Along the Via Emilia: flavours, scents and colors
1 day
Arrival in Bologna.
Illustrative tour in Bologna city center with stop in a typical coffee shop.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay in Bologna.
2 day
In Bologna city center visit to a Mortadella PGI production, to the Covered Market and to a historical chocolate shop.
Show about fresh pasta preparation and lunch in a restaurant with the just prepared Bologna’s famous tortellini (stuffed pasta).
In the afternoon visit to the Regional Winery in Dozza, inside the ancient village.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay in Bologna.
3 day
On the way to Ravenna, stop near Faenza to visit an olive grove of Brisighella PDO oil and visit to a Romagna wines cellar with tasting-lunch of typical products (example: piadina and Squacquerone PDO cheese). In the afternoon visit to Ravenna old town and mosaics.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay in Bologna.
4 day
Check-out
Transfer to Parma.
Stop in Maranello to visit Ferrari Museum and then visit to a PGI Modena Traditional Balsamic Vinegar cellar with tasting-lunch with tigelle (typical bread) and typical cold cuts. In the afternoon visit to a distillery producing artisan liqueurs.
Continuation to Parma; free dinner and overnight stay in Parma.
5 day
Visit to a cheese factory of Parmigiano-Reggiano PDO with tasting of this delicious food.
Visit to the Torrechiara castle and its village imbued with loves and battles.
Then visit to a Colli di Parma wines cellar with tasting-lunch of typical products and local cold cuts.
In the afternoon, visit to a ham factory and to a Black Pig farm for the production of the sweet PDO Parma Ham.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay in Parma.
6 day
In the morning visit to Parma old town center and to the most charming monuments such as the red marble Baptistery, the wooden Farnese Theatre and the Romanesque Cathedral frescoed by Correggio.
Transfer to the Bassa Parmense (Parma Lowlands) and visit to the aging cellars of Zibello Culatello PDO; lunch in a restaurant.
In the afternoon visit to a Culatello di Zibello production laboratory to discover the aging secrets. Then visit to the new multi-media itinerary inside the nearby Giuseppe Verdi’s birthplace.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay in Parma.
7 day
Transfer to Piacenza.
Visit to a Coppa di Piacenza and PDO Piacenza Bacon farm.
Visit to a Piacenza hills winery with tasting-lunch.
Free time for dinner and overstay night in Parma.
8 day
Breakfast, check-out and departure.
Price per person in double room, for groups of min. 10 people: € 595,00.
The price includes:
n. 3 nights in hotel*** in Bologna with breakfast; n. 4 night in hotel*** or in a agritourism in Parma with breakfast; small gift for participants and welcome kit; tasting in coffee shop; Mortadella manufacture visit and tasting; chocolate visit and tasting; fresh pasta show; lunch in restaurant with beverages in Bologna; visit and tasting in winery in Dozza; visit and tasting of oil in Brisighella; visit and tasting in winery in Romagna; lunch tasting with beverages; visit with tasting in vinegar cellar; visit with tasting in distillery; visit with tasting of Parmigiano-Reggiano; visit and tasting at Colli di Parma wine cellar; tasting-lunch with beverages in Parma province; Parma Ham visit and tasting; Culatello di Zibello production and cellar visit; lunch in restaurant with beverages in Parma province; visit with tasting at the Coppa and Bacon of Piacenza production; tasting-lunch with beverages in wine cellar.
The price doesn’t include:
Guided tours, entrance fees, transfers, tips and anything not expressly mentioned under “The price includes”.
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