©Pôle culturel Abondance
©Pôle culturel d'Abondance
A valley, a cow, a cheese... a house to discover. Discover all the characteristics of this Protected Designation of Origin cheese on a fun, scientific and sensory tour.
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Set off on a 9-stage sensory discovery of landscapes, techniques and senses.
Here, time is no longer divided into fragments, but unfolds in richness. Open your eyes wide, listen, smell, breathe, from the pastures to the sweat of gestures, from the freshness of the valleys to the warm smell of milk from the udder, from the aromas of rennet to the smells of maturing...
Be attentive, everything is available to those who know how to receive, and here you'll get the best: the taste of the...
Here, time is no longer divided into fragments, but unfolds in richness. Open your eyes wide, listen, smell, breathe, from the pastures to the sweat of gestures, from the freshness of the valleys to the warm smell of milk from the udder, from the aromas of rennet to the smells of maturing...
Be attentive, everything is available to those who know how to receive, and here you'll get the best: the taste of the...
Services
Mentally impaired
Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
WC + grab handle + adequate space to move
Site, building totally accessible
Reception staff sensitized to the reception of people with disabilities
Activities
Local product tasting
Picnic area
Lift
Toilets
Car park
Parking nearby
- Accessibility
- Mentally impaired
- Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
- WC + grab handle + adequate space to move
- Site, building totally accessible
- Reception staff sensitized to the reception of people with disabilities
- Activities
- Activities
- Local product tasting
- Equipment
- Picnic area
- Lift
- Toilets
- Car park
- Parking nearby
- bus parking
- Free parking
- Services
- Guided visits
- Guided visits (groups only)
- Educational visits
- Boutique
- Set down on-site for groups
- Tourist brochures
- Reservation of additional services
- Guided tours
- Self-guided visits
- No pets allowed
Rates
From 1 November 2024 to 15 December 2025
Standard rate - adult full price
5.50€
Reduce rate- Families, students, disabled persons, pass Léman France
4.50€
DUO ticket Abondance Abbey + Abondance Cheese House from 6 years old at the special rate of 9€.
Free entrance on presentation of the Multipass.
Free entrance on presentation of the Multipass.
Credit card
Cheque
Cash
Transfers
ANCV Connect
Contactless paymentOpenings
From 5 November 2024 until 16 December 2024 - Closed on monday, on tuesday, on wednesday, on thursday, on friday, on saturday, on sunday
Annual closure
From 17 December 2024 until 30 April 2025 - Closed on monday, on sunday
From 1 May 2025 until 30 June 2025 - Closed on sunday
From 1 July 2025 until 31 August 2025 - Open everyday
Closed on Sunday mornings.
From 1 September 2025 until 30 September 2025 - Closed on sunday
From 1 October 2025 until 31 October 2025 - Closed on monday, on sunday
From 1 November 2025 until 15 December 2025 - Closed on monday, on tuesday, on wednesday, on thursday, on friday, on saturday, on sunday
Annual closure
Location
Spoken languages
Environment
- Near a main road
- Mountain view
- In the mountains
- Outskirts of town
- Close to a public transportation
Access
- The Maison du Fromage Abondance is located in the heart of the Abondance valley:
5 minutes from the centre of the village, itinerary "Tour du village" or "Bords de Dranse".
On the right as you enter the village from Thonon-les-Bains.
27 km from Thonon-les-Bains and Evian les Bains on the D22.
65 km from Geneva Airport
It is served by the Evad line C coaches, stop "Maison du Fromage Abondance" (during school holidays).
