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Sweet: The Apple Road of the Limousin

The Limousin is famous for its cattle breeding, but the area in the southern centre of France is also apple country: The Romans brought the rose plant to the fertile plateaus around 2000 years ago, and in early modern times the apples reached the French court. Today, some 110,000 tonnes are harvested each year from around 2,800 orchards, with the Golden Delicious leading the way.
Visitors follow the apple along the Apple Route, which runs for more than 50 kilometres through the Corrèze department. In spring, the hiking and cycling trails lead through blossoming apple orchards, past production sites where you can enjoy a must. A trip in autumn is particularly worthwhile: then an apple festival takes place in the small town of Objat.

Show dairy in Affoltern

Swiss original: The Emmental Cheese Route

From Finland to Turkey: Emmental cheese is produced in dozens of countries. But the original comes from the Bernese Mittelland. There - between Burgdorf and Langnau - the Emmental Cheese Route leads past around 21 stations of cheese production and enjoyment.
The starting point of the 78-kilometre route is Burgdorf Castle. Among other things, the high aristocratic castle houses a museum of ethnology and gold jewellery. The tour continues to the show cheese dairy in Affoltern and to Langnau - the region's cheese port. In between: Small cheese dairies that invite you to try cheese.

In search of chestnuts in the Palatinate

The bread of the poor: The Palatinate Chesnut Trail

It is 60 kilometres long - and runs through the Pfälzerwald-Nordvogesen Nature Park: The Palatinate Keschdeweg (Chestnut Trail). The best time for a hike along the Chestnut Trail is June when the trees are in bloom or October when the fruits are ripe.
Then the region's restaurateurs offer special chestnut menus such as the Keschdesupp (Chestnut soup) or the hearty Chestnut pigs stomach (Saumagen) until November. Chestnut markets and festivals are organised. And along the route, winegrowers invite lords of castles and palaces to visit.