Top 6 Cheese Tours

1.Basel Farmer’s Market, Cheese, Chocolate & Pastry Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 171 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $112Our pick

Taste Basel’s cheese, chocolate, pastries, and market treats while exploring the Old Town with a local guide in a small group.

“The tour operator did not show up and provided no notice whatsoever. I waited over 30 minutes and attempted to contact them multiple times, with no response. This level of unreliability is unacceptable. I have requested a full refund and expect it to be honored. This was a very disappointing and unprofessional experience.”

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2.Small Group Alkmaar Cheese Market and City Tour *English*

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 49 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $33Best value

Explore Alkmaar’s historic cheese market and medieval center with Jennifer, a small group guide offering local stories, tastings, and close-up views.

“Jennifer is awesome! She is very knowledgeable about the city and it’s history, and her great personality adds an additional flavor. She knows many of the locals and gets special treatment for her tours based on her local relationships. Highly recommend spending the morning with her.”

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3.Basel: Farmer’s Market, Cheese, Chocolate & Pastry Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 18 reviews · 2 hours · from $194

Explore Basel’s old town while tasting Swiss cheese, chocolate, and Basel Läckerli with a private English-speaking guide.

“I liked that it combined tastings with cultural sites and helped get us acquainted with Basel. Tour guide was kind and knowledgeable and relatable. Great tour thank you.”

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4.Experience Edam, a Cheese Tasting, and a Windmill

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · 6 hours (approx.)

Review of Amsterdam’s Edam, cheese market, and Schermerhorn windmill tour, with transport details, highlights, drawbacks, and booking advice.

“Tour guide Bea was super boring- she was like a school teacher whose only job was to give lecture- no light moments- no bottle bottle was provided- we were taken to a shop where. Hundreds of people were there so no cheese making process was seen no tulip field was visited. Alkamar cheese market was good- but tour guide was not helpful in any way”

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5.Traditional Cheese Market Tour to Alkmaar

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 6 reviews · 8 hours · from $70

Review of Alkmaar’s Friday cheese market tour from Amsterdam, with coach details, free time, costs, practical tips, and honest value advice.

“La visite de la ville Gouda et de son traditionnel marché au fromage est très intéressante ! Beaucoup de lieux historiques et de commerces, fromages , gaufres à découvrir. Tout cela est fait de manière indépendante par le visiteur. On nous vend à travers l’activité, la découverte de la ville, du marché aux fromages etc… mais tout cela c’est au visiteur de le découvrir de sa propre initiative. A travers l’activité, on n’a que le déplacement en bus de compris. Le chauffeur de bus explique certaines choses durant le trajet , mais pas grand chose ! L’activité coûte tout de même un prix et je pense qu’en prenant un billet…”

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6.From Amsterdam; Alkmaar Cheese market & Zaanse Schans

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4 reviews

Pair Alkmaar’s Friday cheese market with Zaanse Schans windmills on a six-hour tour from Amsterdam, with a guide and easy metro departure.

“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Alkmaar is surprisingly a wonderful place to visit - cheese market trading (Fridays only) & so much cheese tastings, quaint shops, red light district, traditional & modern shops, boat tour, interesting buildings - ALL BEAUTIFUL! Bea our tour guide did a great job- very informative!”

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