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Bologna Food Tour: Taste Emilia-Romagna's Best
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Bologna
Discover Bologna’s culinary secrets: make pasta, taste aged Parmesan, and explore balsamic vinegar on a gourmet day trip.
Discover Bologna’s culinary secrets: make pasta, taste aged Parmesan, and explore balsamic vinegar on a gourmet day trip.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Bologna - Join your guide and small group in Bologna and get ready for a picturesque drive to Modena.
- Azienda Agricola Moscattini - Tour a family-run Parmesan factory to discover the cheese-making process and savor a tasting of three aged Parmesan cheese varieties.
- Vignola - After a short drive, visit a historic balsamic vinegar…
- Bologna - Join your guide and small group in Bologna and get ready for a picturesque drive to Modena.
- Azienda Agricola Moscattini - Tour a family-run Parmesan factory to discover the cheese-making process and savor a tasting of three aged Parmesan cheese varieties.
- Vignola - After a short drive, visit a historic balsamic vinegar producer and sample aged varieties of Modena’s renowned “black gold.”
- Farmhouse Ca Lunati - Return to the bus and head to your next stop, where you’ll participate in a hands-on pasta-making class with a local sfoglina. Craft fresh pasta and enjoy a lunch featuring your creations, regional specialties, and wine.
- Bologna - Board the bus one final time for the return journey to Bologna.
What's Included
- Local English-speaking guide
- Guided tour of Parmesan cheese factory and balsamic vinegar producer
- Pasta-making class
- Comfortable round-trip transportation
- 7 food tastings and 2 drinks (enough food for a full meal)
- Local English-speaking guide
- Guided tour of Parmesan cheese factory and balsamic vinegar producer
- Pasta-making class
- Comfortable round-trip transportation
- 7 food tastings and 2 drinks (enough food for a full meal)
What's Not Included
- Hotel Pick-up/Drop-off
- Gratuities
- Hotel Pick-up/Drop-off
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Discover the culinary wonders of Emilia-Romagna on an engaging day trip from Bologna. Begin with a visit to a family-run Parmesan factory, where you can observe the traditional cheese-making process and savor its creamy, nutty flavors at various stages of aging. Delve into the mysteries of “black gold” with a guided tasting of balsamic vinegar,…
Discover the culinary wonders of Emilia-Romagna on an engaging day trip from Bologna. Begin with a visit to a family-run Parmesan factory, where you can observe the traditional cheese-making process and savor its creamy, nutty flavors at various stages of aging. Delve into the mysteries of “black gold” with a guided tasting of balsamic vinegar, featuring varieties aged up to 25 years at a historic acetaia. Participate in a hands-on pasta-making class, crafting fresh pasta under the guidance of a local expert. Conclude with a delightful lunch, enjoying your handmade pasta alongside regional specialties like gnocco fritto and cold cuts, all complemented by local wines. This small-group tour offers a personal and enriching experience for food enthusiasts eager to explore Bologna’s celebrated culinary heritage.
- This tour is in English.
- Unfortunately due to the nature of this tour it is not suitable for guests with mobility impairments or with wheelchairs, or strollers.
- This is a walking tour. Guests should be able to walk at a moderate pace without difficulty.
- This tour is adaptable for: Vegetarians, Pescatarians, Dairy free, Gluten free, Non-alcoholic options & Pregnant women, however, please note that you may not have a replacement food option at every stop.
- This tour is not suitable for vegans nor those with celiac disease.
- Those with dietary restrictions or food allergies need to email Devour Guest Experience team after booking the tour so we can arrange your ingredients.
- Walks and Devour comply with all local government regulations. Please refer to local government guidelines for the most up to date information.
Location
Trattoria Dai Birichini
Piazza Malpighi
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of your tour, your guide will be waiting for you holding a red Devour Tours tote bag or sign. This tour meets in front of Trattoria Dai Birichini, located at Piazza Malpighi, 8a, 40123 Bologna.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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A4471yeoliverb
Jun 9, 2025
See the making of Italys finest foods!! - A fantastic way to spend a morning, you get to see some of the countryside surrounding Bologna, see Parmesan being made before tasting it at the factory- meet a family of 4 generations of balsamic vinegar makers and finish off by making and eating you own pasta in a beautiful countryside setting!! Our guide Ella was absolutely phenomenal, so friendly and knowledgeable!!
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Familyguy915
Jun 9, 2025
Great day trip from Bologna - Fantastic tour of Bologna countryside. Visited Parmesan Emilia romana factory and learned how it was made. We also visited how balsamic vinegar was made and got to taste various ages. Finally we learned how to make our own pasta and had a delicious lunch. We enjoyed every minute! Grazie mille!
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Bonconbon
May 18, 2025
Fantastic culinary experience - Great experience!
7-hour tour that flew.
Visit to the dairy with explanation and tastings of Parmesan cheese, really interesting and engaging. We then moved to a vinegar factory, where they gave us a guided tour and various tastings of these precious balsamic vinegars. Finally we went to the hills between Bologna and Modena where together with the sphoglines we learned to make tagliatelle and tortellini. Excellent aperitif and lunch. The guide Ela was very good and very prepared.
Experience that I recommend to anyone who has the opportunity to pass by Bologna.
Andrea
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Tmp24
May 14, 2025
A wonderful day of learning and eating! - For those visiting the area, I really recommend taking a tour like this. You get to learn about products like Parmigiano Reggiano and traditional balsamic vinegar that you’ve heard of your whole life but don’t really know what goes into producing them.
I particularly loved the balsamic vinegar part of the tour. The acetaio is stunning and our host was bubbly, knowledgeable, and explained the entire process clearly while holding everyone’s attention. Also, when you buy traditional balsamic vinegar on site, it’s a heck of a lot cheaper than it is online or at a store.
The last part of the tour in the agriturismo was wonderful too. The setting is gorgeous and it was fantastic to make pasta then eat the fruits of our labor.
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Thelittlebean
May 14, 2025
The desire to learn how to make tortellini came true! - A recommended tour for those coming to and around Bologna!
During the tour I learned how Parmigiano Reggiano is created, the art of creating the famous balsamic vinegar of Modena, and how to make tortellini and tagliatelle.
The tour is well organized. The journey between stops is comfortable and passes quickly. The guide and several dealers made the experience really interesting and educational. I think locals should do it too because it teaches so much about local products that people hardly know.
The final stop then was a real dream. I learned how to make tortellini by hand, and the experience is made even more fun and hilarious thanks to the owners of the agriturismo. Finally, once you create the pasta with your own hands you can finish the tour with a rich lunch of your own creations in front of a breathtaking view among the hills of Bologna. For me it was a wish come true to have learned how to create tortellini :)
Highly recommended tour for food lovers!
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Travelinleu
Apr 14, 2025
Perfecto! - We highly recommend that you take this tour. It was very interesting, we saw the rural area around Bologna and we had fun! We learned so much about the effort it takes to create Parmesan Reggiano cheese, Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena and Pasta.
Our guide, Giulia, was wonderful. Our day was fantastic!
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Danielf499
Apr 8, 2025
Food trip deluxe - This has been an excellent experience, we were such a nice group of people, and the food was great. Giulia is really knowledgeable and cheerful, would recommend this to anyone!!
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Estefanop2023
Apr 3, 2025
Amazing experience ❤️✨ - Amazing experience, grateful to meet Guilia and that she guided us so well, a great person ✨❤️ Bologna a wonderful city to visit!!
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P1453rcfilippos
Apr 3, 2025
Real Italian experience - Top activity in Bologna!!!
Highly recommended if you are in town with friends or on a trip with your family. You will not be disapponted!
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H9098lavalentinat
Apr 3, 2025
Autentic food - This tour was hands-down one of the best days of our trip! The stops were super authentic—watching how real Parmigiano Reggiano and traditional balsamic vinegar are made was fascinating (and delicious). The pasta-making class was fun and surprisingly easy to follow, even for beginners. And the food... wow. Everything we tasted was incredible, and the local wines were a great touch. Our guide was friendly, knowledgeable, and made the day feel really personal. Highly recommend if you love food and want a deeper taste of Emilia-Romagna!
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