Food destinations within easy reach of Parma, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Parma, worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Famous for Prosciutto di Parma curing houses and the frescoed Castello di Torrechiara
Langhirano is where Prosciutto di Parma actually cures: a valley of curing houses on the Parma stream, with Torrechiara's castle guarding the road from Parma.
Bus or 25 minutes by car on the Strada Langhirano
Famous for The Reggia di Colorno palace and Al Vedel's culatello cellars
Colorno pairs the Reggia, its little Versailles north of Parma, with serious eating: Al Vedel, an inn since 1780, ages culatello under the village.
Train toward Casalmaggiore or 20 minutes by car
Famous for Culatello di Zibello DOP in its foggy homeland on the Po
Polesine Zibello is culatello's homeland, 35 km from Parma on the Po: fog, curing cellars, the Culatello Museum and Massimo Spigaroli's starred farm court.
40 minutes by car along the Po lowlands
Famous for Verdi's hometown with spalla cotta and Bassa salumi
Busseto belongs to Giuseppe Verdi and the Bassa's tables: after the composer's theatre, the town near Parma's Po edge eats spalla cotta and culatello.
Train via Fidenza or 40 minutes by car
Famous for The Rocca Meli Lupi, the Parmigiano museum circuit and Birrificio del Ducato
Soragna stacks a lived-in princely Rocca, the food-museum circuit's Parmigiano seat and Italy's most-medalled brewery into one Bassa town near Parma.
30 minutes by car via Fontanellato
Famous for Salame di Felino, the wine museum in the Rocca and ducal woods
Sala Baganza and Felino hold Parma's salame country: the Felino museum, the wine museum in Sala's Rocca and trattorias at the edge of the ducal woods.
15 minutes by car toward the Boschi di Carrega
Famous for The moated Rocca Sanvitale and Bassa trattoria cooking
Fontanellato circles its moated Rocca Sanvitale with porticoes and welcoming trattorias, the easiest castle-plus-lunch day out on Parma's western plain.
Train to Castelguelfo then bus, or 25 minutes by car
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