Cheese trail · Allgäu
Allgäu Cheese Route and Show Dairies
The Allgäuer Käsestraße is a cheese route through the West Allgäu, between Oberstaufen, Scheidegg, Lindau, Wangen and Isny, linking about a dozen hay-milk dairies and cheese shops that sell direct. The easiest to watch cheese being made are Biokäserei Zurwies in Wangen, with a free visitor corridor on weekday mornings, and the Bio-Schaukäserei in Wiggensbach, with a public tour every Wednesday.
- Free viewing
- Zurwies, weekdays 9:15 to 10:30
- Public tour
- Wiggensbach, Wednesdays 10:30, €10
- Free map
- 2026 folding map
On the Route
Biokäserei Zurwies, Wangen im Allgäu
Zurwies 11. A public visitor corridor looks into the dairy, which makes organic hay-milk soft cheese. Production is easiest to watch Monday to Friday from 9:15 to 10:30; nothing is made at weekends. Guided visits are suspended for now. The shop opens Monday to Friday 8:30 to 13:00 and Saturday 8:30 to 12:00, with vending machines around the clock.
Naturkäserei Maucher, Oberreute
Staufner Straße 34. A show dairy next to the café where groups of 10 to 25 watch cheese being made on Wednesday afternoons from 15:00, about 90 minutes to two hours, €20 per adult with a cheese snack. The shop and café open Tuesday to Sunday.
Elsewhere in the Allgäu
Bio-Schaukäserei Wiggensbach
Kempter Straße 9, near Kempten. A public tour every Wednesday at 10:30, about 90 minutes: a look into the dairy where hay milk becomes cheese, an explanation of the craft and ripening, and a tasting. €10, booking required. The shop opens Monday to Friday 9 to 18 and Saturday 8 to 12:30.
Sennerei Gunzesried
Talstraße 32, Blaichach-Gunzesried. You can watch production close up; there is no formal tour. Open daily 9 to 12 and 14 to 18, closed Wednesday afternoons.
Not Taking Visitors
Bergkäserei Diepolz has suspended its tours and cheese cinema until further notice (the shop stays open), Sennerei Bremenried has no tours at the moment, and the Dorfsennerei Böserscheidegg closed at the end of 2025.
Cheeses to Taste Here
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Questions People Ask
Where can you watch cheese being made in the Allgäu?
At Biokäserei Zurwies in Wangen (weekday mornings, free), on the Wednesday tour at the Bio-Schaukäserei Wiggensbach, and at Sennerei Gunzesried.
Official site: xn--allguer-ksestrasse-otbf.de/. Dates, hours and prices checked 22 October 2026; confirm on the official site before you travel. See all cheese trails.