Quesería Maín

Quesería Maín is a family cheese dairy in Sotres, the highest village in Cabrales, which makes Cabrales cheese from raw milk and matures it in natural mountain caves, as the grandmothers of the house did. According to its website, its Cabrales won the prize for best cheese of the competition in 2011 and 2014.

What they show

The visit starts at the workshop and visitor centre, continues with a walk of about 15 minutes on foot through Sotres, with steep slopes, to a cave where the cheeses mature at between 6 and 10 degrees and with humidity close to 90%, and returns to the dairy to see the last stages and taste its three cheeses, with apple preserve, jam and natural cider. It lasts about two hours.

How to book

Only on its website, never by phone. It costs €12.50 per person; children aged 4 or under do not pay or need a place. Once the booking is made the amount is not refunded, but you can change the day or time once by giving 24 hours' notice. On arrival you must check in inside the dairy: without it there is no tasting. In November 2026 the website warns that visits are closed for holidays until December.

Getting to Sotres

By car from Arenas via Poncebos and the AS-264. From Potes and Liébana, the website insists on entering via Panes and Arenas: the other GPS options are restricted-access tracks. The dairy has a plot for parking; ask when you arrive.