This excellent museum dedicated to the history of the eponymous 'Monks Head' cheese and the neighbouring Abbatiale de Bellelay is a great reason to come to Bellelay. Two words: cheese tastings.
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Fribourg, Drei-Seen-Land and The Jura
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