Top Parma Day Trips

Book 24h in advance! Italy is known for its food but the region of Emilia Romagna might be the best swath of Italy for culinary delights. And this private half- or full-day food tour packs in all that is delicious in the region. Opt to drive yourself or to have a driver take you, and then commence this fulfilling journey of edible treats in one of Italy's most gastronomic regions. Visit a prosciutto producer and a maker of Parmigiano in Parma, for example. Expect to eat like a real 'buona forchetta," the Italian word for a good eater. On the full-day tour, learn about balsamic vinegar.

Dive deep into the world of Italian cuisine as you embark on a food tour that focuses on Parma ham and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Join a small group and visit a traditional Parmigiano factory to see how this famous cheese is made. Then, move on to a Parma ham factory to learn why this meat is so special.

Italian cuisine is loved across the world for its focus on fresh ingredients and big flavors. On this tour, visit traditional cheese, meat, and balsamic vinegar producers across Parma, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and Reggio-Emilia, and learn of the passion and pride than goes in to Italian food. With lunch and round-trip travel from central Parma included, savor the diverse flavors of Italy.

Discover the food of Parma during a day-long private tour of the city's culinary highlights. The experience includes a visit to a Parmigiano-Reggiano factory, a Parma ham production house, and a balsamic vinegar "acetaia" as well as a traditional local restaurant for lunch and wine. When you book, you can opt to have included transport or use your own vehicle to save a few euros.

Discover Parma’s culinary scene on a half-day food tour that includes lunch and wine. Visit a local Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese maker and a Parma ham producer, where you’ll learn about the city’s two most famous exports. End at a restaurant for a 3-course meal that features typical dishes like pasta, salami, and dessert, plus coffee and regional wine like Lambrusco and Malvasia. This tour operates in two ways: either your own car with a guide or with a tour driver and vehicle.

On this private, half-day tour, discover why the Emilia-Romagna region is world-famous amongst food lovers. Follow your guide to a dairy where Parmigiano Reggiano is produced, learn how the “king of cheese” is made, and enjoy samples. You also do plenty of tasting when you visit a Prosciutto di Parma producer. In between, pause for a photo opportunity foothills of the medieval village of Torrechiara, famed for its enormous castle.

Go behind the scenes to find out how one of Italy's most famous cheeses is made with this 2-hour tours of a parmigiano-reggiano cheese factory in Parma. Cap off your tour with a cheese tasting with local wine and honey.

Birthplace of parmesan, prosciutto, and balsamic vinegar, it’s no surprise that Parma is considered the capital of Emilia Romagna’s “Food Valley”. With this private food tour, enjoy exclusive access to small producers and learn how authentic Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, Prosciutto di Parma ham, and Aceto Balsamico are made and aged. Relax over tastings at each stop and end with lunch featuring local ham, cheese, and ravioli served with wine.

Skip the tourist food on your trip to Parma, and discover the local delicacies for which the Emilia Romagna region is famed. On a day-long tour, you’ll visit the producers of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, Parma ham, and Modena balsamic vinegar, enjoying tours and tastings at each site. Even better: Numbers are capped at just eight per tour, for a more intimate small-group experience.

Parmigiano-Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma are two of Italy’s most beloved delicacies, and both are produced in the Parma countryside. Delve into the world of elite Italian cheese and ham with this tour that includes a stop at a local cheesemaker for a tour and tasting. Then continue on to a nearby ham producer to see how prosciutto is salted and cured before sampling precious slices yourself.

Feast your senses on the rich flavors and enticing aromas of gourmet Italian products during a private half- or full-day tour of the Emilia Romagna region from Milan. Opt to drive yourself or be transported by a private chauffeur, and then delve into the region’s rich culinary traditions with an expert gastronome guide. Discover the secrets behind artisan production methods and visit a Parma ham producer and cheese dairy to savor delicious samples. Feast upon a traditional Italian lunch in an ambient wine cellar and receive the undivided attention of your guide on this private tour.

The verdant hills and vineyards around Parma produce some of the most famous foods of the Emilia Romagna region. On this private tour, sample traditional delicacies including Prosciutto di Parma, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, and Culatta. Visit a local dairy and Prosciutto plant to learn how these specialities are made, enjoy a glass of DOC Parma Hills wine, and admire the views from Torrechiara Castle (Castello di Torrechiara).

First, you will set off for your first stop at the world-famous Ferrari museum in Maranello. Learn all about the history of Ferrari and live the dream through exhibitions of images, vintage cars and F1 single-seaters. The guide will lead you through the museum. Optionally you can also have the chance to drive one of the most famous car in the world. The second stop will be at Sant’Agata Bolognese, the home town of Lamborghini. You’ll visit the new Lamborghini Museum. Engines, models and photos help provide visitors with a complete overview of the history of this automotive saga, which is continuing in the slipstream of Ferruccio Lamborghini’s first visionary idea. Then, we’ll reach Borgo Panicale, where the historic Ducati motorcycle factory is located. You’ll visit the Museum that, divided into nine main sections, it reiterates the chronology of over fifty years of Ducati's evolution from a small electrical company to a motorcycling giant.

The highlight of this day-long tour is Italy’s most prestigious cold cut, Culatello di Zibello. Discover its ancient tradition and take a glimpse of so-called Bassa parmense region, part of the Parma province well-known for its fogs and particular microclimat. Experience includes also a visit to a Parmigiano Reggiano factory and a local winery in order to offer a full immersion to the gastronomic traditions of the region.

Visit first a Parmigiano Reggiano factory where you’ll learn how the famous cheese is made and where you'll enjoy a tasting of three different aging of cheese. From here we’ll reach a Parma Ham factory where you'll learn the history and you'llvisit the “cold stage”, where the fresh meats are processed; end your tour with a tasting of Parma ham and savor its sweetness and unique flavor. Then we’ll have a stop for a delicious traditional 4-course Italian meal in a typical restaurant near the beautiful Castle. Will be served local products, such as tortelli di erbetta e zucca, Parma Ham, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and local wines. After lunch, we’ll reach a famous winery that produces white and red wine from this area. It will be possible to walk around the vineyard and then move inside the cellars, where experts will explain the winemaking process up bottling. At the end of the visit there will be a tasting of three different types of white and red wines.

This bike tour takes you through Parma’s lovely countryside to a Parmigiano Reggiano factory, where you’ll learn about the production of this beloved cheese. Ride to a beer factory to sample delicious draft beers and visit a winery for lunch and a wine tasting. Walk through the vineyard to Torrechiara Castle and tour the castle with a local expert before your excursion concludes.

The very best of Emilia delicacies in just one day: Parmigiano, Parma ham and Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale. Treasures that a tireless tradition has brought through the centuries, and that have made the name of this region and its cities a synonym of gastronomic excellence all over the world. Go through the productive processes, regulated by an ancient knowledge, and the tasting will be even more unforgettable.

Highlights of the experience: • Unique experience in Vintage Car, • Historical family owned Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese dairy with tasting, • Local family owned producer of Prosciutto di Parma with tasting/lunch, • All the visits are made directly by the producers, • Dedicated services and discount at Fidenza Village

Would you like to learn about the history of the Parmigiano-Reggiano and the Parma ham? Two wonderful products of a city that is very focused on food, but it is also the home of a beautiful castle with a very romantic history.