Pontinia
Buffalo country on the reclaimed plain, where the mozzarella is made the same morning.
5 things to bookthe nearest is a 1 h 31 drive from Rome
The Pontine plain was marsh until the nineteen-thirties, and what went onto it afterwards was water buffalo. The dairies here work to the clock — the milk that arrives in the morning is curd by mid-morning and mozzarella before lunch — and they will let you watch the whole sequence.
It is a working farm rather than a show, which is the point: you meet the herd first and eat afterwards.
Best fit for this section first, then whatever you can book today. Closest to Rome breaks a tie. Never by who pays us.
With your handsBe there for the 8:30 milking and the 9:00 curd: the timetable is the tour.
€15 per person
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With your handsThe farm visit plus a tasting of what the dairy makes that day: ricotta, burrata, smoked and plain ovolina, stracciatella and smoked scamorza, all from buffalo milk.
See the day
With your handsVisit to a working buffalo farm and dairy at Pontinia: the stalls where the animals are milked, the energy systems, and the dairy where the cheese-making steps can be watched.
See the day
With your handsThe same farm and dairy visit, extended with a tasting of what the dairy makes that day: buffalo ricotta, burrata, smoked ovolina, stracciatella and scamorza.
See the dayBest fit for this section first, then whatever you can book today. Closest to Rome breaks a tie. Never by who pays us.
On the trailThe Pro Loco of Pontinia runs the MAP, the museum of the Pontine plain: the story of how a malarial marsh south of Rome was drained in the 1930s and turned into farmland, told t…
See the dayGetting there
The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.
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