A single base and four days of short drives. A Parmigiano dairy at six in the morning, prosciutto cellars in the hills above Langhirano, acetaie in family attics, and the Romanesque cathedral at Modena between one visit and the next.
Arrival and transfer to the hotel, which stays the same for the whole programme. The afternoon is free in a small ducal capital that walks in twenty minutes. Welcome dinner with the local salumi and a Lambrusco that is drier than its reputation.
An early start at a Parmigiano Reggiano dairy, in the room where the curd is worked, at the hour it actually happens. Breakfast afterwards. In the hills above Langhirano, a prosciutto cellar with the producer explaining the ageing. Lunch on site.
Morning at the Romanesque cathedral and the covered market in Modena, then an acetaia where balsamic has been ageing in the same family attic for decades, and the difference between the two legal grades becomes obvious. Lunch in the town. Optional afternoon at the Ferrari museum in Maranello.
Morning at the Teatro Regio and the Correggio frescoes in the cathedral and the Camera di San Paolo. Independent lunch. Afternoon free, with an optional pasta workshop making anolini with a home cook. Farewell dinner in the city.
Morning transfer to Bologna or Milan for onward flights, with a final stop at a shop where what was tasted during the week can be bought and shipped.
Splendido private tours
