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Bologna: Parmigiano Reggiano, Balsamic Vinegar & Ferrari Museum

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Duration6h

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Wheels of cheese aging in wooden racks, barrels of vinegar turning dark—and then a museum full of red cars

You get picked up in Bologna at 8:55am and spend the day tasting Parmigiano Reggiano at a working dairy farm, sampling balsamic vinegar at a traditional producer, and exploring the Ferrari Museum with skip-the-line entry. Transportation in a shared air-conditioned van, all tastings and farm visits included, return to Bologna by evening. Arrive early to the meeting point—the van does not wait for latecomers.

Step-by-step itinerary

Pickup from Bologna city center
Visit dairy farm and see cheese production
Taste Parmigiano Reggiano and ricotta
Visit traditional balsamic vinegar producer
Taste different ages of balsamic vinegar
Visit Ferrari Museum in Maranello
Return to Bologna

The Experience

Wheels of cheese aging in wooden racks, barrels of vinegar turning dark—and then a museum full of red cars. That's the shape of this day trip from Bologna: three stops across the Emilia-Romagna countryside, starting with pickup at Piazza XX Settembre (in front of the NH De La Gare hotel, five minutes from the train station) at 8:55am sharp. The van holds a maximum of eight people and leaves on time, so arriving early matters. You'll spend the morning at a certified organic dairy farm watching Parmigiano Reggiano move from vat to wheel, then taste different ages of the cheese alongside fresh ricotta made that morning.

After that, the van takes you to a family-run balsamic vinegar producer near Modena—the kind of place where the same barrels have been sitting in the attic for decades. The producers themselves walk you through how the vinegar darkens and thickens over time, why restaurants pay so much for it, and what the difference is between a five-year and a twenty-year pour. You'll taste several ages during the visit. The cellar stays cool even in summer, so bring a layer. Both the dairy farm and the vinegar producer are working farms, not museums, so you're standing where the actual production happens and the staff answering questions are the people who do the work every day.

The final stop is the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, about an hour's drive away. Your skip-the-line tickets get you straight in for a free hour to walk through on your own—no guided tour included, just the cars and the history. After that, the driver brings you back to Bologna. The whole day is roughly nine hours door to door, with the remaining time spent traveling between locations. You're sharing the van with other travelers, and the visits themselves might include other groups, but the tastings and farm tours are led by the producers' teams who know their craft inside out.

What’s included

Transportation in an air-conditioned van for up to eight passengers.
pickup from Piazza XX Settembre in Bologna city center or from Bologna hotels (depending on option selected).
guided visit to a certified organic dairy farm with tasting of Parmigiano Reggiano at different ages and fresh ricotta.
guided visit to a traditional balsamic vinegar producer with tasting of vinegars at different ages.
skip-the-line tickets to the Ferrari Museum in Maranello for one hour of free self-guided entry.
return transportation to Bologna.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availableNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by GTE Service

Is this one for you?Choose this tour if you want to taste Parmigiano Reggiano and balsamic vinegar directly from the producers who make them, see the Ferrari Museum, and have all transport and entry arranged—the fixed schedule and shared van mean you don't coordinate three separate visits or worry about getting between the countryside farms and Maranello.