Things to do in Province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna: The Best Day Trips from

This tour is all you have to know about the production of Parma’s traditional products: Parmigiano Reggiano and Parma Ham. After the pick up at the meeting point, you will ride to "Casello" where the milk is cooked and the process of cheese making begins. Then your tour leader will take you to visit the brine room. These cheesemakers will explain the secrets of milk processing and you will see how the artisan cheese diaries work with their hands. You will have the opportunity to see the full process of how the experts make the famous cheese. Before leaving the factory, you will enjoy a glass of wine with Parmigiano Reggiano. The tour continues to Parma Ham’s factory. The process starts with the arrival of the fresh pork legs then the experts will proceed with salting, resting, washing, drying, curing, greasing and branding. After exploring each step of Ham producing, you will taste the Parma Ham paired with a glass of wine.

Inclusions: Parmigiano Reggiano tasting , Air-conditioned vehicle, Parma Ham tasting

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Enjoy this full day tour to discover the typical Emilia Romagna products. Visit a cheese factory, smell the flavour of Parma Ham and visit the Torrechiara Castle.

Inclusions: • Pick-up and drop off in Parma , • Professional Driving Guide, • Visit to Parmigiano factory, • Visit to Parma Ham factory, • Parmigiano Reggiano, Parma Ham and wine tastings, • Entry Ticket to Torrechiara Castle

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Bike across the fascinating countryside around Parma. Visit the famous Torrechiara Castle with your local expert guide. Enter a beer factory and discover the secrets of its production. Enjoy a full lunch at a local winery with friends and family.

Inclusions: Local expert guide, Storytelling, Insurance, Beer and wine tasting, Full lunch, Visit at the Torrechiara Castle, Lunch, Alcoholic Beverages

Exclusions: Anything not mentioned in inclusions

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.

Inclusions: Private transportation, Qualified private guide, Tasting of Parmigiano, local cold cuts and Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale, Rich tasting at the ham factory

Exclusions: Tips

Enjoy your travel from Florence to Milan with stop in Parma on the way to admire this enchanting city, without the hassle of trains and planes and with the gift of an additional visit experience. Sit back and begin your journey!

Inclusions: Pick Up at your hotel in Florence if centrally located, Drop off at your Hotel in Milan if centrally located, Transport by deluxe air-conditioned vehicle with WIFI on board, English/Italian speaking driver, 3 hours stop in Parma

Exclusions: Entrance tickets to museums, monuments and churches, Guide services, Gratuities, Everything not mentioned as Included

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.

Inclusions: Pick-up and drop off in Parma, Ferrari Museum ticket entrance, Lamborghini Museum ticket entrance, Local and Professional Driving guide

Exclusions: Lunch

Famous for its fine cheese (parmigiano) and ham, this attractive historic town has settled in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. In the 2nd century BC, the Romans founded this city on the Parma River, which divides it into two parts. Today, Parma is an important road and railway junction in the direction of Milan and Bologna. The most impressive and historically richest is the cathedral square of Parma, called Piazza Duomo. This attractive cobbled square is surrounded by historic buildings, of which are the Duomo, the adjoining Campanile (bell tower) and the striking Battistero (baptistery), the most famous. Every visitor who arrives here will find an important art gallery, museums, frescoed churches, good shopping, charming historic lanes and of course the rich local cuisine.

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, WiFi on board

Exclusions: Coffee and/or Tea

This tour departing from Bologna will take you to visit the food Valley of Parma. You can visit the production in all its phases of Parmigiano Reggiano and at the end taste the various maturations. Then you will visit a historic producer of Parma Ham where you can discover how one of the most loved products of Italian cuisine is born. Following a typical lunch in a local restaurant

Inclusions: Private transportation, Air-conditioned vehicle, Visit and tasting of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese factory, Visit and tasting Dop Parma Ham Producer, Lunch in a typical restaurant

Exclusions: Gratuities