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Bologna Food Tour: Taste Emilia-Romagna's Best
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17 Ratings
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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(17 Ratings)
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990awawawaw
Jul 16, 2025
A must-do tour with fantastic food! - Fantastic tour! Our guide Darren was awesome and each of the stops provided so much learning! The pasta at Agriturismo C’a Lunati was fantastic! The owner, Margarita, was so personable and we loved getting to know her! Highly recommend!!
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303kag
Jul 15, 2025
Best Tour! - This was a fantastic tour! Our guide and driver were fantastic. We learned a lot about the process of making cheese, balsamic vinegar, and pasta! It's hard to say which was our favorite. We highly recommend this tour to get a taste, literally, of the history and culture of food in the region.
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Kirstentq4080gc
Jul 5, 2025
Such a Delightful Day - We had the best time on this tour!! Loved our guide Ela D, she was fun and so nice and was happy to share all kinds of information about Italy and Bologna. The cheese factory was really cool to see, the balsamic vinegar was really interesting to learn about at Boni and delicious to try, and the pasta-making and lunch was amazing and so so fun!! Patrizia was a fabulous hostess at Boni, loved getting to meet her. We all felt like family by the end of the day. It was a quick and fun-filled seven hours, and would do it again in a heartbeat! 10/10 recommend.
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Gina_v
Jun 30, 2025
This was a perfect day... - This was a perfect day outside of the city of Bologna with the perfect hostess! Thank you, Benedetta!. It was amazing to watch the process of making Parmigiano-Reggiano and the tastings were fantastic! Then we headed to a lovely family-owned balsamic vinegar business and home located in Modena. The samplings of the aged vinegars were delicious, the product was excellent, and the presentation was amazing! I learned so much and have a better appreciation of this product. Lastly, the visit to Agriturismo Ca’ Lunati for pasta making and a tasty meal was a treat! The location was beautiful and the pasta making class was so much fun! We enjoyed the fruits of our labor. All in all, a highly recommended tour that’s worth every penny!
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Beatricebr7406mu
Jun 21, 2025
Best tour we had in Italy! - What an unexpected incredible day we just had on this tour. We have done 6 other tours with this company throughout Italy and this was by fare our favorite. You are immersed in the Bologna culture and welcomed by the vendors as one of their own! I left with a much greater appreciation for the quality of the products we saw, the hands on pasta making makes it interactive and fun! Our tour guide Darren was the best! He is warm, social, knowledgeable and made the experience just that much more! Trust me this tour is the best! My husband was hesitant because we can “make pasta at home” and teenager was “OMG, it’s 7 hours” but we all had the best time and teenager even smiled!
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F5248xldianew
Jun 21, 2025
A day in Bologna and Modena… - Our family had a wonderful day. Our guide Darren was friendly, attentive, knowledgeable, and good fun. We enjoyed visiting the dairy and observing cheese making and tasting. The balsamic vinegar tasting was great and meeting the fourth generation producer was a treat. We all enjoyed pasta making class, especially our son. Highly recommend spending a day on this tour and with Darren. 10 out of 10!
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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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