A small museum with an insight into milk processing and cheese production awaits visitors in Alta Pusteria
Image gallery: Three Peaks Show Dairy
Along the main road in Dobbiaco village, you will find the Three Peaks Cheese Dairy, which produces delicacies such as fresh cream, ricotta and butter. Of course, the range also includes a wide selection of South Tyrolean mountain cheese delicacies such as the Original Dobbiaco, the spicy Alp Cheese and the traditional "Dolomitenkaiser". And how do the holes get into the cheese?
The Three Peaks Show Dairy - "Schaukäserei Drei Zinnen" in German, "Mondolatte Tre Cime" in Italian - in the same building provides answers to these and many other questions from young and old. The tour starts in the small museum of the Three Peaks Cheese Dairy, which shows how cheese and butter were made in the past. A film also gives an insight into the daily life of South Tyrolean dairy farmers. From the visitors' gallery, you can then watch the master cheese maker at work: He is the specialist for transforming the best fresh milk into high-quality cheese. It's all about fermentation, salting and maturing, storage and refinement.
If you want to let this experience melt in your mouth, you can taste the products afterwards and buy them in the in-house shop. And how to reach the Three Peaks Show Dairy? It is located along the main road of the Val Pusteria valley in Dobbiaco, a car park is available.
Contact info
- Statale della Val Pusteria / Pustertaler Strasse 3c - 39034 - Dobbiaco / Toblach
- +39 0474 971300
- info@schaukaesereidreizinnen.com
Opening times
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Admission
€ 5.00 per person
free for children under 8 years
More information
A guided tour (1 hour) is offered from December 26, 2024, till April 17, 2025, every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 am in German language and at 11 am in Italian language, no reservation needed. During the low season, tours are offered only on request for groups of 15 and more persons.
The best time for a visit of the Three Peaks Show Dairy is from Tuesday to Friday from 8 am to 1 pm, when all production processes can be seen. The shop has the same opening hours.
Barrier-free round tour. A tasting may be ordered direclty at the new bistrot of the show dairy. The Three Peaks Show Dairy stays open from Tuesday to Sunday all year round, Monday rest day, the decision of a possible spring closure is taken from year to year.