Say Cheese: 13 Top Cheese Tours and Tastings Around the World

When you’re in a cheese’s namesake town, you’re in for some flavor. In Parma, tour a traditional Parmigiano factory, learn about Italian cheesemaking traditions dating back centuries, sample local varieties, and get a few bonus tastes of the city’s Parma ham, too.

Turophiles (cheese lovers) know the goods hide beneath the streets of Paris. Dining in a secret cellar, you’ll taste over half a dozen cheeses, pairing them with delectable wines and fresh breads, a powerful trio the French have revered—and perfected—over the centuries.

Aboard a glass-paneled 1920s yacht, you’ll cruise the Hudson River, taking in New York City’s iconic skyline as you sip sparkling wine and nosh on creamy, tangy, often-bold cheeses.

In the Dominican Republic, experience the art of raking, draining, molding, salting, and ripening your own cheese—to really get down to business, you should probably milk a cow, too.

Explore Manchester on a cheese crawl, and you’ll be able to meet cheesemongers, play cheesy games, and taste the city’s world of cheese. Like a good Roquefort, expect an experience plenty robust.

Beyond dramatic landscapes, the Azores are known for dramatic wines—and where there’s good wine, there’s good cheese. Sit down in Ponta Delgada with a culinary guide to get to know this side of Portuguese cuisine.

You know wine, cheese, and bread—time to experience a similar triumvirate of power: oil, cheese, and lemon, nowhere else but the food destination of Sorrento, on the Amalfi Coast.

While traditional Hungarian dishes are often based on meats and vegetables, the country is in the midst of a love affair with cheese. Update your knowledge of this savory cuisine by diving into Budapest’s fresh take on cheese and charcuterie.

Spanish cheeses have their own fan base, and you’ll experience the best of the best—paired with the region’s wines—in Barcelona’s historic El Born district.

In Simonehoeve, get your fix of all things Dutch. Learn how cheese and clogs are made, explore the traditions uniting them both, taste Dutch biscuits, and tour an operating cheese farm and original wooden shoe factory.

Hiding under all that glorious architecture are cheesemongers, cheese shops, and cheese experiences galore in Edinburgh. Following your local guide, you’ll get a hot—and creamy—take on the city’s food scene.

Goodbye Napa, hello Niagara-on-the-Lake, where Canadian wines are climbing into world recognition. They taste even better accompanied by regional cheeses, fresh charcuterie, and rolling vineyard views.

A must for connoisseurs, and a warning—sip a trio of Bordeaux wines with France’s best cheeses, and you’ve got a match you may never beat again.