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.
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.
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
Our driver was 25 minutes late, which caused us to miss part of the production process of the parmesan cheese. Frank did a great job of explaining each step, and the tour was interesting, but the driving situation did create some complications.
Very nice tour lad my Mattia who is very knowledgeable and good at his job. Included lots of Parma cheese and ham.
We chose this trip because they provided transportation and the groups were smaller. It was a wonderful experience! We learned so much over the day, enjoyed fresh DOP Parmesan cheese and Parma proscuitto with wines, and chatted with both our guide and the other visitors. It is a very in-depth tour with plenty of time for questions and photos. Highly recommend!
Our guide was beyond amazing! So knowledgeable! Patient with questions! Excellent friendly engaging personality! 10/10 couldn’t be better!!
This was an enjoyable and informative experience. Matteo was excellent explained a complex process in easy to understand words. Both sites were well organized and we enjoyed meeeting the owners of the facilities. Enjoyed the tasting and wine and appreciated how Claudio at the Proscuito site made sure we all had enough Prosciito.
An excellent tour by the son of a cheese master showing his expertise and enthusiasm. Guide was particularly attentive to my needs due to my hearing disability.
We booked a tour and paid for train tickets apart to be at meeting point in the morning it was really cold 🥶 and we waited for the guide to show up there was nobody there. We called the tour guy and he was not professional at all he said sorry tour was canceled they never call us to let us know about it and they don’t care about the kids being frozen he just hang up the phone be careful with this company terrible people .
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour! Matteo was so knowledgeable and gave such clear information in a very fun way. Very personable and engaging. The two factories were so interesting. We loved it!
Mateo was very informative. His humor added to the experience. To be able to purchase the items to bring to my family.
A thoroughly enjoyable trip. Efficient and comfortable transport, friendly and informative guide. Nothing not to like!
Walking through 100s of curing hams was intense. Viewing the entire valley marking the DOP was impressive. Tasting the product-delicious!
Picked up from our air bnb on time. Loved that it was a small group, felt like a private tour!! The tour was informative and the tasting was generous.
I highly recommend this tour and Mattia was an outstanding guide! He is knowledgeable, enthusiastic and was able to answer all of my questions! Fascinating industry, so much to learn! Fun, interesting and delicious prosciutto tasting!
The tour was great! Seen the whole process and was able to taste some of the beautiful parma ham. Our guide Mattia was very informative and also gave us all the history of the actual valley and region of the parma ham. Also he English was very good and easy to understand
Our guide, Mattia, did a great job! We were loaded with questions and he was very able to answer them, provide background information, and even give insights on why certain processes were done the way they were. We were amazed by the amount of work and the number of hams ‘hanging.’ A very eye opening and informative experience. On very small negative - it would have been nice to see the factory working, but we arrived during their lunch and missed the action. Dang! Nevertheless, it did not take away from a great day! Thank you, Mattia! On very small negative - it would have been nice to see the factory working, but we arrived during their lunch and missed the action. Dang! Nevertheless, it did not take away from a great day!
Very friendly, good english. Very nice. Proscuitto tastes good. :-) It was a very beatiful day. The informations were very specific and very good.
In summary, an exhaustive tour with good quality/price ratio to which I would add a note for the guides: punctual, friendly, professional.
Très professionnel, lieu de rendez vous, horaire, visite, disponibilité et intérêt de bien faire. Parfait
Fabrique familiale superbe. Chance d'avoir été accueilli par la famille, d'une grande gentillesse. Très agréable. Enfants impressionnés et ravis. Attention : adresse VIATOR non indiquée, mauvaise info reçue pour nous qui a failli nous priver de ce moment superbe
The tour was complete. The guide was very friendly and could speak good English. The tasting was very luxurious and very tasty.
Boeking werd lang geleden reeds bevestigd op de gevraagde datum, op het gekozen uur en in de gekozen taal. Toen ik enkele dagen vooraf Viator contacteerde voor duidelijkere info over het vertrekpunt ( Waar precies in Parma vertrekken we ?) , kon het ineens niet meer in de gevraagde taal en op het gevraagde uur. Het bezoek werd dan maar gecanceld. Jammer !!!!Terugbetaling van de kosten werd ons beloofd. We zijn benieuwd! De communicatie verliep ook steeds ih engels terwijl de voucher die we ontvingen in het NL was en het tel.nr dat ik ingaf ergens in Amsterdam ???????
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