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Cheese travel

Cheese Tours

Cheese tours worth booking, from Parmesan dairies to Dutch cheese markets.

Split Creek Farm

Anderson, South Carolina

Award-winning goat feta and free self-guided farm visits on Fridays and Saturdays.

Sweetwater Valley Farm

Philadelphia, Tennessee

East Tennessee dairy with free cheese tastings, farm tours and a grilled cheese café.

Valley Shepherd Creamery

Long Valley, New Jersey

An underground cheese cave, lamb tours and a farm shop in Morris County.

Dakin Dairy Farms

Myakka City, Florida

Florida family dairy with plant tours, cheese curds and a café.

Formaggio Kitchen Cave Tours

Cambridge, Massachusetts

A private tour of a Cambridge cheese cave, with a guided tasting.

Nash Family Creamery

Chapel Hill, Tennessee

Fourth-generation dairy south of Nashville with an eatery, cheeses and farm tours.

River Whey Creamery

Schertz, Texas

Cave tours on the first Sunday of the month, plus cheesemaking classes.

Toluma Farms and Tomales Farmstead Creamery

Tomales, California

A goat and sheep dairy in West Marin with monthly public tours and an honor-system cheese shop.

Goats at Harley Farms Goat Dairy in Pescadero

Harley Farms Goat Dairy

Pescadero, California

A goat dairy on the San Mateo coast, free to drop in, with guided tours most of the year.

Round Mountain Creamery

Black Mountain, North Carolina

Hour-long goat dairy tours with a tasting, $20, by appointment.

Midway in Utah's Heber Valley

Heber Valley Artisan Cheese

Midway, Utah, United States

A family dairy near Park City with daily farm tours and a cheese store.

A baby goat at Surfing Goat Dairy in Kula, Maui

Surfing Goat Dairy

Kula, Maui, United States

Goat farm tours and cheese flights on the slopes of Haleakala, Tuesday to Saturday.

Cinnamon Ridge Farms

Donahue, Iowa

A robotic Jersey dairy near the Quad Cities with cheese, tours and a farm store.

Samples of farmstead cheese

Redhead Creamery

Brooten, Minnesota

Farm tours with robotic milking and a cheese tasting, plus a shop and lunch.

Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery

Champaign, Illinois

Illinois' first farmstead creamery, with a Friday farm tour and cheese tasting.

Marcoot Jersey Creamery

Greenville, Illinois

A seventh-generation Jersey dairy off I-70 with a country store and drop-in visits.

Fair Oaks Farms

Fair Oaks, Indiana

A big dairy attraction on I-65 with farm tours and a cheese tasting room.

The Loft restaurant at Traders Point Creamery

Traders Point Creamery

Zionsville, Indiana

An organic grass-fed dairy near Indianapolis with farm walks, a store and a restaurant.

Young's Jersey Dairy Cheese and Ice Cream Tours

Yellow Springs, Ohio

Guided tours at the cheese and ice cream production windows, near Dayton.

De Vor Dairy Farm and Creamery

Kalkaska, Michigan

An organic dairy near Kalkaska with gouda, ice cream and cow cuddling.