Tamié Abbey
Abbaye de Tamié
At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

📜 Cistercian monastery in the Bauges mountain range, Savoie, France.
🔍 Home to around 30 Trappist monks, famous for its raw-milk cheese and innovative biogas production.

Why Go

🧀 Taste unique Abbaye de Tamié cheese
🏞️ Enjoy serene mountain surroundings
💡 Discover innovative sustainable practices (biogas from whey)
⛪ Explore a historic monastery founded in 1132

Tips

🧀 Abbaye de Tamié cheese can be purchased at a casino store near Megeve.
🕒 The cheese shop closes for lunch at 12:00 p.m.

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