Season: All year

Operating Days: Daily

This is a private experience

Minimum # of participants: Minimum 2 – Maximum 8 people

This experience is for all ages (adults and children)

Starting time: 8.30am (From Parma – tour can be booked also from Bologna, Modena, Milan, Florence, Verona – quotes on request)

Duration of the experience: 7 hours

Included: English speaking authorized guide (until lunch included); Guided visit to a Parmigiano-Reggiano dairy with final tasting; Picture stop at the Castle of Torrechiara; Guided visit to a Prosciutto di Parma producer; Full typical lunch at a farm-to-table restaurant / agriturismo / wine maker; guided visit to a producer of real Traditional Balsamic Vinegar with final tasting

Meet our guide in Parma and go visit an authentic producer of Parmigiano-Reggiano. Discover how the King of all cheeses has been made in the same way since the benedictine monks invented it centuries ago: you’ll first see the the hand making, then the salt pools and finally the “wheel cathedrals”, real walls of cheese in a single room. Tasting at the end. Proceed with a photo stop at the medieval village of Torrechiara dominated by its romantic castle: For sure the most spectacular amidst the Castles of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza and Northern Italy, dating back to 1448 DC, built by Sir Pier Maria Rossi for his lover Bianca Pellegrini. After this, visit to one of the family-run ham factories producing the mythical Prosciutto di Parma. You will get to know why the best ham can only be made in the hills of Parma, where the Marino wind blows from the Ligurian Sea through the so-called Food Valley of Italy. Full lunch based on the typical products of the territory in a farm-to-table restaurant: Parmigiano, Prosciutto as well as other kind of local cold cuts, a typical filled pasta dish (tortelli di Parma), homemade cakes. All paired up with local wines like Lambrusco and Malvasia! In the afternoon, transfer to the province of Reggio Emilia OR Modena for a guided visit + final tasting at a family run production site of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar PDO.