Angra do Heroísmo City Council considers the tourist route dedicated to milk and cheese, created this year by the municipality in partnership with producers, tour operators, and the Praia da Vitória Professional Education Foundation, to be “viable.”
Yesterday, the Angra did Heroísmo City Council councilor, Fátima Amorim, “accompanied one of these experiences at Pedro and Lisa’s farm, which received a group of North American tourists with the tour operator TT – Terceira Tours,” the municipality said in a press release.
“During the meeting, the tourists were able to experience the milk and cheese production process up close, interact with the producers and taste some local products,” it said.
Fátima Amorim believes that “the Milk and Cheese Route is a unique opportunity to diversify farms’ sources of income, while providing a close and realistic insight into the day-to-day lives of people involved in milk production”.
The councillor believes that “this is one of the main economic sectors on our island, and it is essential that everyone knows the work and dedication that goes into it”.

The same press release presents the “Milk and Cheese Route” as “a new and exciting tourist experience that promises to captivate visitors worldwide. This initiative offers visitors the opportunity to get to know the activities of dairy farms up close, while enjoying the landscapes of Terceira and tasting local products,” the city council points out.
“With the eight farms and six tour operators currently associated, the ‘Milk and Cheese Route’ provides an authentic immersion in the daily lives of the people who work in the dairy sector, one of the pillars of the island’s economy. This route not only promotes sustainable tourism, but also extends the profitability of farms by integrating new activities. All producers and tour operators who meet the requirements can join this initiative,” he says.
The “Milk and Cheese Route” website (https://rotadoleiteedoqueijo.pt/) allows visitors to schedule visits to the eight farms involved, including two with cheese factories.


You can visit the farms of Anselmo Pires, Bento Pereira, Paulo Jorge Pimentel, José Luis Parreira, Lisa and Pedro Guilherme, Casa Agrícola Soares, Brian Dinis Agropecuária Lda, and the Barcelos Group—Quinta dos Açores.
“Tourists will leave the farm with a completely different idea of what our reality is and the benefits we make to our environment. It’s no wonder that farmers are considered the gardeners of the Azores, because if it weren’t for farmers the Azores wouldn’t be as well known as it is,” Anselmo Pires, a producer taking part in the route, told DI newspaper in May.

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