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Cheese Museum Tour: Parisian Cheese Experience
4.5
37 Ratings
Paris
Discover Paris’ unique cheese museum. Enjoy live cheesemaking and expert-led tastings in a historic 1639 building. A must-visit for cheese lovers!
Discover Paris’ unique cheese museum. Enjoy live cheesemaking and expert-led tastings in a historic 1639 building. A must-visit for cheese lovers!
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Musée Vivant du Fromage - The Living Cheese Museum offers an exploration of French cheese heritage. Visitors are greeted by cheese experts before heading backstage to enter the museum. Discover the history of cheese, techniques, and the secrets of artisanal craftsmanship. Engage in conversation with an expert crafting cheese live, and enjoy an…
- Musée Vivant du Fromage - The Living Cheese Museum offers an exploration of French cheese heritage. Visitors are greeted by cheese experts before heading backstage to enter the museum. Discover the history of cheese, techniques, and the secrets of artisanal craftsmanship. Engage in conversation with an expert crafting cheese live, and enjoy an immersive guided cheese tasting experience through the French cheese regions, featuring four cheese samples. There is also an option to include wine (not included). Located on the Île Saint-Louis in central Paris, formerly known as the Cow’s Island, it is just a 5-minute walk from Notre Dame.
What's Included
- Live cheese making
- 17th century building
- Guided visit with a cheese expert
- Tasting of 4 cheeses
- Option for wine (not included)
- Live cheese making
- 17th century building
- Guided visit with a cheese expert
- Tasting of 4 cheeses
- Option for wine (not included)
What's Not Included
- tips for experts
- Optional glass of wine (not included) will be offered on arrival
- tips for experts
- Optional glass of wine (not included) will be offered on arrival
Additional Information
This is the first and unique cheese museum in Paris! Operated by cheese experts, you can witness live cheese making and indulge in a cheese tasting. Located in the heart of Paris on Ile Saint Louis, the building dates back to 1639. Upon arrival, venture through the boutique’s backstage to immerse yourself in the world of French cheese heritage. Explore…
This is the first and unique cheese museum in Paris! Operated by cheese experts, you can witness live cheese making and indulge in a cheese tasting. Located in the heart of Paris on Ile Saint Louis, the building dates back to 1639. Upon arrival, venture through the boutique’s backstage to immerse yourself in the world of French cheese heritage. Explore the history, cheesemaking techniques, and regional diversity of French cheese. The guided tour concludes with a cheese tasting, led by the cheese master.
Location
Musée Vivant du fromage
Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(37 Ratings)
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Sarah_d
Jan 2, 2026
Something different in Paris. - 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.
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Jose_g
Nov 19, 2025
Cool experience to learn everything about cheese - Really interesting experience to learn everything about cheese (history, origins, varieties, production process, etc)… and the instructor is very funny and knowledgeable (Agathe)
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Teresadt
Oct 28, 2025
Awesome if you want to learn about French cheese - 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.
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Ivan548
Oct 19, 2025
Food and passion. Such an interesting alternative attraction when visiting Paris. - Having spent a few days as a tourist in Paris, visiting the Cheese Museum was a surprising highlight! Away from the touristy hotspots, this beautiful little museum down an unassuming side street on Ile Saint-Louis was a great way to spend an afternoon.
Guillaume, the extremely passionate guide stepped the group through the history and fundamentals of cheese making: young vs mature, hard vs soft as well as the overarching methods of maturation and how these alter the characteristics of taste and texture. We got to try cheeses they make and sell on site, as well as other interesting cheeses to compare to (including one that had a faint aftertaste of pineapple!)
If you like food and if you like cheese, this is a no-brainer visit! I wish this independent venture all the future success.
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Florence
Oct 15, 2025
A hidden gem in Paris - Amazing one hour tour to learn and taste different fromages . Our guide Guillaume was the epitome of a French cheesemonger, knowledgeable, welcoming and with a good sense of humor. He LOVES his cheeses . We loved our tour and learned quite a bit about regions and different cheeses.
Good and reasonable price and for and extra €5 you can add a glass of wine to enjoy your cheese tasting. We will recommend this place to our friends and family when they are in Paris .
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484lawd
Oct 6, 2025
Amazing cheese experience - Wonderful experience! Learn all about the making of French cheese by an awesome cheese maker. The museum is fantastic. Tasting included. Not expensive. Small and intimate setting. Leaves you wanting to know and eat more cheese! A must do activity
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Crizthetraveler
Sep 14, 2025
Worth checking out! - We randomly discovered this tour and museum in an advertisement and very glad we did! Guillaume spent time detailing our the cheese making process and history in France, with some tasty cheese a long the way, with the option to pair with wine. Great museum and gadgets to interact with. Highlight was tasting a cheese he makes in real time, or shows how it’s made at different stages, very tasty! Worth checking out.
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Karinci2555ao
Sep 11, 2025
A delightful way to spend an afternoon! - It was a lovely experience. The guide was charming and informative. The museum had interesting equipment and interactive displays that were highly instructive. The tasting was marvelous! I recommend wholeheartedly!
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Oxfordjonathan
Sep 1, 2025
Excellent museum - Really interesting and great guide. Cheese was delicious. Gift shop was also really nice. The guide was really knowledgeable and friendly.
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I1897wkvirginiam
Aug 4, 2025
Great visit!! - What a fun and informative experience. You can tell Pierre loves his craft. Definitely recommend. Tasting the various cheeses was amazing.
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