Asturias Cheese Dairies You Can Visit

Cabrales

Cabrales is a raw-milk blue cheese aged in limestone caves in the Picos de Europa. Besides the show cave in Arenas de Cabrales, several dairies let you see their own caves.

Quesería Maín, Sotres

Barrio La Ería, Sotres, high in the Picos de Europa. A guided tour of the dairy covers making, drying and labelling, then a walk through the village to the natural cave where the cheese matures, and a tasting of cheeses at different ages. Visits at 12:00, 16:00 and 18:00 in high season and 12:00 and 16:00 in low season; in winter, weekends by arrangement. Adults €11.50, under-3s free.

Quesería Asiegu, Asiegu

An organic dairy where the cheesemaker herself explains how Cabrales and her own cheeses are made, shows the drying room and then leads you a few minutes on foot to a natural cave, which even holds a small underground lake. Daily visit at 12:00; adults €10, under-5s free. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes.

Quesería Vega de Tordín, Arenas de Cabrales

In summer and Easter week, open 11:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 20:00, with booking recommended; the rest of the year ask first. Over-10s €8, ages 3 to 10 €5.

Quesería El Cabriteru, Arenas de Cabrales

On the AS-345 Arangas road just outside Arenas. A farm and dairy that makes three blue cheeses from its own sheep's and goat's milk. The visit goes round the farm, where children can often meet the lambs and kids, and ends on a terrace by the Ribeles river with a tasting and homemade cider. Large car park, pets allowed, shop on site. Book ahead; ask for times and prices.

Gamonéu, Onís

Gamonéu is a lightly smoked blue-veined cheese from the Onís and Cangas de Onís valleys. Quesería Demués, in the hamlet of Demués, makes only Gamonéu and shows both the dairy and its herd, kept semi-free in a protected area; open every day 10:00 to 13:00 and 16:00 to 18:00, booking needed. Quesería Vega de Ario in Benia also takes visits; ask for times. Benia holds the Gamonéu cheese contest each October.

Afuega'l Pitu and Casín

Afuega'l Pitu, a cone-shaped cheese made in central Asturias, comes white or roxu, kneaded with paprika. At Quesería Ca Sanchu in Ambás (Grado) a one-hour visit covers the family's history and process and ends with a tasting of every variety plus barreña, the local dessert. Wednesday to Friday 11:00 to 14:00; €10, under-8s free. Quesería Temia in Rañeces, also in Grado, opens by arrangement, and Grado's Sunday market is the place to buy.

Casín, one of the oldest Asturian cheeses, is made in the Caso valley. Its Certamen del Quesu Casín, a market of the producers' stalls and a DOP contest, is held in El Campu, usually on the last Saturday of August; 29 August in 2026.

Farm Visits on the Coast and in the West

Los Caserinos in Grases (Villaviciosa) shows native Asturian breeds, how its cheese, rice pudding and yoghurt are made and a family cider press, with a tasting at the end; visits of about an hour Monday to Saturday at 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 16:00, 17:00 and 18:00. Leche Leche in Porrúa (Llanes) runs two-and-a-half to three-hour visits of one of Europe's most robotised dairy farms. In the far west, Quesos de Taramundi in the Taramundi craft park is free to visit, and Quesos Artesanos Rebollín in Salas charges €10 with booking essential.