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Cheese travel

Cheese Trails

Cheese trails you can drive, with the stops along the way.

Australia

Cheese travel in Australia
The milking shed at Pyengana Dairy

Tasmania Cheese Trail

Tasmania, Australia

Six cheese stops from Bruny Island to King Island, with a route.

Canada

Cheese travel in Canada
The re-created cheese factory at the Ingersoll Cheese Museum

Oxford County Cheese Trail

Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada

Thirty-plus stops in Ontario dairy country, centred on the Ingersoll Cheese Museum.
The old Perron cheese factory in Saint-Prime, Quebec

Quebec Cheese Route

Quebec, Canada

Fifteen regional circuits and more than 70 cheesemakers, relaunched in 2026.

Eastern Townships Cheese Stops

Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada

An abbey, an organic farm museum and Jersey and sheep's milk cheesemakers.
Migneron de Charlevoix cheese

Charlevoix Cheese on the Route des Saveurs

Baie-Saint-Paul and La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada

Tastings at Migneron and two cheese shops along the Route des Saveurs.

France

Cheese travel in France

Route du Comté

Jura, Doubs and Ain, France

Fruitières with viewing galleries, cellars and farms across Comté country.
Abondance, one of the eight Savoie cheeses

Route des Fromages de Savoie

Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France

More than 60 farms, dairies and museums for the eight Savoie cheeses.
A Pont-l'Évêque cheese

Normandy Cheese Route

Pays d'Auge, France

Camembert, Livarot and Pont-l'Évêque in a day or two in the Pays d'Auge.
The village of Salers in the Cantal

Cantal and Salers Cheese

Cantal, France

The Maison de la Salers, the Cave de Salers and Cantal farms that take visitors.

Germany

Cheese travel in Germany
Sennerei Gunzesried

Allgäu Cheese Route

Allgäu, Germany

Hay-milk dairies near Lake Constance, some with viewing windows and tours.

Greece

Cheese travel in Greece
A stone mitato on the Nida plateau, Crete

Anogeia and the Psiloritis Shepherd Country

Anogeia, Crete, Greece

Shepherd villages, stone mitata and graviera on Crete's highest mountain.

Italy

Cheese travel in Italy
Branzi in the upper Val Brembana

Bergamo Cheese Valleys

Bergamo, Italy

Taleggio, Branzi, a cheesemaking class and the FORME festival.

Japan

Cheese travel in Japan
Hanabatake Bokujo in Nakasatsunai, Tokachi

Tokachi Cheese Route

Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan

A loop of farm cheese shops and a factory tour around Obihiro.

Cheese in Nasu

Nasu, Tochigi, Japan

Farm cheese shops in Honshu's biggest dairy area, plus a May festival.

Portugal

Cheese travel in Portugal
Four São Jorge cheeses

São Jorge Cheese Route

São Jorge, Azores, Portugal

Cheese factories, a dairy farm and museums on the Azores' cheese island.

Spain

Cheese travel in Spain
The cheese interpretation centre in Idiazabal

Idiazábal Cheese Route

Idiazabal, Spain

The cheese centre in Idiazabal and shepherd dairies open by appointment.
Mahón cheese from Menorca

Mahón Cheese Dairies on Menorca

Menorca, Spain

Farm dairies across Menorca with guided visits, tastings and shops.

Switzerland

Cheese travel in Switzerland
The Sbrinz Route mule track near the Gries pass

Sbrinz Route

Switzerland

The old mule path that carried Sbrinz cheese over three passes to Italy, walked every August.

United Kingdom

Cheese travel in United Kingdom
The cheese shop at Colston Bassett Dairy

Stilton Dairy Shops

Vale of Belvoir, United Kingdom

Three Stilton dairies with their own shops, a short drive apart.

Next: 26 Nov 2026

United States

Cheese travel in United States
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company building in West Marin

Marin and Sonoma Cheese Trail

California

The creameries of West Marin and southern Sonoma, in driving order.

Maine Open Creamery Day

Maine

One June day when 35 Maine creameries open their doors.

Next: 13 Jun 2027 (expected)
Inside the Cabot Creamery store in Waterbury Center, Vermont

Vermont Cheese Trail

Vermont

The Vermont Cheese Council's map of more than 30 cheesemakers.
The Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina

WNC Cheese Trail

Asheville area, North Carolina

A map of mountain cheesemakers, cideries and shops around Asheville.
A bowl of beer cheese dip

Beer Cheese Trail

Winchester, Kentucky

Year-round trail of beer cheese stops in Winchester, Kentucky.
Fly Creek Cider Mill near Cooperstown, New York

Central New York Cheese Trail

New York

Farm stores and cheese shops around Utica and Cooperstown, with a free passport.
Face Rock Creamery in Bandon on the Oregon coast

Oregon Cheese Trail

Oregon

The Oregon Cheese Guild's map of creameries open to visitors.

Arkansas Cheese Dip Trail

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Fifteen restaurants on the state's trail, and a championship in Little Rock.