Quick Details
Adult & Child
Ages 13 & Older
€ 41
Child
Ages 04 to 12
€ 26
Young Child
Ages 03 & Younger
Free
About the Goat Cheese Making Experience
Join a truly local Goat Cheese Making Experience in Mendiga (Leiria)—a hands-on farm tour where you learn how artisanal goat cheese is made, step by step. After a warm welcome at the farm, you’ll take part in a guided workshop using fresh goat milk and traditional techniques, with clear explanations from your host throughout the process.
This is a relaxed, authentic activity that connects you to rural Portuguese life, ideal for couples, families and small groups looking for something different near Lisbon. The experience finishes with a delicious tasting of cheeses and goat milk products with wine, so you can compare flavors and textures and understand what makes mountain-style goat cheese so distinctive.
What’s Included
- Welcome to the farm
- Workshop of making artisanal cheese
- Tasting of cheeses and goat milk products with wine
Transportation
- Not included – contact us if you need private transfer
Meeting point
- After booking we will send all the details of the farm, location (meeting point) and contact.
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Q1: Where is the Goat Cheese Making Experience located?
A: The experience takes place in Mendiga (Leiria), about 90 minutes from Lisbon and 30 minutes from Leiria.Q2: How long does the experience last?
A: The tour lasts 2 hours.Q3: What’s included in the experience?
A: A farm welcome, a hands-on artisanal cheese workshop, and a tasting of cheeses and goat milk products with wine.Q4: Is transportation included?
A: Transportation is not included, but you can contact the team to arrange a private transfer.Q5: What languages are available?
A: The experience is offered in Portuguese and English.Q6: What is the minimum group size?
A: A minimum party of 2 is required to book.Q7: Is it suitable for children?
A: Yes. There are child rates listed (ages 4–12), and young children under 3 are also shown on the booking panel.
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We had a wonderful experience with Umbelina. Not only did we get to meet, milk, feed and walk with her goats - which was so much fun. We also got to bottle feed a baby lamb who was not getting milk from its mother, and see all her other animals & her day to day lifestyle with them. She also went thru the goat cheese making with us, letting us get hands on (under her watchful eye 😁). I would recommend a visit to her small farm.
– Janeiro 07, 2026 – Verified booking
I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Portugal 3 times and this is one of my favorite experiences by far. We learn so much about the land, her goats and the goat cheese process. We hiked through the beautiful mountain side with her goats, milked them, fed them, and finished the experience at her home. There we tried her different cheeses (delicious) fresh goats milk, bread, and different homemade marmalades. The farmer showed us how to make soft goat cheese from beginning to end. Such a cool process. I would do this experience over and over again. She is lovely and it’s an incredible insight to what it’s like to live like a local in the mountains.
– September 04, 2025 – Verified booking
We enjoyed everything and had a great time as a group in the company of goats. We were apprehensive that the goats could be stressed because we were a group, but everything went well, the bravest could even give them "parties" and some food. We enjoyed taking the mountain route, to see the goats by hand, the snack that was prepared with a lot of love and affection by D. Umbelina, especially to eat the cheese. We enjoyed looking at the steps of making goat cheese from the beginning to the packing. We highlighted D.Umbelina's friendliness to us and felt like coming back next year. On behalf of the whole group thank you very much
– October 25, 2025 – Verified booking
Very interesting experience, very friendly host and beautiful location with the goats grazing in the middle of the thousand-year-old olive trees, all in a listed park.
– November 07, 2025 – Verified bookingShare your experience
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