Cheese towns, markets and caves
668 places where cheese is made, aged, traded and eaten, with a trail idea for each.
South Asia
Cheese town, India, 1 cheeseBandelA former Portuguese settlement on the Hooghly that gave its name to Bandel cheese, a small salted and often smoked cheese of Bengal.Cheese town, India, 1 cheeseHooghlyCheese town, India, 1 cheeseKalimpongA hill town above the Teesta where a Jesuit priest started a small dairy, and where the soft, tangy Kalimpong cheese is still made.City, India, 1 cheeseKolkataThe city of chhena: rosogolla, sandesh and pantua in every neighbourhood sweet shop, and Bandel and Kalimpong cheese in New Market.Cheese town, India, 1 cheeseOdishaCheese town, India, 1 cheeseRamnagarCheese town, India, 1 cheeseTarakeswarCheese town, India, 1 cheeseUdhampur districtCheese town, India, 1 cheeseWest BengalDairy region, BhutanBumthangBhutan's central valleys, home of datshi for ema datshi and of a Swiss-founded dairy that makes European-style cheese.Cheese town, IndiaDarjeelingA tea town in the Himalayan foothills where soft chhurpi goes into pickles and hard chhurpi is chewed for hours.Cheese town, IndiaJammu divisionCheese town, IndiaKodaikanalA hill station in the Palani hills where locally made Gouda-style cheese sits beside home-made chocolate in the shops.Pasture, NepalLangtang and Kyanjin GompaA high Himalayan valley where a yak cheese dairy, set up in the 1950s with Swiss advice, stands beside an old monastery.Pasture, IndiaLeh and the ChangthangLadakh's high desert, where Changpa herders make dried churpe from yak, goat and sheep milk and sell it in the bazaar at Leh.Cheese town, IndiaNayagarhThe Odisha town credited with chhena poda, the 'burnt cheese' cake of chhena, sugar and semolina baked until caramelised.Market, IndiaPahalaA strip of roadside sweet shops on the highway near Bhubaneswar, known across Odisha for its brown, soft rasagola.Cheese town, IndiaSalepurA town near Cuttack known for its large, soft rasagola and the chhena sweets of the Mahanadi delta.City, IndiaSuratA Gujarati port city that gives its name to Surti paneer, a soft buffalo milk cheese ripened briefly in its own whey.Dairy region, IndiaThe NilgirisCool green hills in south India where a handful of small farms make Gouda and cheddar-style farmhouse cheese.Cheese town, IndiaUdhampur and RamnagarThe home of kalari, the Dogra cheese pressed in leaf cups, sun-dried and fried in its own fat for kalari kulcha.
Southeast Asia
Cheese town, Philippines, 1 cheeseBulacanCheese town, Philippines, 1 cheeseCaviteCheese town, Philippines, 1 cheeseCebuCheese town, Philippines, 1 cheeseLagunaDairy region, IndonesiaEnrekangMountain country in South Sulawesi where dangke, a fresh cheese set with papaya, is wrapped in banana leaves.Cheese town, PhilippinesSanta Cruz, LagunaThe capital of Laguna province, where soft white kesong puti of carabao milk is sold wrapped in banana leaf.
East Asia
Cheese town, China, 1 cheeseJiaomeiCheese town, China, 1 cheesenorthwest ChinaCity, China, 1 cheeseZhangzhouPasture, MongoliaArkhangaiMongolia's green Khangai country, where herding families dry aaruul on the roofs of their gers all summer.Cheese town, ChinaDaliBai country by Erhai lake, where rushan, the 'milk fan', is stretched over bamboo, dried, then grilled or fried in the street.Cheese town, JapanHokkaidōCheese town, ChinaShilinThe Stone Forest county of the Sani Yi people, home of rubing, a firm fresh goat cheese that is sliced and fried.Dairy region, JapanTokachiJapan's dairy plain on Hokkaido, where small farms make cheese and a Shintoku farm created the cherry-leaf Sakura cheese.
Central Asia and the Caucasus
Dairy region, Georgia, 1 cheeseImeretiWestern Georgia's farming heartland, home of imeruli cheese and of the round Imeretian khachapuri.Dairy region, Georgia, 1 cheeseSamegreloThe Megrelian lowlands, birthplace of sulguni, smoked sulguni and cheesy dishes like elarji and gebzhalia.Market, KazakhstanGreen Bazar, AlmatyAlmaty's old covered market, where Kazakh sellers offer kurt, the hard dried balls of sour cheese, beside kumis and shubat.City, GeorgiaTbilisiGeorgia's capital, where market halls stack sulguni, guda and tenili and every bakery turns out cheese-filled khachapuri.City, ArmeniaYerevanArmenia's capital, where markets sell braided chechil, brined white cheeses and herbs to wrap in lavash.
Middle East
Cheese town, Israel, 1 cheeseAcreMarket, Yemen, 1 cheeseal-Bab al-KabeerMarket, Yemen, 1 cheeseBab MusaCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseErzincanAn eastern Anatolian city whose tulum cheese, packed into skins or sacks and aged, is one of Turkey's most prized.Cheese town, Israel, 1 cheeseHaifaCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseKarsA high plateau city in north-east Turkey, known for its kaşar and gravyer, a Swiss-style cheese with roots in the nineteenth century.Cheese town, Iran, 1 cheeseLiqvanCity, Palestine, 1 cheeseNablusA city of soap, sweets and Nabulsi cheese, the brined white cheese that melts into knafeh.Cheese town, Israel, 1 cheeseSafedCheese town, Lebanon, 1 cheeseSidonCheese town, Yemen, 1 cheeseTaiz GovernorateCheese town, Palestine, 1 cheeseWest BankPasture, LebanonAkkarLebanon's northern hill country, known for shanklish: aged cheese balls rolled in za'atar and chilli.Cheese town, TurkeyEzineA town near Troy whose white brined cheese of sheep, goat and cow milk is a Turkish breakfast favourite.Cheese town, SyriaTartus
North Africa
Cheese town, Tunisia, 1 cheeseBéjaCity, Egypt, 1 cheeseDamiettaA Nile delta port that gave its name to domiati, Egypt's salty white cheese, salted in the milk before it sets.Cheese town, Egypt, 1 cheeseSaqqaraCheese town, MoroccoChefchaouenA blue-washed town in the Rif mountains, where herders bring fresh goat jben to market wrapped in palm leaves.
Europe
Cheese town, Italy, 5 cheesesSardiniaCheese town, Italy, 4 cheesesApuliaCheese town, France, 4 cheesesAuvergneCheese town, Italy, 4 cheesesBasilicataCheese town, Ireland, 4 cheesesCounty CorkCheese town, Greece, 4 cheesesCreteCheese town, France, 4 cheesesNormandyCheese town, Italy, 4 cheesesPiedmontCheese town, France, 4 cheesesSavoieCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesAosta ValleyCheese town, France, 3 cheesesAveyronCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesCampaniaCheese town, France, 3 cheesesCantalCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesCuneoCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesLazioCheese town, Greece, 3 cheesesLesbosCity, Italy, 3 cheesesLodiA Lombard city on the Adda whose rich pastures are linked with the birth of grana cheese and with mascarpone.Cheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesLombardyCheese town, Poland, 3 cheesesPodhaleCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesTrevisoCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesAndriaCheese town, France, 2 cheesesAquitainePasture, France, 2 cheesesAubracCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesBellunoCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesBergamoCity, Italy, 2 cheesesBresciaCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesCalabriaCheese town, Turkey, 2 cheesesÇeşmeCheese town, France, 2 cheesesCorsicaCheese town, Netherlands, 2 cheesesEdamA small harbour town on the old Zuiderzee that gave its name to the round, red-waxed cheese shipped around the world.Cheese town, France, 2 cheesesÉpoissesA Burgundy village whose orange, strong-smelling cheese is washed in marc brandy and was saved from extinction in the 1950s.Dairy region, France, 2 cheesesFranche-ComtéCheese town, Switzerland, 2 cheesesFribourgCheese town, Spain, 2 cheesesGaliciaCheese town, Switzerland, 2 cheesesGlarusCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesGorgonzolaA town east of Milan that named Italy's best-known blue, first made from the milk of herds coming down from the Alps.Cheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesGrossetoCheese town, Netherlands, 2 cheesesLeidenCheese town, Greece, 2 cheesesMacedoniaCheese town, France, 2 cheesesMeauxCheese town, France, 2 cheesesMidi-PyrénéesCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesMonte GrappaPasture, Greece, 2 cheesesNaxosThe greenest of the Cyclades, an island of farms and herds whose graviera is the best known island cheese of Greece.Cheese town, United States, 2 cheesesNew YorkCheese town, France, 2 cheesesNouvelle-AquitaineCheese town, France, 2 cheesesPérigordCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesPo ValleyCheese town, France, 2 cheesesQuercyCheese town, Austria, 2 cheesesTyrolPasture, Switzerland, 2 cheesesValaisThe Rhône valley canton where raclette began: half wheels melted by the fire and scraped onto potatoes.Cheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesVenetoCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesVicenzaCheese town, Austria, 2 cheesesVorarlbergCheese town, Finland, 1 cheeseÄänekoskiCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseAbergavennyCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAbondanceCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseAgrigentoCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAisy-sous-ThilCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAlbertvilleCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseAlessandriaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAllierDairy region, Portugal, 1 cheeseAlto AlentejoCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseAlt UrgellCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAmbertCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseAmfilochiaCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseAndrosCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseApennine MountainsCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseAppenzell AusserrhodenCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseAppenzell InnerrhodenCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseArachovaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAravisCheese town, France, 1 cheeseArdècheCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseArklowCheese town, France, 1 cheeseArly valleyCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseArzúaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseAsiagoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseAstiCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseAsturiasCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAubeCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseA UlloaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAuvilliersCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAxatCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseAyvalıkCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseBariCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBasque regionCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBaugesPasture, France, 1 cheeseBauges mountainsCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBeaufortainCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBeauzacCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBelcaireCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseBernCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseBernese OberlandCheese town, Sweden, 1 cheeseBjurholmCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseBoğatepeCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseBolognaCheese town, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 cheeseBosanska KrajinaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBougonCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBoulogne-sur-MerCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseBraA Piedmont town that names its own cheese, where the Slow Food movement began and a big cheese fair is held every other year.Cheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseBrandenburgDairy region, Austria, 1 cheeseBregenz ForestCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBresseCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBurgundyCheese town, Sweden, 1 cheeseBurträskA small town in northern Sweden that alone makes Västerbotten cheese, the strong, crumbly cheese of the crayfish party.Cheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseBuxtonCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseCáceresCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseCaerphillyA Welsh valleys town with a great castle that gave its name to a mild, crumbly cheese once taken down the mines.Cheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseCaltanissettaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCamembertA tiny village in the Pays d'Auge whose name went round the world on a small, soft, white-rinded cheese in a wooden box.Cheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseCarnwathCheese town, Poland, 1 cheeseCarpathian regionCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCarrigalineCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseCasar de CáceresA village near Cáceres whose spoonable sheep's milk cheese, Torta del Casar, is set with wild thistle.Cheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseCasertaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseCasoCity, Portugal, 1 cheeseCastelo BrancoCity, Spain, 1 cheeseCataloniaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseCavaleseCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseCelorico da BeiraCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseCentral SwitzerlandDairy region, France, 1 cheeseCentre-Val de LoireCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseCerdanyaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCévennesCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChablaisCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChampagne-ArdenneCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChamplitteCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChaourceCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCharenteCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCharlevilleCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCharollesCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChavignolCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseCheshireDairy region, France, 1 cheeseChézery-ForensCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseÇimiDairy region, Romania, 1 cheeseCluj CountyCaves and cellars, France, 1 cheeseCombalouCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCondrieuCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCooleaDairy region, France, 1 cheeseCôte-d'OrCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCoulommiersCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCounty ClareCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCounty WicklowCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseCourtelaryCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseCremaCity, Italy, 1 cheeseCremonaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseCuckneyCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseDalfsenCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseDarmstadtCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseDelftCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDenbighshireCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDerbyCheese town, France, 1 cheeseDeux-SèvresCheese town, France, 1 cheeseDieulefitCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseDivleCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseDomodossolaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDorsetCheese town, France, 1 cheeseDrômeCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDunlopCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDymockCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseEast AyrshireCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseEmmentalCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseEmme ValleyCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseEnnaCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseErzurumCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseExtremaduraCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseFilianoCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseFlintshireCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseFoggiaPasture, France, 1 cheeseForez mountainsCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseFornos de AlgodresDairy region, Switzerland, 1 cheeseFranches-MontagnesCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseFrankfurt am MainCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseFrieslandCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseFuerteventuraCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseGamonéuCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGargano peninsulaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseGarrotxaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseGarstangCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGenoaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseGérardmerCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseGipuzkoaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGiudicarieCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseGloucestershireDairy region, Spain, 1 cheeseGoierriCheese town, Kosovo, 1 cheeseGoraCaves and cellars, France, 1 cheeseGorges du TarnMarket, Netherlands, 1 cheeseGoudaA Dutch market town whose weigh house and summer cheese market gave its name to one of the world's most made cheeses.Cheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseGouveiaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseGrauCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGravinaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGressoney ValleyDairy region, Austria, 1 cheeseGroßwalsertalCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseGruyèresA hilltop medieval town in Fribourg that gave its name to Gruyère, with a demonstration dairy below the walls.Cheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseGudbrandsdalenCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseHarzCheese town, France, 1 cheeseHaut-DoubsCheese town, France, 1 cheeseHaute-SavoieCheese town, Belgium, 1 cheeseHerveCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseIdiazabalA Basque village that gave its name to the shepherds' cheese of Latxa sheep, often lightly smoked.Cheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseInaghCheese town, France, 1 cheeseIndre-et-LoireCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseIonian IslandsCheese town, France, 1 cheeseIsèreCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseİzmirCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseJuraCheese town, France, 1 cheeseJuraCheese town, France, 1 cheeseJura MountainsCheese town, Finland, 1 cheeseKainuuCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseKaraburunCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseKargıCheese town, Czech Republic, 1 cheeseKarlovy VaryCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseKelmendCheese town, Israel, 1 cheeseKfar KamaDairy region, Austria, 1 cheeseKleinwalsertalCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseLajes do PicoDairy region, France, 1 cheeseLajouxCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseLancashireCheese town, Belgium, 1 cheeseLand of HerveCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseLangenCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseLangheCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLangresCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLanguedoc-RoussillonCity, France, 1 cheeseLaonCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseLeccoCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseLeerdamA glass-making town on the river Linge that gave its name to Leerdammer, a mild Dutch cheese with large holes.Cheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseLeeuwardenCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLe Grand-AbergementDairy region, Austria, 1 cheeseLeiblachtalCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseLeicesterCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseLeicestershireCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseLeónCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseLepushëCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseLesbos PrefectureDairy region, France, 1 cheeseLes MoussièresCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseLes RegueresCheese town, Croatia, 1 cheeseLikaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLilleCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLimagneCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLimousinDairy region, Slovakia, 1 cheeseLiptovA Slovak valley between the Tatras that gave its name to Liptauer spread, home of bryndza and the salaš sheep farms.Cheese town, France, 1 cheeseLivarotA Pays d'Auge town whose washed-rind cheese wears five strips of sedge and is nicknamed the Colonel.Cheese town, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 cheeseLivnoCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLoireCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLoire ValleyCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseLongfordCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLorraineCheese town, Czech Republic, 1 cheeseLošticeCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseLusatiaCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseMaasdamCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseMahónCity, Germany, 1 cheeseMainzCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseMallorcaCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseMangualdeCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseManteigasCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMantuaDairy region, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 cheeseMariastern AbbeyCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMateraCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMaurienneCheese town, Russia, 1 cheeseMaykopCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMelunCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMelzoCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseMenorcaCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheeseMeskhetiCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseMetsovoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMilanCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseModenaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMoliseCheese town, Austria, 1 cheeseMontafonCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMontbrisonCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMonts du VelayCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMorbierCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseMorcínCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseMoutierCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMunsterCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseMykonosCheese town, Romania, 1 cheeseNăsalCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseNelasCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseNeuchâtelCheese town, France, 1 cheeseNeufchâtel-en-BrayCheese town, Canada, 1 cheeseNew HamburgCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseNieheimA small Westphalian town known for Nieheimer, a sour-milk cheese with caraway aged in hops, and a cheese market every two years.Cheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseNisaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseNordDairy region, Norway, 1 cheeseNordmøreCheese town, Finland, 1 cheeseNorthern FinlandCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseNorthern Rhenish HesseCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseNorth HollandCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseNorth YorkshireCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseNottinghamshireCheese town, Uruguay, 1 cheeseNueva HelveciaDairy region, Norway, 1 cheeseNybergsundCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseOffenbach am MainDairy region, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseOgcastleCity, Czech Republic, 1 cheeseOlomoucCheese town, Kosovo, 1 cheeseOpoljeCheese town, Slovakia, 1 cheeseOravaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseOrkney IslandsCheese town, Sweden, 1 cheeseÖrnsköldsvikCity, Norway, 1 cheeseOsloCheese town, France, 1 cheeseOyrièresCheese town, Croatia, 1 cheesePagA bare, windswept Adriatic island whose sheep graze salty sage and make Paški sir, Croatia's best-known cheese.Cheese town, Italy, 1 cheesePalermoCheese town, Spain, 1 cheesePallarsCity, Italy, 1 cheeseParmaThe Emilian city of Parmigiano Reggiano and prosciutto, at the heart of Italy's Food Valley.Cheese town, France, 1 cheesePas-de-CalaisCheese town, Belgium, 1 cheesePassendaleDairy region, Italy, 1 cheesePasturo nella ValsassinaCheese town, France, 1 cheesePays de la LoireCheese town, Italy, 1 cheesePerticaraPasture, Spain, 1 cheesePicos de EuropaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheesePillingCheese town, Spain, 1 cheesePiloñaCheese town, Serbia, 1 cheesePirotCheese town, France, 1 cheesePoitouDairy region, United Kingdom, 1 cheesePonsanoothCheese town, Italy, 1 cheesePonte di LegnoCheese town, France, 1 cheesePont-l'ÉvêqueA Normandy market town that gave its name to one of France's oldest cheeses, a square washed-rind cow's milk cheese.Cheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheesePorrentruyDairy region, France, 1 cheesePort-du-Salut AbbeyCheese town, Spain, 1 cheesePosada de ValdeónCheese town, France, 1 cheesePouligny-Saint-PierreCheese town, Spain, 1 cheesePraviaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseProvenceCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheesePshaviDairy region, Italy, 1 cheesePugliaCheese town, France, 1 cheesePuy-de-DomeCity, Italy, 1 cheeseRagusaA baroque hill city of south-east Sicily, home of Ragusano, the brick-shaped stretched cheese hung in pairs to age.Pasture, Spain, 1 cheeseRedes Natural ParkCity, Italy, 1 cheeseReggio EmiliaThe second half of the cheese's name: a city whose hills and plain hold some of the oldest Parmigiano Reggiano dairies.Cheese town, Israel, 1 cheeseRehaniyaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseRéparsacCheese town, Russia, 1 cheeseRepublic of AdygheaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseRhôneCheese town, France, 1 cheeseRhône-AlpesCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseRimellaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseRiosaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseRocamadourCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseRoccaveranoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseRomagnaCaves and cellars, France, 1 cheeseRoquefort-sur-SoulzonA village built against a collapsed limestone cliff, whose caves and their cold drafts are the only place Roquefort may be aged.Cheese town, France, 1 cheeseRouergueCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseSaicourtCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-Antoine-de-BreuilhCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSainte-Maure-de-TouraineCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-FélicienCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-GaudensCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-Laurent-en-GrandvauxCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-MarcellinCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint NectaireCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-SaviolCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseSalasCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSalernoCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSalersCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSalignyCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheeseSamtskhe-JavakhetiCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaône-et-LoirePasture, Kosovo, 1 cheeseŠar MountainsCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSartèneCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSassenageCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSavoyCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseSchoonrewoerdCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseSchullCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseScottish HighlandsCheese town, Czech Republic, 1 cheeseSedlčanyCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSeine-et-MarneCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseSelcëCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSelles-sur-CherCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseSerpaPasture, Portugal, 1 cheeseSerra da EstrelaPortugal's highest mountains, where Bordaleira sheep give milk for a soft, thistle-set cheese eaten with a spoon.Cheese town, France, 1 cheeseServasCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseSfakiaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseShropshireCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSienaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseSobrescobioCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSogliano al RubiconeCheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseSognCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseSomersetCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSondrioCheese town, Finland, 1 cheeseSouthern OstrobothniaCheese town, Russia, 1 cheeseSovetskCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseStaffordshireCheese town, Slovakia, 1 cheeseStará TuráCheese town, Kosovo, 1 cheeseŠtrpceCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseSturminster NewtonCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSurgèresCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSyracuseCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseSyrosCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseTainCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTalamelloCheese town, France, 1 cheeseTarentaise valleyCheese town, Poland, 1 cheeseTatra MountainsDairy region, Spain, 1 cheeseTerra CháCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseThessalyCheese town, France, 1 cheeseThiéracheCheese town, France, 1 cheeseThônesCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseThraceCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheeseTianetiCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseTicinoCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseTierra de CamposCheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseTingvoll MunicipalityCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseTinosCheese town, France, 1 cheeseTouraineCheese town, Romania, 1 cheeseTransylvaniaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTrapaniCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTrentinoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTrentoCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseTrujilloCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseTruroCheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseTrysil MunicipalityCity, Finland, 1 cheeseTurkuCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheeseTushetiCheese town, Russia, 1 cheeseUglichCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseUrbinoCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseVal BedrettoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVal d'AosteCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseValle CamonicaCaves and cellars, Italy, 1 cheeseValsassinaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseValsesiaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVal TaleggioCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseValtellinaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVal VigezzoCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseVan ProvinceCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVarzoCheese town, Sweden, 1 cheeseVästerbottenCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseVaudCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVenafroCheese town, France, 1 cheeseVercors MassifCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseVermoshCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVeronaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseVienneCheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseVikCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseVilalbaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseVillalón de CamposDairy region, France, 1 cheeseVillard-Saint-SauveurCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseVukëlCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseWensleydaleDairy region, Netherlands, 1 cheeseWesterkwartierCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseWiltshireCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseWürchwitzCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseXanthiCheese town, France, 1 cheeseYonneCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseZamoraDairy region, Serbia, 1 cheeseZasavica Nature ReserveCheese town, GreeceAetolia-AcarnaniaCheese town, SpainAlbaceteCheese town, United KingdomAlfordMarket, NetherlandsAlkmaarA North Holland town whose traditional cheese market, with carriers in straw hats and wooden barrows, runs in spring and summer.Dairy region, GermanyAllgäuBavaria's green dairy country at the foot of the Alps, with mountain cheese, Emmentaler, Weisslacker and autumn cattle drives.Cheese town, SpainAlmeríaCheese town, SwitzerlandAppenzellA painted-house village of north-east Switzerland whose cheese is rubbed with a secret herbal brine.Cheese town, ItalyBagolinoCheese town, IrelandBallyvaughanCheese town, FranceBanonDairy region, ItalyBattipaglia and the Sele plainBuffalo country south of Salerno, where mozzarella di bufala is made every morning and eaten the same day.Cheese town, GermanyBavariaCheese town, FranceBéarnCheese town, FranceBeaufortA Savoie mountain village that gives its name to Beaufort, the concave-sided Alpine wheel called the prince of Gruyères.Cheese town, NetherlandsBeemsterCheese town, FranceBerryCaves and cellars, SpainCabralesA valley in the Picos de Europa where a strong blue cheese is aged in natural limestone caves.Cheese town, ItalyCaffaro ValleyCheese town, ItalyCampo LessieCheese town, SpainCantabriaCheese town, IrelandCashelA Tipperary town below the Rock of Cashel, which gave its name to Ireland's first farmhouse blue cheese.Cheese town, ItalyCastelmagnoCheese town, GreeceCentral MacedoniaCheese town, SwitzerlandChâteau-d'ŒxCheese town, United KingdomCheddarCaves and cellars, United KingdomCheddar GorgeThe Somerset village and limestone gorge that named the world's most made cheese, with cheese still aged in its caves.Cheese town, SpainCiudad RealCheese town, FranceCléronCheese town, ItalyComoCheese town, SpainCuencaDairy region, CyprusCyprusThe island of halloumi, the folded, mint-flecked cheese that squeaks and grills without melting.Cheese town, United KingdomDerbyshireCheese town, FranceDoubsCheese town, SpainEl BosqueCheese town, GreeceEpirusCheese town, GreeceEvrytaniaCheese town, FranceForges-les-EauxCaves and cellars, FranceFort des RoussesA nineteenth-century military fort in the high Jura whose vaulted galleries now age tens of thousands of wheels of Comté.Cheese town, ItalyFriuli-Venezia GiuliaCheese town, NorwayGålåCheese town, SpainGáldarPasture, ItalyGavoi and the BarbagiaA shepherds' village in the mountains of Sardinia, a home of Fiore Sardo, the smoked raw-milk pecorino.Cheese town, ItalyGemonaDairy region, United KingdomGoosnargh and the FyldeFarmland north of Preston where farmhouse Lancashire cheese is made by mixing curds from different days.Cheese town, SpainGranadaPasture, NorwayGudbrandsdalA long Norwegian valley of summer farms where a dairymaid added cream to whey and created brunost, the brown cheese.Cheese town, United KingdomHawes and WensleydaleA Yorkshire Dales market town whose creamery keeps Wensleydale cheese alive, a recipe brought by monks in the Middle Ages.Pasture, FranceIrati ForestCheese town, IrelandKanturkCheese town, UkraineKolochavaCheese town, PolandKorycinCheese town, SpainLa AlpujarraPasture, SpainLa ManchaDon Quixote's high plain of windmills and Manchega sheep, home of Manchego cheese with its basket-weave rind.Cheese town, SpainLa PalmaCheese town, SpainLa SerenaCheese town, FranceLe RoveCheese town, SwitzerlandL'ÉtivazCheese town, SpainLiébana valleyCheese town, United KingdomLincolnshireCheese town, FranceMaroillesCity, FranceMarseilleCity, FranceMeaux and the Brie countryThe cathedral city of the Brie plateau east of Paris, home of Brie de Meaux, with Melun's darker Brie to the south.Cheese town, United KingdomMelton MowbrayA Leicestershire market town at the heart of Stilton country, the only three counties where Stilton may be made.Cheese town, GreeceMetsovo and EpirusA mountain town of the Aromanian Vlachs in Epirus, known for smoked Metsovone and the feta of the Pindus pastures.Cheese town, FranceMimetCheese town, ItalyMoenaCheese town, IrelandMogeelyCheese town, ItalyMonterosso GranaCheese town, SpainMoyaCheese town, FranceMunster valleyAn Alsatian valley in the Vosges, where monks first made Munster and farm-inns still serve it after a marcaire meal.Cheese town, FranceNorthern Basque CountryCheese town, United StatesOhioCheese town, FranceOlivetCheese town, United KingdomOrkneyCheese town, FranceOssau ValleyCheese town, RussiaOssetiaCheese town, FrancePays BasqueDairy region, FrancePoligny and the Comté countryThe Jura town that calls itself the capital of Comté, centre of a land of village fruitières and Montbéliarde cows.Cheese town, ItalyPradlevesCheese town, FrancePuimichelCheese town, UkraineRakhivPasture, BulgariaRhodope MountainsBulgaria's southern mountains of sheep, pine forest and stone villages, where sirene and kashkaval are part of every meal.Cheese town, United KingdomRichmondCheese town, RomaniaRucăr–Bran PassCheese town, FranceSaint-André-sur-OrneCheese town, SpainSanta María de GuíaDairy region, PortugalSão Jorge, AzoresA long, narrow Azorean island of cliffs and fajãs whose cow's milk cheese is aged for months into a sharp, spicy wheel.Cheese town, ItalySessa AuruncaCheese town, ItalySicilyCheese town, SpainSierra de GrazalemaCheese town, FranceSimianeCheese town, NetherlandsSouth HollandDairy region, FinlandSouth OstrobothniaFinnish farmland of open plains and barns, a home of leipäjuusto, the baked squeaky cheese eaten with cloudberry jam.Cheese town, United KingdomSwaledaleDairy region, SwitzerlandThe EmmentalThe rolling green valley of Bern canton that gave the world Emmentaler, the big wheel with cherry-sized holes.Cheese town, GreeceThessaliaCheese town, FranceThônes and the AravisThe market town of the Aravis valleys, home of Reblochon, the soft cheese of the second milking.Cheese town, SpainToledoPasture, SloveniaTolmin and the Soča valleyEmerald river country in the Julian Alps, where mountain pastures make Tolminc and Bovec makes a sheep's milk cheese.Cheese town, Bosnia and HerzegovinaTravnikCheese town, ItalyVal di FassaCheese town, ItalyVal di FiemmeCheese town, FranceValençayDairy region, United KingdomVale of BelvoirCheese town, ItalyValle di PrimieroCheese town, ItalyValle GranaCheese town, NorwayVestfoldCheese town, SpainVillaluenga del RosarioCheese town, FranceVireCheese town, Bosnia and HerzegovinaVlašićCheese town, GreeceWestern MacedoniaCaves and cellars, United KingdomWookey HoleMarket, PolandZakopane and PodhaleA Tatra mountain town where smoked oscypek, pressed in carved wooden moulds, is grilled and sold from every street stall.
North America
Cheese town, United States, 3 cheesesWisconsinCheese town, United States, 2 cheesesMonroeCheese town, United States, 2 cheesesSouthern MinnesotaCheese town, United States, 1 cheeseChesterCheese town, United States, 1 cheeseColbyCheese town, United States, 1 cheeseCorfuCheese town, United States, 1 cheeseFaribaultCheese town, France, 1 cheeseIsigny-sur-MerCheese town, United States, 1 cheeseLancaster CountyCheese town, United States, 1 cheeseMontereyCheese town, Canada, 1 cheeseOkaA Quebec village on the Lake of Two Mountains where Trappist monks created Oka, a washed-rind cheese, in the 1890s.Cheese town, Canada, 1 cheeseQuebecCheese town, United States, 1 cheeseRichfieldCheese town, United States, 1 cheeseSt. PaulCheese town, United States, 1 cheeseVan WertCheese town, United StatesArcataDairy region, United StatesCabot, VermontA hill town in Vermont whose farmers' co-operative creamery, founded in 1919, made the town a byword for cheddar.City, United StatesCaliforniaCheese town, United StatesHumboldt CountyCheese town, United StatesLouisianaCheese town, United StatesMonroe, WisconsinA Swiss-settled Wisconsin town known for Swiss cheese, Limburger and Green County Cheese Days.City, United StatesNew OrleansCheese town, United StatesNewtonCheese town, United StatesPlymouth, WisconsinA Sheboygan County town that calls itself a cheese capital, once home of the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange.Dairy region, United StatesSonoma and MarinCoastal dairy country north of San Francisco, with Jack cheese in Sonoma and soft and blue cheeses in West Marin.Dairy region, CanadaVictoriaville and the Bois-FrancsDairy country in central Quebec where fresh, squeaky cheese curds are sold daily and poutine is said to have been born.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Cheese town, Mexico, 2 cheesesChihuahuaCheese town, Brazil, 1 cheeseAiuruocaCheese town, Chile, 1 cheeseChancoCheese town, Uruguay, 1 cheeseColonia DepartmentCheese town, Mexico, 1 cheeseCotijaA Michoacán town that gave its name to Cotija, the salty aged cheese of the Jalisco and Michoacán hills.Cheese town, Mexico, 1 cheeseDurangoCheese town, Mexico, 1 cheeseMichoacánCheese town, Brazil, 1 cheeseMinas GeraisCity, Mexico, 1 cheeseOaxacaThe home of quesillo, the string cheese wound into balls, sold in every market and melted into tlayudas.Cheese town, Brazil, 1 cheeseRio Grande do SulCheese town, Costa Rica, 1 cheeseSan CarlosCheese town, Brazil, 1 cheeseSanta CatarinaCheese town, Costa Rica, 1 cheeseSanta CruzPasture, Brazil, 1 cheeseSerra da CanastraHighlands in Minas Gerais where raw-milk Canastra cheese is made on family farms, a cheese recognised as Brazilian heritage.Cheese town, Costa Rica, 1 cheeseTurrialbaCheese town, Costa Rica, 1 cheeseZarceroCheese town, Venezuela, 1 cheeseZulia StateCheese town, MexicoCuauhtémocA northern Mexican town settled by Mennonite farmers in 1922, home of queso menonita, the mild melting cheese of Chihuahua.Cheese town, ColombiaGuamo, TolimaA town in Colombia's Tolima known for quesillo, a soft double-cream cheese wrapped in leaves.Cheese town, VenezuelaUpataA Venezuelan cattle town in Guayana, known for soft, fresh queso de mano and telita sold along the highway.
Oceania
Dairy region, Australia, 1 cheeseAllansfordCheese town, Australia, 1 cheeseVictoriaDairy region, AustraliaBruny IslandA Tasmanian island of farms and coves where a farmhouse dairy makes raw-milk and washed-rind cheese.Dairy region, AustraliaKing IslandA windswept island in Bass Strait whose salt-laden pastures feed a dairy known across Australia for brie, camembert and blue.