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Being situated in Aveyron, in about 100 km of Rodez
, of Albi
and of Montpellier
, Roquefort intégre in the landscape of the Big Limestone plateaus while benefiting the influence of the Mediterranean Sea, quite close. The village of Roquefort, leaned in the plateau of Combalou, is a regional symbolic site.
It is in the intestines of this limestone plateau, crossed(gone through) by fleurines, real natural galleries, that the famous Roquefort
"matures". Stemming from some milk of ewe the cheese of Roquefort pulls(fires) above all its wealth of the meadows where graze crowds.
The rough and contrasted climate supplies in the ewes of race Lacaune of the strong prairies with taste where one finds : thym, serpolet, clover, broom, box tree and saxiphage (angel-hair pasta) which make(do) their delight.
It(he) is not so surprising to find in their milk all the aroma of the big spaces. It(he) is not so surprising to find in their milk all the aroma of the big spaces.
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To admire this landscape, it is already to appreciate the cheese of Roquefort.
All year round more than 200 000 guests enter the intestines of Combalou to understand(include) the mystery of the Roquefort. In these privileged, every they is told, explained, demonstrated. They can sample various cheeses of Roquefort and return it to them to make it taste whom wants. For them, of mysteries, there is not any more !... At least, they believe him(it).
Classified Site of the Taste since 1994, the City of Roquefort sees its culture, its know-how and the quality of its reception internationally recognized and rewarded by the obtaining of this label. For any information or demand of documentation, please , contact the Office of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon's tourism.
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