Bologna Food Experience: Factory tours & Family-Style Lunch

Overview

Available languages

English

9 hours

Mobile ticket

IMPORTANT! NO HOTEL PICK UP

Meeting POINT. 7 am in Piazza XX Settembre, nearby the trainstation in Bologna.

What's included:

- FACTORY/PRODUCTION SITES TOUR

– Pick up at 7am at in central Bologna (no later pick up available)

– Guided tour with English speaking guide

– Transfer in comfortable minivan or minibus

- Generose tastings of all products, breakfast with wine and coffee and multicourse italian-style lunch included

– Please notify us with your diet requirements (vegetarian, gluten or lactose free menu available) AT LEAST 3 DAYS IN ADVANCE

or we won't be able to cater for you.

Guests joining from outside Bologna can contact us to arrange for a different meeting point if driving.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Comfortable shoes are recommended

The minivan/minibus we use are disinfected as required by law before and after each tour

If you have any symtoms like fever, cough or exhaustion, you are not allowed to join the tour. Please inform us immediately should you feel unwell before or during the tour

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Lunch with matching wines

Alcoholic Beverages

Driver/guide

Air-conditioned vehicle

Breakfast

Round Trip Trasportation from and to Bologna

Coffee and/or Tea

Food tastings

Gratuities

What To Expect

Province of Modena

We’ll start this incredible journey with an early pick up (around 7:00am) in Bologna with our private minivan or minibus to head to the countryside between Modena and Bologna. Why so early? Parmigiano Reggiano doesn’t wait! It’s made only in the early morning and we want you to get in action ASAP! We will see the cheesemakers taking care of all the production steps right before your eyes. You can touch the creamy curd, taste the cooked cheese and get absolutely stunned by the warehouse, where thousands of wheels all around you wait at least 12 months to be “baptized” as Parmigiano Reggiano. Time to taste it, what’d you expect? Young or aged, creamy or crunchy, delicate or intense: you can decide which of the 2 different-age samples is your favorite… or just love them both!

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable

Monteveglio

Third and last excellence to meet: meat (pun intended)! Prosciutto Factory Montevecchio’s products will conquer your palate with its fragrant smell, buttery texture and delicate savoriness. We’ll learn about the strict regulations, the long curing process, and the tremendous care necessary to transform only 2 ingredients into a typical product with unique characteristics. We’ll taste its wholesomeness and genuineness with other local charcuteries and a glass of Lambrusco, before a proper lunch is served!

3 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Options

Italian Days Food Experience

Reviews

4.97

1,171 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

1146

Fascinating factories and the most epic lunch
KillerGiraffe,
Nov 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Genuinely interesting tours of the factories. You'll learn loads and come away with respect for old traditions and the craft of very fine food. But this tour is so much more than that. You get to taste and appreciate the food, plus sit down for a generous breakfast before a huge, riotous lunch. The music comes on, food never stops appearing, the wine flows and before you know it, everyone's up and dancing. Absolutely epic. Our guides Eleanor and Roberta were brilliant.
Best tour on our Europe trip
julie s,
Nov 2, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
The guide was fun, informative, and interactive. Food and wine was really good too. You will leave full.
So much food and wine!
LizHWI,
Nov 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This is quite a wonderful experience. This tour goes to a Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese factory, to a small balsamic vinegar producer, and to a prosciutto factory, and then there's lunch. I like we had 5 bottles of wine served to us and limoncello, and lots of courses of food when you're probably still full from the breakfast you got the balsamic vinegar farm. And it turns into somewhat of show and song and dance party. We had so much fun. Our guide Federico and bus driver Roberta were wonderful and showed us a great time!
Food tour Emiglia Romana
Marcelo R,
Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
This tour takes almost all day long from 7:00 AM untill 4 PM and includes a very good breakfast and lunch. The guide leads you throgh cheese, aceto balsamic and prosciutto factories (real ones, not tourist atractions). Very animated guide that entretain the tourists with information and makes the activity a fun and joyful time. Do not go for this tour if you have limit of time.
Awesome Tour!!
Justin W,
Oct 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
This tour is an absolute must if you are traveling to Bologna. Our tour guide was amazing and very knowledgeable. It was awesome to see everything from start to finish for the making of parmigiana reggiano, balsamic and the prosciutto. We also got some balsamic shipped home to the states.
Fantastic, memorable experience
caitlinbJ7900PJ,
Oct 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Fantastic, memorable experience. Very informative and fun. We had a lot to eat and drink after visiting the factories and having some tastings. Highly recommend.
What a fabulous day...
Amy D,
Oct 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
What a fabulous day getting outside of Bologna! It was as much about learning about cheese, balsamic and prosciutto as it was about experiencing the amazing and fun hospitality of our tour hosts! Come hungry and you’ll have a blast! Thank you Frederico and Roberta!
Fun day!
paisha1,
Oct 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We spent today on this grand tour! Visiting three operations (cheese, balsamic vinegar, prosciutto). It was highly educational. You will have the opportunity to learn a ton, and if you are a foodie or enjoy cooking, you will be enchanted. After the tours, there is lunch with fantastic food and plentiful wine. And lots of dancing! Really a fun day.
Fantastico
Janice V,
Oct 22, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
What an amazing experience! Couldn’t wait to see the Parmesan, Balsamic and Prosciutto factories and it was everything we hoped for! Our guide Federico was fantastic! Sorry if I misspelled your name! Don’t hesitate to book this tour!
Five Stars for a Reason!
TvlforGood,
Oct 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
A must do! So fascinating to see behind the curtain on what goes on in making these fabulous & yummy Italian products. Our tour guide really knew her stuff. The lunch at the end had so much food & drink & so much fun. Pace yourself with the food. There are many courses.