OSSAU-IRATY PDO Cheese Route The excellence of the PDO in Montory

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Discover the Ossau-Iraty PDO cheese route

Do you love cheese ? We'll take you on a journey to discover sheep country along the Ossau-Iraty PDO cheese route. Embark on a gourmet road trip that will lead you to meet the people who make this cheese typical of the Béarn region.

Discovering a local product

This gourmet getaway through Béarn will allow you to discover the unique characteristics of Ossau-Iraty AOP cheese from Béarn: a tender texture and a pronounced flavor. It will also be an opportunity to discover the ancestral know-how behind its production. You can choose your stops to meet a producer, visit a cheese factory or cellar, browse a shop, or meet the shepherds and learn about their pastoral traditions.

Ossau-Iraty: a traditional cheese

Ossau-Iraty AOP is a sheep's milk cheese with roots in millennia-old pastoral traditions. Its producers have joined forces under the AOP (Protected Designation of Origin) label. This quality mark regulates production, certifies the manufacturing process, and assures you that sheep, farmers, producers, cheese dairies, and affineurs are all located within a clearly defined area, the Béarn region of which we invite you to explore.

An original tour of Béarn for lovers of local produce

From the town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, gateway to the Barétous Valley, the Aspe Valley, and the Ossau Valley with its famous Pic du Midi d'Ossau, passing through Vic-Bilh, create your own personalized road trip to discover the Ossau-Iraty PDO cheese in the exceptional setting of Béarn, at the foot of the Pyrenees. Don't hesitate any longer and come visit the land of sheep and its gourmet stops along this cheese route, which will enrich all your visits to the region by adding a touch of culinary delight.

Indeed, whether you are in the plains like Salies-de-Béarn, Oloron or Pau, visiting the Madiran region, in the heart of the Béarn mountains in Arette, Bedous or Laruns, or even at the top of the Pyrenean passes, there is bound to be one or two stops within fifteen minutes !

Ossau-Iraty PDO Cheese Route in Béarn

• Farm visit

LOUSTAU SHEEPFOLD in Aste Béon (stop no. 120). Visits to the sheepfold are possible depending on our availability. Contact us. +33 6 75 30 11 37
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• Witness the manufacturing process

LASSALLE FARM in Lourdios (stage no. 113). Thursdays from July 17th to August 21st at the summer pasture. 06 32 09 59 60
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• See the dog's work

MANAOUT GAEC CABIN in Arette (stage no. 108). 06 70 73 46 67
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• Visiting an eco-museum

The Basque-Béarnais farmers of Accous in Accous (stage no. 118). 05 59 34 76 06
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• Visit a cheese factory

Aramits Country Cheese Factory in Aramits (stop no. 111). Cheese factory tours for groups of at least 10 people, by appointment. +33 5 59 34 63 03
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• Discovering life in the summer pastures

MANAOUT FARMERS' CABIN in Arette (stage no. 108). Every Thursday, Marc welcomes you. 06 70 73 46 67
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RECÉBIRE FARM in Issor (stage no. 112). Cabins open with AET3VB on July 25th, August 1st and 8th. 05 59 34 40 57 - 05 59 34 40 57
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LASSALLE FARM in Lourdios (stage no. 113). Participates in "Open Cabins" with the AETVB on July 24th and 31st and August 7th. Also participating in "Pastoral Escape, Summer Pasture Festival" at the same location on July 17th and August 14th and 21st at the Saudarie cabin (06 32 09 59 60).
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• Other activities

LASSALLE FARM in Lourdios (stage no. 113). We welcome you to the Saudarie summer pasture on Thursday mornings from July 17th to August 22nd at 9 am to participate in the milking, herding the sheep along the pasture, then back to the cabin for making Ossau-Iraty farm-made summer pasture cheese. Afterwards, we'll share a meal of grilled milk-fed lamb (PGI). And one important detail: it's forbidden to leave Saudarie without having sung! 06 32 09 59 60
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Registration is sometimes required before your visit, and some activities have a fee. Contact details and opening hours can be found on the Ossau-Iraty AOP website or in the downloadable Cheese Route guide. here. The guide is also available in the tourist offices of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the stages and at the headquarters of the Ossau-Iraty PDO defense syndicate, in Ostabat.