Eat in Diolo, Parma

Osteria Ardenga ★ 4.2

Osteria Ardenga feeds the culatello lowlands at Diolo di Soragna near Parma: farmhouse rooms, river-plain salumi and anolini that honour the Bassa's kitchens.

Signature: Culatello, Anolini, Mariola

Order: Culatello and mariola from Bassa curing rooms, then anolini.

Tip: Lunch is the main service; Saturday is the only dinner. It is the natural stop between Soragna and the culatello villages on the Po.

Osteria Ardenga ★ 4.2

Osteria Ardenga is the Bassa's kept secret near Parma: farmhouse rooms at Diolo where culatello, mariola and anolini stay at village prices.

Why locals love it: It sits in Diolo, a hamlet in the culatello lowlands most drivers pass on the way to Zibello's famous names.

Tip: Lunch is the service that matters; pair it with a stop at a Bassa curing cellar and the Po embankment road.