Traditional Cheese Making Experience

Enjoy a Sheep Cheese Making Experience close to Serra da Estrela!

Enjoy a Sheep Cheese Making Experience close to Serra da Estrela! Learn how to make sheep cheese on a permaculture farm aiming at food autonomy, abundance and biodiversity. Our 8-hectare farm is certified organic. With our horses, goats, sheep and hens, all free range, we have deep respect for our animals and their well-being. We own 250 olive trees, including some several hundred years old, a range of mature fruit trees (apple, fig, pear, cherry and more), and more than a hectare of vineyard. We promise you’ll leave inspired, having met people passionate about organic food, sustainable living and nature education. At the end of the tour, we invite you to a tasting of the products from our farm.

What is included

• Arrival at the farm and welcome by the producer
• Presentation of the animals and the milking
• Workshop about cheese-making
• Tasting of toasts with fresh cheese, olive oil and herbs, olives, dried tomatoes, all from the farm

What’s Not Included

• Transportation to and from the farm (private transfer available on request)
• Additional cheese or product purchases
• Gratuities for the host

Itinerary

1. Welcome – Arrival at the farm and welcome by the producer
2. Meet the Animals – Presentation of the animals and the milking
3. Cheese-Making Workshop – Hands-on introduction to sheep cheese making
4. Tasting – Toasts with fresh cheese, olive oil, herbs, olives and dried tomatoes, all from the farm

Highlights

A genuinely organic, permaculture farm. Certified organic and built around food autonomy and biodiversity — this is a working example of sustainable farming, not a staged demo.

Real animal welfare, not just a photo op. Free-range horses, goats, sheep and hens are cared for with real respect, and you’ll see that firsthand during the visit.

A farm rooted in centuries of history. With olive trees several hundred years old and mature orchards, the land itself carries a sense of continuity and heritage.

Everything you taste comes from the farm. Cheese, olive oil, herbs, olives and dried tomatoes — the tasting is a genuine reflection of what the land produces.

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.