Regional cheese and cream stores La Bourboule

If the diversity of local products found there (honey, sausage, lentils, eggs, craft beer, etc.) could allow us to qualify this cheese shop as a grocery store, it is indeed the cheese that is at the centre of attention and for good reason. Lizette has been working with cheese since she was 16 years old and she knows her stuff. Her advice is accurate and valuable, her explanations are clear and she never hesitates to offer a little tasting. Her good humour is a pleasure to see and her cheeses, coming directly from local producers, are delicious.

From the street, if there's one establishment that catches our eye, it's the Maison Rodier. The mosaic-adorned façade is absolutely sublime. It was built by architect Louis Jarrier between 1920 and 1923. Once a tearoom, it now houses a cheese dairy showcasing the five Auvergne PDO cheeses. A guided tour of the building includes an introduction to the building, an exhibition of furniture from the former tearoom, the former room used for tea dances, and a documentary on Auvergne PDO cheeses.