Regional cheese and cream stores Hautes-Pyrénées

Sale of cheese in the country, refined in their cellars of Cauterets. Homemade jams.

Located at an altitude of 1,000 m, the Ferme des Cascades processes the milk of its animals, produces veal, kid and lamb meat and even tanned skins. The milk of the cows gives cream and butter, the 70 ewes, in good Pyrenean style, provide milk for tommes, and the goat's milk is made into fresh cheeses, soft cheeses, puff pastries, yoghurts and "Pyrenean fondue". For an active holiday, from a few days to 2 weeks, you can come with your sleeping bag and slippers. There you will learn everything about the fascinating life of the shepherds.

Denis Sost invites you to share the past, discover the present and imagine the future… In the farmhouse of the upper Barousse valley, you will be able to discover with its herd, discover the manufacture of cheese, of trafficking in the cellar, until tasting. Sheep and lambs, cows and small calves welcome you winter, warm, and the good hay of spring in autumn. In summer, you can visit them on their daily journey from the farm to the mountain pastures with their shepherds. The farm's reception room offers its tasting of cheese (cow, sheep, mixed) of Barousse, matoun (boiled small milk), pork charcuterie and other farm products.

After a visit to Pitou, goat cheese, its manufacture etc… will have no secrets for you. Mrs. and Mr. Touchard-Pariselle offer visits of their chèvrerie, the Pitou, only from 18 h and on reservation for the groups because before they have to take care of the beasts! From the chèvrerie you can access the traffic room. The program is comprehensive and rich. Not only do you have the opportunity to purchase products on-site, but you are also offered tastings and a small summary of everything you need to know about the Pyrenees chain with the presentation of the average mountain in 16 panels to know everything about wildlife, flora, the environment and heritage. The Pitou is not only a gourmande visit, it is also an instructive visit. Your children will love you too.

The know-how of the Uchan family is known throughout the region since the cheese factory welcomes 13,000 visitors per year! They make cheese from the cow's milk they raise. Michel welcomes you and explains the techniques and processes of transformation of cow's milk into Pyrenean tomme. The visit ends with the maturing cellar. You can of course buy their excellent products on the spot, which in addition to cheese, include cooked dishes such as the famous Tarbais beans, and charcuterie.

In Cauterets, local products have found their promised land. At Kiki's, creator of the Pyrénées Saveurs store, you will find local sausages and cold cuts as well as farmhouse cheeses made from raw milk from the valley. Our lover of taste makes his own spit cakes. Add to that the sale of preserves and jams, and you have a nice overview of the whole. Let's not forget the Pyrenean honey from the father's apiary as well as an artisanal aperitif with a mysterious recipe to discover on the spot.