Cheese tasting

In some specialised shops in the old town, you can experience the privilege of trying one of the most recognized artisan products of the archipelago: Flor de Guía Cheese, considered a unique cheese and recognized as the gastronomic jewel of the Canary Islands.

You cannot leave Santa María de Guía without trying its best-known and most recognized product: Queso de Flor, which many consider the gastronomic jewel of the Canary Islands. In the shops specialising in the sale of cheese that are located in the town centre and in the restaurants in the area, you can experience the privilege of trying this unique product, made by hand and following a tradition of more than four centuries with sheep's milk. raw and curdled with the flower of the thistle. You can also taste and buy in these establishments the other varieties of cheese that make up the D.O.P Queso de Flor de Guía: Media Flor cheeses and Quesos de Guía, which, unlike flower cheese, whose production is limited to the months of January to June, they can be found at any time of the year.