Parmigiano, Prosciutto and Traditional balsamic Tour from Bologna

The tour guide was very informative and we learned a lot about each stop. The food and samples were very good as was the lunch.

Great experience if you are interested in learning about Parmesan Reggiona Balsamic Vinegar and prosciutto Ilaria is extremely knowledgeable and a wonderful fun guide

Great experience. Highly recommend this tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and provided an experience better than expected.

The best tour of the trip! Amazing food, history, and overall experience. The guide was very knowledgeable and friendly.

I highly recommend this tour! Ilaria was a wonderful guide! All three visits were unique, interesting, and had samples of their delicious, artisanal food. It was a great pleasure to spend the day!

My wife, adult daughter and I had a private tour, driven and guided by Ilaria. She picked us up at our hotel and took us first to a Parmigiano factory that was about a hour away. We donned protective gowns and went right on the factory floor. Ilaria took us step by step through the entire cheese making process. We moved at our own pace, without any time pressure. Then, we had a taste of this cheese at various ages. We left the cheese factory and drove 40 minutes to a private villa that also produced Balsamic vinegar. We were greeted with wine/coffee and then led upstairs to the Balsamic aging room. Every step of the process was explained by staff. Then we went downstairs to a dining room for a wonderful lunch. We were greeted by the owner, who described what we would be having and offered the recipe. Our final stop was at a Prosciutto factory. Once again, Ilaria led us through the factory’s floors and explained everything. We stood about four feet from a worker putting lard on hams by hand to seal them. This tour was a fantastic experience! Everything we experienced was genuine; not a put-on show for tourists. It turned out that Ilaria owned this particular tour company and it’s called “Bologna Gourmet.” We are “foodies” and believe this tour company’s name says it all. I very highly recommend this tour, which was worth every penny!

Our day spent with Ilaria left us with many special memories of Bologna’s prosciutto, Parmesan, and balsamic vinegar highly regarded production process. Everywhere we stopped, the estate and factory owners /managers welcomed us with personable hospitality. Ilaria made great effort to also explain life in the countryside as our tour moved. It was a great day and highly recommend.

This is a day full of variety and learning, with the extra bonus of delicious food. Our guide gave us interesting background information on Bologna's history and culture and was very knowledgeable about the foods that are particular to this part of Italy.

Ilaria, our guide and driver was excellent. She is knowledgeable with a deep knowledge of the regions around Bologna. We were picked up by Hotel Touring. The parmigiana experience at a local farm was excellent. Wish we could get there early enough to see the renin added to the milk. Tasting of aged parmigiana was very good. The balsamic vineyard experience was eye opening. The lunch with the pairing with charcuterie and then risotto was very good. So we decided to to buy aged balsamic. After a food coma, we visited a prosciutto aging plant. Never seen so many legs of ham hanging to be cured. I would do it again with friends.

We had a wonderful time with Ilaria, enjoying learning about the history of the region as we drove to the various parmigiano, prosciutto and balsamic locations. Ilaria took time to explain the processes at each location, ensuring we had lots of time for tastings. We highly recommend a tour with Ilaria, we have very fond memories of our tour and our time together, including the wonderful recipe she shared with us!