Parma Cheese and Prosciutto Tasting Tour

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.

Meeting Point

Hotel NH Parma

Viale Paolo Borsellino, 31, 43122 Parma PR, Italy

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.
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What's included:

• 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
• Parma ham farmhouse tour
• Parma ham tasting with local bread and sparkling wine
• Headsets to hear the tour guide clearly
• Local expert guide

Not included:

• All items not explicitly included are excluded.

What to expect:

Duration: between 4 hours and 5 hours

Viale Paolo Borsellino, 31

Viale Paolo Borsellino, 31, 43122 Parma PR, Italy

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.

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Parma

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 hours

Langhirano

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 hours