Company
Cheddar, United Kingdom
Dairy closed for works until early 2027; the shop stays open.
Caws Cenarth
Lancych, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
Free viewing of Welsh cheesemaking and a tasting shop on a west Wales farm.
Isle of Mull Cheese
Tobermory, Isle of Mull, United Kingdom
Farm, cheese cellar and whey spirit distillery tours above Tobermory, year round.
United States
Cheese travel in United States
Beecher's Handmade Cheese
Seattle, Washington
Watch the cheesemakers at work in Pike Place Market, then eat mac and cheese.
Tillamook Creamery
Tillamook, Oregon
Free and open daily, with a gallery over the cheese factory floor.
Veldhuizen Cheese
Dublin, Texas
Raw milk farmstead cheese, a hillside cave and tours twice a week.
Cherry Grove Farm
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
A dairy near Princeton with a cheesemaking window and classes, open daily.
Rogue Creamery Cheese Shop
Central Point, Oregon
Windows into the make room, blue cheese tastings and a patio, open daily.
Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking
Shelburne, Vermont
Watch cheddar being made from May to October, near Burlington.
Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese
Austin, Kentucky
Farmstead cheese shop on a robotic dairy, open Friday and Saturday.
Looking Glass Creamery
Columbus, North Carolina
Farm café, cellar windows and free samples, Wednesday to Sunday.
Mozzarella Company
Dallas, Texas
Make cheese by hand in a Dallas factory, then drink wine with it.
Next: 14 Nov 2026
Wisconsin Cheese Factory Tours
Wisconsin
Every Wisconsin factory with a viewing window or tour, and when the vats run.
Grafton Village Cheese
Grafton, Vermont
A cheddar factory window in Grafton and a tasting store in Proctorsville.
Crowley Cheese Factory
Mount Holly, Vermont
America's oldest continuously operating cheese factory, with free samples.
Nettle Meadow Farm
Lake Luzerne, New York
Adirondack cheese shop with cheesemaking to watch, plus an animal sanctuary farm.
Plymouth Cheese Factory
Plymouth Notch, Vermont
An 1890 cheese factory at the Calvin Coolidge birthplace, open daily.
Widmer's Cheese Cellars
Theresa, Wisconsin
A small-town factory shop with a window onto the brick cheese vats.
Henning's Wisconsin Cheese
Kiel, Wisconsin
Weekday-morning cheesemaking behind glass, with a free museum of old equipment.
Union Star Cheese Factory
Fremont, Wisconsin
Free 8am factory tours four days a week, with warm curds at the end.
LaClare Family Creamery
Malone, Wisconsin
Goat cheese made behind glass, a café and goats in a silo, near Lake Winnebago.
Arena Cheese
Arena, Wisconsin
The home of Colby Jack, with a viewing area and fresh curds four days a week.
Alp and Dell Cheese Store and Emmi Roth Viewing Hall
Monroe, Wisconsin
A viewing hall onto the Emmi Roth plant, with a free 10am tour on weekdays.
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
Ellsworth, Wisconsin
Fresh curds at 11am in the Cheese Curd Capital, and factory windows in Menomonie.
Cedar Grove Cheese
Plain, Wisconsin
A century-old factory near Spring Green that gives tours if you call ahead.
WW Homestead Dairy
Waukon, Iowa
A Waukon creamery with a viewing hall, curds, ice cream and farm tours.
Pearl Valley Cheese
Fresno, Ohio
Free Wednesday factory tours at a Swiss family cheese plant since 1928.
Leelanau Cheese
Suttons Bay, Michigan
A small raclette creamery on the Leelanau Peninsula with a window onto the vats.