Discover Parma’s Flavors: Parmigiano & Prosciutto Food Tour

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Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Reviews

Location

Parma

Duration

4 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 12 guests

Language

English, Italian

Other

Vegetarian, Family-friendly

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Explore the rich flavors of Italy on this Parmigiano & Prosciutto food tour. Visit authentic cheese and ham factories, enjoy tastings paired with local honey, wines, and discover ancient methods.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Visit a traditional Parmigiano Reggiano cheese factory and learn the secrets of one of the most celebrated ingredients of Italy. Watch the cheese makers at work see how the cheese is still produced following traditional methods. Watch the cheese makers pull the product from the milk vats and visit the shaping and salting rooms before going to the stagionatura where the cheese is aged.

Then, taste the delicious cheese with local wine. At the ham factory the tour commences with a brief introduction of the historical side of the production, from here you will visit the “cold stage”, where the fresh meats are processed. You will see the machines used for salting and the refrigeration/resting cells,the seasoning rooms.

At the end of the food tour there will be a taste of Parma ham a sparkling local wine.

What You Get

Parmigiano cheese tour and farmhouse visit

Pick up and Drop off in Central Parma nh Hotel next to the train station

Cheese tasting paired with sparkling wine

All items not explicitly included are excluded.

Good To Know

We kindly remind all guests that children of all ages must be included in the booking and are required to pay a fee, regardless of their age. This ensures we can provide sufficient space in the van for everyone. Unfortunately, if a child is not included in the reservation, we may not be able to accommodate them on the tour, as seating is limited.
Our tours will operate in bad weather as long as conditions are safe.
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Public transportation options are available nearby
No Luggage or large bags are allowed on the Van
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

Viale Paolo Borsellino, 31 (Pass By)

The tour starts early in the morning to reach a cheese factory and watch the Parmigiano Reggiano production. On the way you will see the typical countryside with the stables and the fields where grown up the specific dry and fresh forage fixed from Consortium for the cows that produce milk for Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.

Parma

Discover the secrets of Parmigiano Reggiano on a guided visit to a traditional caseificio (cheese factory) in Parma. Watch master cheese makers at work as they craft this iconic cheese, separating the whey and shaping it into its signature wheels. Follow the journey of the cheese through each stage of production. See the shaping and salting rooms, then step into the stagionatura where thousands of wheels age to perfection. Learn about the rigorous tests performed by the Consorzio, including the hammering of cheese wheels before the iconic fire branding ritual. Complete your experience with a tasting of Parmigiano Reggiano paired with sparkling regional wine.

2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

Langhirano

Immediately afterwards we will move to the prosciouttificio where Parma ham is produced. It will be possible to see the processing areas, refrigerated cells and aging cellars. It will also be possible to watch the processing in progress during the visit. At the end there will be a tasting of Prosciutto paired with wine from the Parma hills

3 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Hotel NH Parma, Viale Paolo Borsellino, Parma Provincia di Parma Emilia-Romagna, Italy, IT, 43122

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NH hotel: Parma station, north exit Falcone/Borsellino, reach the NH hotel on the right. Our Van wait at the bus parking area in front of the hotel . After 10 minutes passed the scheduled time for pick up the vehicle will leave for its destination. https://goo.gl/maps/rKRNJAmEfvqUW7YM8

End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.
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Reviews

4.6

based on 20 reviews

(Viator)

Cheese and ham tour

May 05, 2026

Very nice tour lad my Mattia who is very knowledgeable and good at his job. Included lots of Parma cheese and ham.

(TripAdvisor)

Highly educational and fun trip!

April 24, 2026

We chose this trip because they provided transportation and the groups were smaller. It was a wonderful experience! We learned so much over the day, enjoyed fresh DOP Parmesan cheese and Parma pros...read more

(Viator)

Best guide makes for best tour!

March 21, 2026

Our guide was beyond amazing! So knowledgeable! Patient with questions! Excellent friendly engaging personality! 10/10 couldn’t be better!!

(Viator)

Great tour

October 18, 2025

This was an enjoyable and informative experience. Matteo was excellent explained a complex process in easy to understand words. Both sites were well organized and we enjoyed meeeting the owners of ...read more

(Viator)

Informative and delicious

July 21, 2025

An excellent tour by the son of a cheese master showing his expertise and enthusiasm. Guide was particularly attentive to my needs due to my hearing disability.

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