Arêches Beaufort

Arêches-Beaufort - the 4 seasons in the Beaufortain

Arêches combined with Beaufort, this mountainous area becomes even more magical, with iconic climbs to tackle!

Tasty treats after all that cycling…

The Beaufortain area and Arêches-Beaufort in particular boast many culinary specialities you really must try: Beaufort cheese; Grataron unpasteurized goat’s cheese; crozets au sarrazin (little buckwheat pasta shapes); Beaufortain meat; pormoniers (green herb sausages); and diots (traditional Savoie pork sausages). Here, enjoying the local food isn’t seen as being greedy, but as appreciating traditional ways of life! Since 1994, the Beaufort area has been recognized as a Site Remarquable du Goût, highlighting this remarkable area and in particular one very specific culinary speciality that forms such an important part of its exceptionally rich history, heritage and quest for quality – Beaufort cheese. Learn all about it on special tours to traditional makers who spend the summer in mountain pastures with the herds, or then at Beaufort town’s Coopérative Laitière, where the visitor trail is open year-round. As well as the exhibition on Beaufort cheese and the area, there’s a gallery from which you can observe how the cheese is made.

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