Bologna: Ferrari Museum & Maranello Factory Tour with Lunch

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Free cancellation

1/18

Duration7h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · IT

PickupAt your hotel

A Day in the Motor Valley: Two Museums, the Factory, and Why the Timing Matters

You visit the Ferrari Museum in Maranello with a guided panoramic tour of the Fiorano track and factory, then the Enzo Ferrari House Museum in Modena, with a 2-course lunch at a seasonal farmhouse in between. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, as is a private driver and guide in English, so you spend the day looking instead of navigating. Plan for a full day out—roughly eight to nine hours—which is what lets you see both museums and the track without feeling rushed.

Step-by-step itinerary

Ferrari museums and panoramic tour

Visit Ferrari Museum in Maranello
Take panoramic tour of Maranello track
Enjoy 2-course lunch in farmhouse
Visit Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena

The Experience

The pickup was supposed to be 8:30, but the driver called at 8:15 saying he was already downstairs—which meant we were scrambling, coffee still in hand, when the car pulled up. That's the first real thing about this day: it moves. You're in a private vehicle heading south toward Maranello, about an hour from Bologna, and the guide is already talking about Enzo Ferrari before you've finished your espresso. The route takes you through the Emilia-Romagna countryside, flat and green, nothing like the dramatic landscapes you might expect, but that's where the story lives—in the factories and the farmland, not the postcards.

Maranello hits different when you know what happened there. The Ferrari Museum comes first, and you walk through decades of red cars, engines, trophies, the whole mythology laid out in a building that feels less like a museum and more like a shrine someone built and then opened to the public. After the indoor tour, the guide takes you onto a Ferrari bus—an actual shuttle—for a panoramic loop around the Fiorano test track and the factory exterior. You can't go inside the production floor, but you see the gates, the scale of it, the way the track curves right there next to the road. If you're traveling with kids under three, or if the panoramic tour isn't running that day, you get ten minutes in an F1 simulator instead, which honestly isn't a consolation prize—it's just different. Then lunch happens at a farmhouse, the kind of place that doesn't have a name on Google Maps, two courses with local wine and water included, and by that point you're hungry enough that it tastes better than it probably is.

The second museum, the Enzo Ferrari House in Modena, is about thirty minutes away. It's smaller, more intimate—his actual home, turned into a space that feels less corporate than Maranello. You see where he lived, his office, the personal side of the legend. The whole day is structured so you're not rushing between stops; there's time to look, to ask the guide questions, to let it sink in. The driver handles all the navigation, so you're not figuring out parking or train schedules. You leave from your hotel in the morning and you're back there by evening, which sounds simple until you realize how much ground you've covered and how much you'd have missed trying to piece it together alone.

One thing to know: the panoramic tour of the track is the centerpiece, and it's not available for very small children, which is why the simulator exists as a backup. The restaurant changes by season, so you won't know exactly where you're eating until the day of. Bring comfortable shoes—there's walking through both museums, and the farmhouse lunch means you're on your feet for a bit. If you're driving yourself, forget it; the logistics of two museums, a factory tour, and a lunch spot in the right order would take half the day just to plan.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in Bologna, private vehicle and driver for the full day, entrance to the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, guided panoramic tour of the Fiorano track and factory exterior (or F1 simulator if unavailable), entrance to the Enzo Ferrari House Museum in Modena, and a 2-course lunch with water and wine at a local farmhouse.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Bologna Tour & Best Italy Tour

Is this one for you?Right for Ferrari fans or anyone curious about Italian automotive history who doesn't want to piece together two museums and a factory tour across different towns. Expect a full day on your feet and in the car—that's what makes seeing both Maranello and Modena, plus the track, possible in one trip.