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From Parma: Parmesan, Parma Ham & Balsamic Vinegar Tour

4.7 / 5

87 reviews

Activity provider: Food Valley Travel
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    From Parma: Parmesan, Parma Ham & Balsamic Vinegar Tour

    Activity provider: Food Valley Travel

    4.7

    87 reviews

    From US$ 171.09 per person

    Discover 3 of the most famous Italian food products on this half-day tour from Parma. Taste Parmigiano-Reggiano, traditional balsamic vinegar, and Parma ham, and enjoy a traditional trattoria meal.

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    Duration 7.5 hours
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    Live tour guide
    English, Italian
    Wheelchair accessible

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Visit selected family-run producers of Parmigiano-Reggiano, balsamic vinegar, and Prosciutto di Parma
    • Take guided tours of the production sites with a tour guide
    • Sample the cheese and vinegar with included tastings
    • Relish an included tasting lunch at the ham producer with local wine
    Full description

    Get to know the delicious products of Parma on this guided half-day tour. See how they make Parmigiano Reggiano, discover the beautiful Parma countryside, and learn the secrets of balsamic vinegar.

    Leave from Parma in the morning and head toward the Highlands. Stop at a Parmigiano Reggiano cheese dairy and tour it with your guide. Learn every step of the natural process that leads to the “birth” of the king of all cheeses.

    Enter the impressive aging rooms and stand surrounded by 5000 Parmigiano Reggiano cheese wheels before tasting cheese of different ages and learning how it improves over time.

    Return to the bus and travel through the beautiful Parma countryside. Head inside a Parma ham factory and follow the journey of this prestigious ham, from careful meat selection to its meticulous aging. Taste the unique sweetness of Parma ham and other local cold cuts.

    Next, stop in a cozy trattoria and try the best of Parma cuisine. Dig into delicious starts, tortelli d’erbetta (homemade pasta filled with ricotta cheese and spinach), and a seasonal dessert paired with a glass of Lambrusco wine, water, and coffee.

    Finish your tour with a visit to a 300-year-old mansion dedicated to balsamic vinegar. Listen to the story of a family that considers vinegar its most precious gift in life and admire barrels filled with black gold, aged up to 25 years.

    Taste balsamic vinegar of different ages and discover unusual recipes before returning to Parma.

    Includes
    • Transportation
    • Guide
    • Entry tickets to all factories
    • Cheese, Parma ham, and balsamic vinegar tastings
    • Light lunch
      Not suitable for
      • People with mobility impairments

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      Meeting point

      • Meet just outside Parcheggio Toschi. There is parking available. • If you take the train to Parma, take the main exit from the station to Viale Paolo Borsellino and walk for about 10 - 12 minutes.

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      What to bring

      • Comfortable shoes
      • Camera
      • Closed-toe shoes

      Not allowed

      • Open-toed shoes

      Know before you go

      • The local partner will send you all the relevant details the day before your tour
      • There is parking available at the meeting point
      Customer reviews

      Overall rating

      4.7 /5

      based on 87 reviews

      Review summary

      • Guide
        4.6/5
      • Transportation
        4.7/5
      • Service
        4.8/5
      • Organization
        5/5

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      hello, guide tour was mostly exellent. Organization was perfect, we saw the production of parmiggano reggiano in details :-)), production of prosciuto di Parma we saw the end of the production, we was told how they make the acetto balsamico tradicionale. Food tasteing was prfect. Only thing which was a litle bit anoying was that the guide who was made a presentation on all tree places explaind in two languages english and italian despite the fact we chose italan language

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      March 25, 2023

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      Three totally different places. Everything was good. Parmesan - Lovely family buisness. Explained everything. After you got taste of everything. Parma Ham - Lots and lots of pig foots. Actually it was nice to know everything and taste different kind on ham. Balsamic vinegar - Small, very beatyful place with excellent taste of balsamic. Fantastic Overall everything was great, and we loved it!

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      March 25, 2023

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      GetYourGuide traveler – Estonia Verified booking

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      It was nice to be able to book as a single traveler. I took the train from Bologna to meet this tour. Totally worth it. I am so happy that we could see all stages of the making of Parmigiano Reggiano. It gave me a whole new appreciation for this cheese. The prosciutto part of the tour was good but they weren't processing on a Saturday. That was a bummer. Still, I have never seen so many pigs in one place and our tasting was delicious. It was weird to have the driver take us to all these places and not interact with us. Once we understood how the tour would work it was ok but that first stop was awkward to start.

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      March 25, 2023

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