Food Museums & Factories Archives

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Category: Food Museums & Factories

Fromagerie des Franches-Montagnes • cheese factory in the Jura

Visit this cheese factory in western Switzerland that produces Tête de Moine AOP, where you can watch live cheese production and learn from fun interactive displays.

Max Chocolatier – Workshop for chocolate connoisseurs

Visit a small family-owned premium chocolate producer in Lucerne, touring their atelier with one of their chocolatiers and creating a chocolate bar. Best for serious chocolate enthusiasts.

20 Best Swiss Chocolate Factories, Workshops, and Tours

Indulge in Switzerland’s finest chocolate at the best chocolate factories, workshops, and chocolate themed city walks.

Lindt Chocolate Factory – Planning Your Visit

How to visit the Lindt chocolate factory near Zurich with a fun interactive tour, chocolate tastings, and workshops.

Maestrani’s Chocolarium

Fun interactive discovery tour where you learn about chocolate making, see a live chocolate factory, sample chocolate, and make your own chocolate bar.

Appenzeller Cheese Dairy

Learn about Swiss cheese making in a fun way at this dairy where you can watch live cheese making, sample the local cheese, and make your own alpine herbal mix to take home.

Eastern Switzerland

Maison Cailler Chocolate Factory

This chocolate factory near Gruyères in western Switzerland has a fun multimedia tour, free samples, chocolate workshops, Escape Game, and a fun playground to get your wiggles out.

Lake Geneva Region

Gruyère Cheese Factory and Museum

Learn how gruyère, the most popular cheese in Switzerland, is made at this working dairy with small interactive museum.

Lake Geneva Region

Kambly Cookie Experience

Visit this Swiss cookie company to learn some history through fun multimedia displays and eat lots of free samples. They also offer children’s cookie making workshops.

Emmental Show Dairy and Cheese-making

Learn about Swiss cheese making through history at this working dairy and museum, with a fun multimedia tour and live cheese making.

Chez Camille Bloch • Swiss Chocolate Visitor Center

A fun visitor center for the maker of Ragusa and Torino chocolate, with a live chocolate making demonstration and tasting.

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