Our contact details
Beaufortain dairy cooperative cheese factory.
234 avenue du Capitaine Bulle
73270 Areches-Beaufort
Location details
- Public transport stop within 500 m
- In the mountains
- Lake or body of water at -5 km
- Ski station
- Pond within 5 km
- River at -5 km
- Village center
- Path/cycle path less than 500 m
- Tourist cycle route less than 1 km away
- Access from Albertville towards Beaufortain (18 km) via the D925. 100m after the 1st roundabout at the entrance to Beaufort: free parking spaces for light vehicles, people with reduced mobility and spaces for coaches in front of the cooperative. The building has an elevator to reach the visiting area and the store. A43 motorway from Chambéry. 30 minutes from Albertville, 1h15 from Annecy, 1h from Chambéry and 2h from Lyon. Access by coach line 21 from Albertville (SNCF train station or Hôtel de Ville).
Closes in 30 min
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Possibility of seeing the production of Beaufort every day, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (except Sundays from November to early December).
The circuit begins in the basement and ends with the appetizer of Beaufort through the specifications, the stages of manufacture. The visit is open and free, however the workshops, the screening of the film "In the country of Beaufort" and the tasting as well as the visit of the cellars - now guided - are paid.
Tips and Suggestions
Outside of opening hours, you can still find Beaufort in the distributor in front of the Cooperative in Beaufort. Other direct sales outlets: Aux Saisies, Gilly sur Isère, Chambéry, Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré, Sevrier, Cran Gevrier, Paris. Order your Beaufort directly online (delivered within 48 hours) on www.cooperative-de-beaufort.com
Quality
- AOC label
- The Savoie Cheese Route, Cycling & Cheeses
Opening
| From January 01 to December 31 | |
| Monday | Open from 09 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Open from 09 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Open from 09 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. |
| Thursday | Open from 09 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. |
| Friday | Open from 09 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. |
| Saturday | Open from 09 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. |
| Sunday | Open from 09 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. |
Prices
| Type | Price |
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All year round: open and free visit to Beaufort and its territory, via a sensory approach and original tools. Possibility of seeing the production of Beaufort, every day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Individual visitor: guided tour of the maturing cellars (€ 2 / person) and screening of the film “Au pays du Beaufort” (€ 1 / person).
For groups by reservation: screening of the film “Au pays du Beaufort” and tasting (3 € / person)
Guided tour of the cellars (€ 4 / person). Possibility also of a guided tour of the cellars + tasting, without the film (3,50 € / person).
Services
Services
- Shop
- Drop off on site for groups
- Tourist Documentation
- Tourist information
- Free visits
- Guided tours
Accessibility
Tourism and Handicap labels
- Tourism and Handicap brand - hearing impairment
- Tourism and Handicap brand - mental disability
- Tourism and Handicap brand - motor impairment
Adapted tourism
- Adapted services for hearing loss
- Adapted benefits for mental impairment
- Adapted services for visual impairment
Hearing impairment
Magnetic tracks for the hearing impaired
Physical disability
Access to the tour circuit, the shop and the cellars facilitated by 2 elevators. In front of the cooperative there is only one PMR parking space, so around thirty people in wheelchairs can move around the circuit comfortably. Provision of an additional wheelchair as well as lightweight folding seats for difficult standing positions.
Visual impairment
Information leaflets on the circuit, in Braille and we obviously accept guide dogs.
Mental handicap
Magnetic tracks
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