Guided visit of the Cheese Museum with Tasting Included
Description
This is the first and unique cheese museum in Paris ! Also operated by cheese experts you will see live cheese making and enjoy a cheese tasting. In the heart of Paris, Ile Saint Louis, the building dates from 1639. When you arrive, go through the back stage of the boutique and enter the world of French cheese heritage. History, cheesemaking techniques, diversity of the French region… This is a whole journey to cheese. The guided visit will finish with a tasting of a selection of cheese, guided by the cheese master.
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Itinerary
The Living Cheese Museum is a journey through french cheese heritage. You will be welcomed by cheese experts then go through the back stage and enter the museum : History of cheese, technics and secret artisanal gestures, chat with an expert making cheese live in front of you, immersive guided cheese tasting through the french cheese regions (4 cheeses tasting) with an option for wine (not included) In the island of Ile Saint Louis in central Paris, formely called : the cow's island. Just 5 minutes away from Notre Dame
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(44)
This is a tour that was fun and educational all at once. The Museum itself is very small and upon arrival you're really just inside a gourmet cheese shop. However, the museum part has tons of information and even educational videos and interactive exhibits. My kids really enjoyed it and my husband especially liked hearing from our guide (I think his name may have been Gabriel?). He conducted the tour in both English and French, which I think could have been better if he had just done it in one or the other (because he has to say everything twice, and makes the event longer). It was very warm inside, I'm not sure if that's intentional for the cheeses. The best part of course was the cheese tasting. It was very fun to try the different cheeses and learning about the history and making of cheese. I would recommend this but be prepared-the cheese tasting is at the very end of the tour. We ended buying a couple of our favorites and they were great!
The instructor was very personable and gave a very comprehensive class on cheeses. I thought it was well worth the time.
Our tour guide was very knowledgeable, We learnt alot about where it comes from how it is made: very enjoyable, we even got to try the cheeses which wasn’t my cup of tea. But the rest of our group loved it!
So much fun! Very informative and we got to each cheese! Even some stinky cheese. The English tour was really solid!
Brilliant visit, my husband and I enjoyed this visit. Lovely team of people. Recommend visiting especially if also visiting notre dame cathedral as it is close by. Thank you
Fascinating experience. I learned a lot about cheese making and the regions in France. The tasting was delicious & adding the glass of wine makes it even better!!
Great way to spend 1.5 hours in Paris! Tour guide was really informative, very funny and knowledgable. Great tasting, cute museum, very welcoming atmosphere, would definitely recommend!
Interesting tour explaining the process of cheese making and the different kinds of cheese from different regions of France. Our guide was one of the cheese makers and really knew the information well. Different but cool.
Really interesting experience to learn everything about cheese (history, origins, varieties, production process, etc)… and the instructor is very funny and knowledgeable (Agathe)
I knew a lot about cheese before attending, but I learned even more at the museum. It is a very small museum but the tour guides give a lot of good information— you can also read most of the information in the folders they pass out at the beginning of the tour. We did the tasting with wine and recommend the white wine.
