Bologna Food Experience: Factory Tours and Family-Style Lunch
by Italian Days Food Experience
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✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.€358Overview
This about 9-hour food tour in Bologna starts at 7 am in Piazza XX Settembre near the train station. Guests meet the guide and board a minivan or minibus with air conditioning for the day. The tour includes guided visits to three production sites between Bologna and Modena. First, the group visits a Parmigiano Reggiano cheese factory early in the morning to watch cheesemakers at work when the cheese is freshly made. You will see the production steps, touch the curd, taste cooked cheese, and visit the warehouse storing thousands of cheese wheels aging for at least a year. You will sample both young and aged Parmigiano Reggiano. Next, the tour continues to Monteveglio for a visit to the Prosciutto Factory Montevecchio. Here, the guide explains the curing process and regulations for making traditional prosciutto. Tastings include various local cured meats paired with Lambrusco wine. Afterward, a family-style Italian lunch is served. Finally, the group stops in Castelvetro di Modena for a visit to a traditional Balsamic vinegar producer. The visit begins with a breakfast featuring local salame, mortadella, homemade bread, cake, Lambrusco, and coffee. Then you enter the vinegar aging room to learn about the production and aging process, surrounded by barrels. The tour includes breakfast, tastings of all products, lunch with matching wines, tea and coffee, and round-trip transportation. An English-speaking guide provides explanations throughout. Dietary needs like vegetarian, gluten-free, or lactose-free menus must be requested at least three days before. There is no hotel pickup; the meeting point is fixed. Comfortable shoes are recommended.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Province of Modena
The tour begins with a 7 am pickup in Bologna by minivan or minibus, heading to the countryside between Modena and Bologna. The visit focuses on Parmigiano Reggiano cheese production, which happens early in the morning. Guests watch cheesemakers handle all production steps, touch the creamy curd, and taste cooked cheese. The tour includes seeing the warehouse filled with thousands of cheese wheels aging for at least 12 months. Tastings offer both young and aged cheese samples.
60 min
Monteveglio
The second stop is at Prosciutto Factory Montevecchio. Here, the guide explains the strict rules and long curing process behind traditional prosciutto. Guests sample prosciutto and other local cured meats paired with Lambrusco wine. This stop lasts about three hours and includes a family-style lunch afterward.
180 min
Castelvetro di Modena
The final stop is at a producer of Traditional Balsamic vinegar of Modena. After a breakfast featuring local salame, mortadella, homemade bread, cake, Lambrusco wine, and coffee, guests visit the aging room. The room contains many barrels where the vinegar matures over time. The guide explains the production process and the dedication needed for this local specialty.
120 min
Meeting point
Meeting time: 7:00am (Please arrive 5 mins before the set meeting time) The bus is departing at 7:05 am, it will not wait for late comers. NO HOTEL PICK UP PROVIDED You will back at Bologna around 5 pm.
End point
Meeting time: 7:00am (Please arrive 5 mins before the set meeting time) The bus is departing at 7:05 am, it will not wait for late comers. NO HOTEL PICK UP PROVIDED You will back at Bologna around 5 pm.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.
Additional info
Bologna Food Experience: Factory Tours and Family-Style Lunch
by Italian Days Food Experience
Choose from 1 available option
How do you want to book?
✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.€358Overview
This about 9-hour food tour in Bologna starts at 7 am in Piazza XX Settembre near the train station. Guests meet the guide and board a minivan or minibus with air conditioning for the day. The tour includes guided visits to three production sites between Bologna and Modena. First, the group visits a Parmigiano Reggiano cheese factory early in the morning to watch cheesemakers at work when the cheese is freshly made. You will see the production steps, touch the curd, taste cooked cheese, and visit the warehouse storing thousands of cheese wheels aging for at least a year. You will sample both young and aged Parmigiano Reggiano. Next, the tour continues to Monteveglio for a visit to the Prosciutto Factory Montevecchio. Here, the guide explains the curing process and regulations for making traditional prosciutto. Tastings include various local cured meats paired with Lambrusco wine. Afterward, a family-style Italian lunch is served. Finally, the group stops in Castelvetro di Modena for a visit to a traditional Balsamic vinegar producer. The visit begins with a breakfast featuring local salame, mortadella, homemade bread, cake, Lambrusco, and coffee. Then you enter the vinegar aging room to learn about the production and aging process, surrounded by barrels. The tour includes breakfast, tastings of all products, lunch with matching wines, tea and coffee, and round-trip transportation. An English-speaking guide provides explanations throughout. Dietary needs like vegetarian, gluten-free, or lactose-free menus must be requested at least three days before. There is no hotel pickup; the meeting point is fixed. Comfortable shoes are recommended.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Province of Modena
The tour begins with a 7 am pickup in Bologna by minivan or minibus, heading to the countryside between Modena and Bologna. The visit focuses on Parmigiano Reggiano cheese production, which happens early in the morning. Guests watch cheesemakers handle all production steps, touch the creamy curd, and taste cooked cheese. The tour includes seeing the warehouse filled with thousands of cheese wheels aging for at least 12 months. Tastings offer both young and aged cheese samples.
60 min
Monteveglio
The second stop is at Prosciutto Factory Montevecchio. Here, the guide explains the strict rules and long curing process behind traditional prosciutto. Guests sample prosciutto and other local cured meats paired with Lambrusco wine. This stop lasts about three hours and includes a family-style lunch afterward.
180 min
Castelvetro di Modena
The final stop is at a producer of Traditional Balsamic vinegar of Modena. After a breakfast featuring local salame, mortadella, homemade bread, cake, Lambrusco wine, and coffee, guests visit the aging room. The room contains many barrels where the vinegar matures over time. The guide explains the production process and the dedication needed for this local specialty.
120 min
Meeting point
Meeting time: 7:00am (Please arrive 5 mins before the set meeting time) The bus is departing at 7:05 am, it will not wait for late comers. NO HOTEL PICK UP PROVIDED You will back at Bologna around 5 pm.
End point
Meeting time: 7:00am (Please arrive 5 mins before the set meeting time) The bus is departing at 7:05 am, it will not wait for late comers. NO HOTEL PICK UP PROVIDED You will back at Bologna around 5 pm.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.