Zazriva

Stop 170 of 265 · Slovakia

Three cheeses on the loop, with something to drink beside it, something for the driver, and the road either side.

The cheeses

Korbacik

  • cow milk
  • pasta filata
Drink
A light Italian white — Verdicchio or FianoStretched-curd cheeses are mild and milky; anything heavy simply covers them.
Driving
Sparkling water with lemonStays out of the way, which is the point.
Eat with
Tomato, olive oil and torn breadMilky stretched curd wants nothing more than good oil and a ripe tomato.

Derived from the milk and the style of the cheese, not from local custom. A local will have opinions.

✎ Placed in this town by hand: Zazrivsky korbacik carries the village in its PGI name

Ostiepok

  • sheep milk
  • pasta filata
Drink
A light Italian white — Verdicchio or FianoStretched-curd cheeses are mild and milky; anything heavy simply covers them.
Driving
Sparkling water with lemonStays out of the way, which is the point.
Eat with
Tomato, olive oil and torn breadMilky stretched curd wants nothing more than good oil and a ripe tomato.

Derived from the milk and the style of the cheese, not from local custom. A local will have opinions.

✎ Placed in this town by hand: Zazriva is the centre of the Slovak PGI sheep cheeses

Parenica

  • cow milk
  • pasta filata
Drink
A light Italian white — Verdicchio or FianoStretched-curd cheeses are mild and milky; anything heavy simply covers them.
Driving
Sparkling water with lemonStays out of the way, which is the point.
Eat with
Tomato, olive oil and torn breadMilky stretched curd wants nothing more than good oil and a ripe tomato.

Derived from the milk and the style of the cheese, not from local custom. A local will have opinions.

✎ Placed in this town by hand: same PGI tradition and the same village

Parenica on Wikipedia

The road

Arriving fromLoštice228 km (142 mi) by road, about 3 h driving.
On toZakopane95 km (59 mi) by road, about 1 h 52 min driving.
ZazrivaLošticeZakopane

Every cheese on the loop has a drink for the driver as well as one for the passengers. On a driving tour, somebody is always driving.