Parmigiano-Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma are two of Italy’s most beloved delicacies, and both are produced in the Parma countryside. Delve into the world of elite Italian cheese and ham with this tour that includes a stop at a local cheesemaker for a tour and tasting. Then continue on to a nearby ham producer to see how prosciutto is salted and cured before sampling precious slices yourself.

Learn about both Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and Prosciutto di Parma ham
Transportation to avoid the hassle of following a map on the country roads
Stops for tours and demonstrations at two authentic cheese and ham producers
Parmigiano and prosciutto tastings accompanied by local wines

What's Included

Parmigiano Reggiano tasting
Parma Ham tasting
Visit to Parma Ham Factory
Visit Parmigiano Reggiano Factory
Air-conditioned vehicle
Professional driver and staff

Gratuities (optional)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

08:30 AM

What To Expect

Parma (Pass By)

Parma

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Parma

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation

Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
Please choose the nearest pick up point to your accommodation from the available options.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Elizabeth_R

Amazing tour experience!! This tour with Loris was easily the highlight of our trip to Italy. Throughout the morning, Loris not only shared his deep expertise but also personal experiences related to the foods and culture of the area. Easily one of the best guides I have ever had. I highly recommend this experience.

Reviews

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Fabulous tour of prisciutto and parmigiano-reggiano production.

Ralph_W, Apr 2024

The tour was very enjoyable and informative. Our guide, Loris was very personable and explained every step in the producion of Parmiagiano-Reggiano cheese and Prosciutto di Parma. We got to sample the chees aged for different times and had a wonderful lunch of prosciutto paired with wines. I’d definitely recommend this to anyone.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing this feedback and letting us know about your experience. Glad to know that you enjoyed the tour and had an amazing experience with our team. Thank you for the good opinion you have created for the guide, and many thanks for those words of appreciation. We appreciate that you recommend the tour to other customers too. Hope to have you again in our upcoming tours in the near future, in order to give you more experiences like this one. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Excellent Tour! Great Guide! Two thumbs up!

Susan_B, Apr 2024

What a wonderful experience! Our guide was so knowledgeable, warm and friendly. So much information, up close and personal tour. Would highly recommend with no hesitation at all! Generous tastings! You won’t be disappointed.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Dear Customer, Thank you for taking your time and sharing the feedback of your experience with us. We are happy to know that you had a wonderful experience and liked our guide's work. Thank you for recommending this tour to other customers, we really appreciate it. Hope to have you again in our upcoming tours in the near future, in order to provide you more enjoyable experiences like this one. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Fun and interesting

Ann_B, Oct 2023

We enjoyed the tour and the tastings. Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. I would recommend the tour to anyone who loves parm and prosciutto as much as we do

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Glad to know that you enjoyed the tour and the tastings. Thank you for appreciating our guide's work. Appreciate your recommendation about this tour to the other customers. Hope to have you again on our upcoming tours in the near future. Best regards, My tour in Italy team.

Learn about some of the best food in all of Italia!

Michael_W, Oct 2023

A fantastic tour full of learning, beautiful scenery, and food! The bus picks can pick you up at various locations throughout Parma. It takes you to the various locations in the Parma area, I was able to also go to a Balsamic Vinegar tour as well due to someone needing to change their arrangements. The tour takes a good portion of the day, as the various sites can be quite far from one another. The Parmigiano-Reggiano tour included seeing them start some fresh Parmesan Cheese, and you got to taste it in its first state, then you got to see the various phases of development, culminating in the aging room, where you get to try some Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese at a few different aging timeframes. This helps you to understand and appreciate the differences that aging introduces. The Prosciutto di Parma tour takes you to the hills just outside of Parma, where you go to a cute factory and get the see the Prosciutto in the various stages of production. You end in the restaurant where they have some Prosciutto di Parma, Wine and Water waiting for you. Finally, I was able to add on a Balsamic Vinegar tour where you got to see the Balsamic barrels and they explained the aging processes and the differences between the stringing DOP Balsamic and the less stringent IGP Balsamic. Finally, it ended in a tasting where you got to try various IGP Balsamic’s, their DOP Balsamic, and various other products that they offer. All tours ended in a shop, allowing you the opportunity to buy some cheese, ham, balsamic and other apparel straight from the source! Overall, it was a really fun day, where I got to learn a lot about some of my favorite products and how they are produced and of course got to try them right where they are made! Well worth the time and money!

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Happy to know that you enjoyed the tour and had a fantastic time on the tour. We appreciate all the detail of the tour that you've given on this feedback. It's our pleasure to make customer happy and give them a good service, so they can never forget the experience they had with us. Our customers are our priority, and we always look up to giving them a good time in the tour. Looking forward to having you again in our upcoming tours in the near future. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Book this tour!

Elizabeth_R, Oct 2023

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing this feedback and letting us know about your experience. Glad to know that you enjoyed the tour and had an amazing experience with our team. Thank you for the good opinion you have created for the guide, and many thanks for those words of appreciation. We appreciate that you recommend the tour to other customers too. Hope to have you again in our upcoming tours at the near future, in order to give you more experiences like this one. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

My Wish Came True!!

nonnieto8, Sep 2023

The ENTIRE Tour was fantastic!! I told my husband last year that my wish for my 80th birthday & 60th wedding anniversary I wanted to take this tour ! I was not disappointed at all staff& our Guide were absolutely Excellent!

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback and letting us know about your experience. We are very happy to know that you liked the tour, and it seemed fantastic to you. Our staff is always at customer's disposal, and we want to thank you for appreciating their work. Hope to have you again in our upcoming tours in the near future and give you more experiences like this one. Thank you for choosing us to travel through Italy. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Great tour with delicious tasting and wine.

PASQUALE_M, Sep 2023

Both the Parmigiano-Reggiano experience and the Parma prosciutto were excellent, capped with a tasting of both with wine. Our guide was excellent.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Glad to know that you liked the tour and everything in general about it. Thanks for appreciating our guide's work. Hope to have you again in our other tours, in order to give you another experience like this one. Best regards, My Tour in Italy.

Outstanding tour and tour guide

Victoria_P, Jul 2023

Loris was an amazing tour guy! Truly one of the best tours I had during my stay. He was very passionate about the entire process of both parmigiano reggiano as well as the Parma ham. The wine and cheese tasting was amazing! As well as the Parma ham tasting, they gave you endless amounts of cheese and even allowed you to have a big plate of Parma ham.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Glad to know about your amazing experience on the Parmigiano-Reggiano and Parma Ham tour. Thank you for appreciating Loris hardwork. Hope to see you again in our upcoming tours in the future. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Parma cheese and ham tour with a snafu

Nancy_T, Jun 2023

We loved this tour. Sergio did a fabulous job driving us to both the cheese and ham factories and explaining the processes at both. He shared wonderful stories and was responsive to all our needs and questions. However, the Viator tour operator sent us to the wrong pick-up point across town and we were left stranded there for almost half an hour until Sergio reached out to us and came to pick us up. This delayed the tour for the entire group, was aggravating for all and we arrived late to first stop (the cheese factory), where we missed the initial introduction to that part of the tour. Further, we had to walk 20 minutes to the (wrong) pick up point, which was not the one we had requested when we booked the tour, while the actual pick up point was in front of our hotel! Luckily, Sergio was quite accommodating and gracious about this entire mishap. Viator should get it’s act together to better coordinate dissemination of such important information.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Dear customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are happy to hear that you have loved the tour. Sergio is one of our best employees, so we are glad to know that you liked his hardwork. Sorry for the pick-up point delay and for the missunderstanding that has happened. Hope that will never be repeated again and we will see you again in pur upcoming tours, in order to give you an enjoyable experience in Italy. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Ideal Parmigiano and Prosciutto tour

Riccardo_R, Jun 2023

Great tour of both Parmigiano Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma. The visits were very interesting and succeeded in detailing every single step of the production process. The tastings were also abundant (we skipped lunch). We also appreciated the hotel pickup.

Interesting and informative. Such great people and great food!

Franburnsmunro, Jan 2023

Tasting both the fresh and the aged cheese was remarkable! Loved it! The guide and the hosts were excellent!

Wonderful informative and tasty tour!

Elizabeth_T, Dec 2022

Matias was a brilliant guide. Very knowledgeable and friendly. Tastings were amazing. Would definitely recommend this tour.

Perfect Day in Parma

Avantikka_R, Nov 2022

We did the Parmesan and Pratima Ham tour with Mathia and it was beyond perfect - both tours were very informative and Mathia was full of knowledge and so much fun. We were lucky to watch the master do the salting of the ham. Both tours were followed by ham and cheese tastings and they were wonderful!

Fun and interesting to learn about the cheese and prosciutto making process! Great guide and driver - perfect half day

Maire_O, Nov 2022

Watching the cheese making process was very informative and interesting. Pickup was on time in the designated location. Hosts were knowledgeable and very friendly.

Ideal Way to Experience the Parma/Emilia Region

Katherine_D, Nov 2022

This was a once-in-a-lifetime sort of tour: anyone who's been eating parmigiano reggiano and prosciutto di parma their whole life should get to take this trip and learn the process. It was all fascinating, and tasting the incredibly fresh ingredients was heavenly. We were fortunate to be able to add on the balsamic vinegar tour in Modena for an extra 20 euros per person, and I highly recommend doing that as well. I'll never forget the amazing smells in that vinegar attic!

Informative and entertaining

Randy_L, Sep 2022

Being able watch to the process of Parmesan Reggio formation from beginning to end. Seeing the cows food growing in the field, cows in the barn and then over to the cheese making area. Full picture.

Instructive, interesting fun tours

adrian_L, Aug 2022

Fascinating watching parmesan being made; interesting prosciutto tour, nice tastings. Friendly and efficient

Greate trip, good food and nice guides

Camilla_R, Jul 2022

Greate guides and we got to see the hole prosess making cheese and ham. Good tastings with good wine!

Excellent Parmigiano-Reggiano and Parma ham tour!

MaryBeth_R, Jul 2022

We had a wonderful exposure to the process of making Parmigiano-Reggiano and Parma ham. Matteo is an excellent tour guide explaining in detail the steps and having answers to our questions. I highly recommend!

Great experience.

Larry_T, Jun 2022

This was a great tour, giving me a much greater appreciation for the care that is taken making both Parmigiano-Reggiano and Parma Ham/Prosciutto di Parma. Our tour guide Matthias was knowledgeable, and funny.

Response from Host, Jun 2022

Dear Larry, thank you for dedicating your time to leave us this wonderful review. I will voice this feedback to Matias ! Hope to have you back again in the future. Best Regards My Tour