Cinque Terre & Parma tour: E-bike, food, overnight stay

Cinque Terre's trails, Parma's food, an overnight in between

This overnight tour from Parma or Cinque Terre combines an e-bike ride through Cinque Terre's coastal villages with food tastings in the Apennine hills, where you'll learn how Parmigiano Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma are made. Hotel stay with dinner and breakfast, train ticket, e-bike and English or Italian-speaking guide are included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore culinary heritage and landscapes

• Depart from Parma or Cinque Terre
• Visit Apennine villages
• Enjoy e-bike adventure
• Savor local delicacies including porcini mushroom
• Overnight stay in cozy hotel
• Have delicious breakfast

The experience

The tour departs from either Parma or Cinque Terre, you choose at checkout, and pairs two regions known for opposite things: the sea-facing villages of Cinque Terre and the inland food production of Parma's province. An e-bike lets you cover the coastal terrain without the effort of a standard bike, moving through the five villages and their connecting trails at a pace that leaves room to stop and eat. The guide speaks English or Italian and travels with the group throughout.

Food is woven through the day rather than tacked on. You'll visit producers in the Apennine villages to see how Parmigiano Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma are actually made (not a museum version, but the working process), and taste porcini mushrooms that grow in the region. Dinner and breakfast are included at your hotel, a double room where you spend the night between the e-bike section and whatever comes next in your itinerary.

Train tickets to and from Cinque Terre are included, which matters because the five villages sit on the coast and are easiest reached by rail. A van transports the group between Parma and the trailheads, so you're not managing your own logistics between regions. The tour runs about 22 hours total, so it is genuinely overnight rather than a long day trip.

What’s included

• Hotel stay in a double room.
• dinner and breakfast.
• van transport between regions.
• e-bike for the Cinque Terre section.
• train ticket to and from Cinque Terre.
• official guide in English or Italian.
• visits to Parmigiano Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma producers in the Apennine villages.
• porcini mushroom tasting.

Options for this experience

2 options

Leaving from 5 TerreGuide in English or Italian · 15:00Start from 5 Terre, departing from Borgotaro at 15:10. Starting point: Borgo Val di Taro Stazione Fs, Piazzale Guglielmo Marconi, 8, 43043 Borgo Val di Taro PR, Italy

Departure from ParmaGuide in English or Italian · 10:00Start from Parma at 10:00. Starting point: Viale Paolo Borsellino, 31, 43122 Parma PR, Italy

You pick the guide language when booking.

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Before you book

Days and timesMonday to FridayDepartures at 10:00 and 15:00

AgesAdult (16 to 65 years) · Under 16: can't be booked

GroupUp to 8

Live guideEnglish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends at a different place from where it starts.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 5 days ago

Good to know

Moderate physical effortPublic transport nearbyNot recommended during pregnancyNot recommended with heart problemsNot recommended with back problems

Operated by ParmaLook - Tour Food Experience

Is this one for you?Choose your departure point based on where you are in Italy when the tour starts: Parma if you're coming from the north or west, Cinque Terre if you're already on the coast. Both routes include the same overnight stay, meals and activities. The sequence is what changes. Moderate fitness is needed for the e-bike ride, and the tour is not suitable for travelers with spinal injuries, pregnancy or cardiovascular concerns.

Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

What are the five villages of Cinque Terre like on an e-bike?

Cinque Terre's five villages (Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore) sit on steep cliffs above the sea, connected by coastal trails. An e-bike handles the climbs between them without requiring the fitness a regular bike would demand, so you can move through all five and stop to eat or rest without running out of energy.

How does the food tasting work in the Apennine villages?

You visit working producers in the hills where Parmigiano Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma are made, see the aging rooms and production methods, and taste the products on site. Porcini mushrooms, which grow wild in the region, are also part of the tasting. These are not tourist shops but actual production facilities, so you see how the food is made rather than buying a packaged version.

What's included in the hotel stay?

The hotel provides a double room, dinner and breakfast. You sleep one night between the regions, so the overnight break is built into the tour rather than something you arrange separately.

Do I need to be an experienced cyclist to do this tour?

The e-bike removes the main barrier: it powers the climbs, so you don't need to be fit enough to pedal uphill on a regular bike. The operator does note that travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness and that the tour is not recommended for people with spinal injuries, pregnancy or poor cardiovascular health. Minimum age is 16.

Which departure point should I choose, Parma or Cinque Terre?

You pick at checkout. Departing from Parma means you start with the food producers in the Apennine villages and end with the e-bike ride through Cinque Terre. Departing from Cinque Terre reverses the order. Both routes include the same activities, hotel stay, meals and train tickets. The difference is which region you experience first and where you begin and end the tour.