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Parmigiano-Reggiano & Culatello di Zibello Small Group Experience
6 h
Small Group
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Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Ciaolatte, Via Muroni 28, 43015, Noceto Italy
Guided tour of the making of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese with final tasting of different agings.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Antica Corte Pallavicina, Strada Palazzo Due Torri 3 38 km da Parma, 43016 Polesine Parmense Italy
11 :15 am: visit to a unique farm in Italy where you’ll be able to admire local fruit and vegetable cultivations, local black pigs, many other farm animals and the vineyard where local wines are made, to learn how the real « farm to table » concept works...
To follow : welcoming to Antica Corte Pallavicina, a medieval court where you’ll admire the new Museum of Culatello di Zibello, to learn the history and making of this amazing product with instructive audio guides and the aging cellars dating back to the XII century, where the “king of the cured meats” Culatello di Zibello rests for years… People like Prince Charles of England and Prince Alberto of Monaco have discovered this “hidden secret” and felt in love with it...
The prosecution of the museum will be open-air, along a new fascinating path called « Po Forest » where it will be possible to see, between other points of interest, the free range local black pigs…
Tasting session/lunch at the end of the visit with a large selection of the production of the farm including : Culatello di Zibello, Salame Gentile, Strolghino di Culatello, lard and Cotto Spigaroli (cooked ham), Giardiniera (pickled vegetables), homemade focaccia, paired with 2 different wines: dry Lambrusco and Fortana del Taro.
02:00 - 02 :45 pm Return to Parma and end of the experience.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Fidenza Village, Via Federico Fellini, 1, 43036, Fidenza Italy
Free time to shop or just relax with some special services such as: welcome drink, VIP Card for 10% additional discount, Hands-free shopping and € 5,00 voucher to use in one of the food corners of the village.
Duration: 1 hour
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Ciaolatte, Via Muroni 28, 43015, Noceto Italy
Guided tour of the making of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese with final tasting of different agings.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Antica Corte Pallavicina, Strada Palazzo Due Torri 3 38 km da Parma, 43016 Polesine Parmense Italy
11 :15 am: visit to a unique farm in Italy where you’ll be able to admire local fruit and vegetable cultivations, local black pigs, many other farm animals and the vineyard where local wines are made, to learn how the real « farm to table » concept works...
To follow : welcoming to Antica Corte Pallavicina, a medieval court where you’ll admire the new Museum of Culatello di Zibello, to learn the history and making of this amazing product with instructive audio guides and the aging cellars dating back to the XII century, where the “king of the cured meats” Culatello di Zibello rests for years… People like Prince Charles of England and Prince Alberto of Monaco have discovered this “hidden secret” and felt in love with it...
The prosecution of the museum will be open-air, along a new fascinating path called « Po Forest » where it will be possible to see, between other points of interest, the free range local black pigs…
Tasting session/lunch at the end of the visit with a large selection of the production of the farm including : Culatello di Zibello, Salame Gentile, Strolghino di Culatello, lard and Cotto Spigaroli (cooked ham), Giardiniera (pickled vegetables), homemade focaccia, paired with 2 different wines: dry Lambrusco and Fortana del Taro.
02:00 - 02 :45 pm Return to Parma and end of the experience.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Fidenza Village, Via Federico Fellini, 1, 43036, Fidenza Italy
Free time to shop or just relax with some special services such as: welcome drink, VIP Card for 10% additional discount, Hands-free shopping and € 5,00 voucher to use in one of the food corners of the village.
Duration: 1 hour
Included
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Beverages
- Food tasting
- Wine tasting
- Driver
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Snacks
- Bottled water
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Entry/Admission - Ciaolatte
- Entry/Admission - Antica Corte Pallavicina
Not included
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infant seats available
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Infant meals not included
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Please note that the locations mentioned in the program might change for availability reasons with similar ones.
- Please pay attention to the program that the tour provider will send you before the departure date through the Viator message center
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
Features
Tourism
65%
Cultural
50%
Original
25%
Reviews
My friend and I had a great tour of the Parma region by visiting a small diary that made Parmigiano-Reggioano cheese and learning about the entire process (my favorite part was the smell of being in the aging room with 6000+ wheels of cheese), followed by the obligatory tasting of many of their cheese products (24 and 36 month aged Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, Parmigiano whipped mousse, butter, gelato, etc.) and also visiting a Culatello black pig farm and aging cellar. This was complimented with lunch of local hams, salamis and cheeses at a very nice restaurant just above the Culatello Museum (which you get access to). The tour guides were great, and really proud of their region and the contributions to the culinary world, and were full of advice and information about the requirements to call anything "Parmigiano-Reggiano" or "Culatello". The only part of the tour that was a little awkward was at the end they brought us to an outlet mall to do some shopping which didn't really fit with the theme of the tour. If it had been to a local Parma marketplace to buy cheese and ham it would have made more sense. That said it was still a very good tour and took about 6 hours, and we got taken around by a private driver in a Mercedes so what was not to enjoy?