Best Food Tours in Parma

Food Valley Travel's Gourmet Tour The Original packs a working Parmigiano dairy, a hillside prosciutto house and a full lunch into five hours out of Parma.

Cesarine's Tour and Tasting pairs a working Prosciutto di Parma factory in Langhirano with host Catia's table, the home-cook network's Parma flagship.

Caseificio San Pier Damiani, a family dairy since 1846, runs the Full Experience: cheesemaking at the vats from 09:00, the ageing rooms, then a guided tasting.

Caseificio Gennari has made Parmigiano at Collecchio near Parma since 1953 and walks visitors from the morning vats to a tasting across long ageings.

Salumificio Conti runs daily tours of its Langhirano curing house in the Parma hills, ending with 24-month prosciutto, culatta and fiocco at the table.

Antica Corte Pallavicina opens the culatello cellars beneath Massimo Spigaroli's Michelin-starred castle farm on the Po near Parma, museum included.

The Almost Local foodie walk threads Parma's historic delis in three hours: Parmigiano and prosciutto tastings, fresh pasta, sparkling wine and gelato.

The Parma Tasty Food Walk sends you through the city's food shops with Davide, a Cesarine host, a two-hour stroll at 92 euro with tastings along the way.