Idiazabal cheese tour from San Sebastian
Description
Live a unique culinary experience with our San Sebastian cheese tour, a half-day immersion into the world of Idiazabal cheese that unites landscape, tradition, and flavour. Depart from Donostia / San Sebastia to rural Gipuzcoa, visiting the medieval town of Segura before arriving at a family-run creamery. There, you’ll learn how this Basque icon is made, from Latxa sheep grazing to curdling, molding, salting, and ageing that creates its firm texture and smoky notes. With your guide, explore the facilities, learn to spot quality seals, and taste several award-winning cheeses paired with local cider, discovering notes of milk, nuts, and herbs. Including hotel pick-up and drop-off and private transport this cheese journey is ideal for food lovers eager to explore the craft behind Idiazabal, the pride of the Basque Country.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Visit the medieval village of Segura, in the heart of Basque Highlands, to enjoy the local rural atmosphere before getting to the cheese farm.
Enjoy a Cheese Farm detailed visit with one of the owners and learn every secrets of the Idiazabal DO Cheese production process. After the tour cheese tastings will be enjoyed with our local beloved drink: cider.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We can pick you up at any hotel/apartment of your convenience in San Sebastian. Please provide name and address. After booking we will send you a confirmation email.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- A minimum of 4 adults is required, among all bookings, for the tour to go ahead. If the minimum group for carrying out the activity would not be reached, an alternative date or full refund would be offered. If your booking was below this number we will contact you at least 2 days in advance to inform you in case the minimum group size was not covered by this stage. Please feel free to contact us anytime to confirm the total amount of bookings for your tour date.
- Unfortunately, this tour is not suitable for people with reduced mobility.
Reviews(10)
Incredible experience. Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable and went above and beyond to give us San Sebastián recs even after the tour was over. The owner of the farm was incredibly nice and gave a very interesting tour and tasting
We enjoyed this experience with Paul, our guide. We learned a lot about Basque county and the cheese making process and there was plenty to taste. My daughter got to feed the sheep and there were some local cats as well.
Thank you for the review! We're glad everything went well and that you took home good memories :)
The visit was wonderful and the treatment excellent. The Idiazábal cheese is delicious and everything was very well organized. Very positive evaluation.
Gracias por compartir tu opinión, Mikel. Nos alegra mucho que te haya gustado el tour ¡Esperamos verte en otra experiencia pronto!
We enjoyed a very special day in the Basque Country's interior, far from the beaten track. We learned a lot about the cheesemaking process and the service was exceptional.
We're happy you enjoyed the tour, Josu. Thanks for choosing us!
Perfect for a famility trip. With hotel pick up our guide drove us up to the mountains to visit a boutique famili owned cheese farm. My kids loved to see the sheeps and the other animals. They owner showed us all the facilites and the tasting was enough for a morning meal. Great tour to avoid the crowds and learn more about Basque Gastronomy.
Great to know everything was to your liking. See you soon!
We did the family tour. We are cheese lovers and had this visit long pending. It was all very pleasant and easy. The Ane Guide treated us fantastically and her explanations were enjoyable and accurate. Highly recommended for cheese lovers, animals and nature.
Nos alegramos de leer que todo haya salido a vuestro gusto. ¡Un saludo!
Unfortunately I do not speak Spanish or Basque and the tour to the farm/factory was all in those two languages so the film shown at the farm was incomprehensible to me. The guide/driver did speak English but he could not devote his time to me or speak over the commentary on the film. The Idiazabal is sheep's cheese and un-pasteurised so I didn't think I could bring it back into the UK but in this I was wrong I could have brought some home for personal use, the samples I had at the farm were delicious, I'm sorry I did not buy some. The tourist office who sold me the tour were confused when I returned to them to tell them about the tour they apparently thought the tour would be in English, clearly they did not know what they had sold me! The tour started at a lookout but it was raining and the view was obscured by the low cloud and heavy rainfall. We were exceptionally lucky to see a heard of sheep being driven up to the hills for the summer, this occurs at the start of May, shepherd leading and Basque sheep dog at the rear of the flock.
The cheese was AMAZING. And Begonia was a lovely host, guide and driver. We had a lovely time hearing about the cheese making process, meeting some of the sheep, and of course tasting the incredible end result. Let's hope the cheese we bought lasts more than a one sitting when we get home - it is so delicious it becomes difficult to stop eating it :D
Everything was wonderful and educational! The guide is very nice, the sheeps adorable, the farmer super knowledgeable and charismatic.
Imma old was an incredibly knowledgeable, interesting, and kind tour guide who took his time to show us the beautiful Basque countryside. Our tour of the farm was just as lovely, and having the opportunity to break bread and taste cheese with a passionate artisan was really delightful. Would recommend that visitors who are passionate about the quality of food go on this tour!
