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# Emilia Delizia

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## Posts
- [Gaiole in Chianti: Where to Stay for the Quietest, Most Authentic Base](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/gaiole-in-chianti-where-to-stay/): Greve and Panzano get most of the attention, and Radda and Castellina turn up constantly in "where should I stay" debates — Gaiole in Chianti sits slightly outside all of that discussion, and the visitors who do mention it tend to describe it the same way: quiet, unpolished, and closer to what Chianti actually feels like away from the more heavily visited towns.
- [Castellina in Chianti: The Best Base for Day Trips to Siena, San Gimignano, and Volterra](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/castellina-in-chianti-day-trip-base/): We've already covered Castellina against Greve and Radda as a wine-focused base. There's a separate, narrower case for Castellina worth making on its own: as the practical hub for day trips beyond Chianti altogether, into Siena, San Gimignano, and Volterra.
- [Horseback Riding Through the Chianti Vineyards: Routes and Tips](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/horseback-riding-chianti-vineyards/): Cycling has become the default active way to see Chianti's vineyards, but it isn't the only one. A slower, quieter alternative — riding on horseback through the same vine and olive-grove landscape — puts you at a pace that suits the countryside rather than working against it, and comes with none of the climbing effort that makes Chianti's strade bianche a genuine workout on two wheels.
- [San Casciano in Val di Pesa: The Chianti Base Closest to Florence](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/san-casciano-val-di-pesa-chianti-base/): Most of the towns in this cluster — Greve, Radda, Castellina, Gaiole — sit deep enough in Chianti that reaching Florence takes real effort. San Casciano in Val di Pesa solves a different problem: it's genuinely part of the Chianti Classico zone, with real vineyards and a real Tuscan village feel, but it sits close enough to Florence that the city stays an easy option rather than a full day trip.
- [Hot Air Balloon Rides Over the Chianti Hills: A Traveler’s Guide](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/hot-air-balloon-chianti/): There's a version of Chianti you never see from a cellar door or a vineyard row: the whole patchwork of hills, cypress-lined roads, and hilltop villages laid out at once, drifting past in near silence a few hundred metres up. A hot air balloon flight is the one way to see Chianti as a landscape rather than a series of individual stops — and it's a genuinely established local activity, not a novelty add-on.
- [Agriturismo or Village? How to Pick Where to Stay in Chianti](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/chianti-agriturismo-vs-village-stay/): A specific, recurring question shows up in Chianti travel planning that doesn't map neatly onto "which town should I stay in": do you want to wake up surrounded by vineyards, or do you want to walk to dinner without navigating unlit country roads at night? Both are reasonable priorities, and the answer that keeps coming up isn't really a compromise — it's a specific type of property that gives you both.
- [Chianti Classico Wine Festival in Greve: What to Know Before You Go](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/chianti-classico-wine-festival-greve/): Once every year, the central square of Greve in Chianti stops being a square and becomes, for four days, one continuous open-air wine cellar. The Expo Chianti Classico (also known as the Rassegna del Chianti Classico) brings producers from every municipality in the Chianti Classico zone into Piazza Matteotti to pour their wines directly for visitors — no appointments, no driving between estates, just walking from stand to stand.
- [Panzano or Greve? Choosing Your Chianti Base for the Best Food](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/panzano-vs-greve-where-to-stay/): Separate from the bigger three-way debate over Greve, Radda, and Castellina, there's a narrower, food-driven question that comes up just as often: Greve or Panzano? The two towns sit only a few kilometres apart, but the choice between them tends to come down to one thing — how much your trip revolves around food.
- [Join the Vendemmia: A Grape Harvest Experience in Chianti](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/chianti-grape-harvest-vendemmia-experience/): For a few weeks each autumn, Chianti stops being a place you taste wine and becomes a place you help make it. The vendemmia — the grape harvest — is when the hillsides turn from green to gold and rust, pickers move through the rows at dawn, and several estates open the process to visitors willing to get their hands stained purple for a morning.
- [Greve, Radda, or Castellina? Where to Stay in Chianti](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/greve-radda-castellina-where-to-stay/): This exact three-way question shows up over and over in Chianti travel forums, sometimes years apart, which tells you something about how consistently the same tradeoff comes up. The honest answer isn't "pick the prettiest one" — the deciding factor experienced visitors actually cite is whether you're renting a car, because it changes which of these three towns actually works.
- [Truffle Hunting in Chianti: Where to Go and What to Expect](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/chianti-truffle-hunting/): Alba gets most of the truffle headlines, but Chianti has its own, quieter truffle tradition — hunted in the same oak and chestnut woods that border the vineyards around Greve and Panzano. It's a genuinely different kind of morning than a winery visit: less about the glass in your hand, more about following a dog through undergrowth and watching it decide, with total certainty, exactly where to dig.
- [Neive, Barbaresco, or Serralunga d’Alba: Small-Village Bases You Can Walk Around](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/neive-barbaresco-serralunga-where-to-stay/): Beyond the Alba-vs-La Morra debate, a handful of smaller villages come up repeatedly in Langhe travel forums as good bases specifically because you can walk to the cellars — distinct from the practicality argument for Alba or the views argument for La Morra. These three sit on or near the Barbaresco side of the region and each has its own reason to be considered.
- [Where to Stay in Monforte d’Alba for Barolo Hilltop Views](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/where-to-stay-monforte-dalba/): While most first-time visitors weigh up Alba against La Morra, a smaller number of forum threads — some of them years apart, which says something about how consistently it gets recommended — point instead to Monforte d'Alba, describing it as a kind of insider's choice: quieter, more romantic, and less obviously touted than the two names everyone else considers first.
- [In-Town Hotel or Countryside Agriturismo? Where to Stay in the Langhe](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/langhe-in-town-or-agriturismo/): Beyond the town-vs-village debate, there's a second, related lodging decision that comes up repeatedly in Langhe travel planning: do you stay somewhere with services around you, or do you base yourself out in the vineyards themselves and drive in for everything? Both have committed advocates, and the answer that keeps surfacing in longer, more detailed forum threads is that neither is strictly "better" — they're different trips.
- [Where to Stay in the Langhe If You Don’t Want to Drink and Drive](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/langhe-lodging-no-drink-and-drive/): A specific, recurring worry shows up across Langhe travel forums, distinct from the general "where should I stay" question: how do you taste wine properly across a multi-day trip without someone in your group having to sit out every tasting as the designated driver? The answer several experienced visitors land on isn't a transport hack — it's choosing where you sleep specifically so you don't need a car to reach the wine at all.
- [Alba vs. La Morra: Where to Stay for a Langhe Wine Trip](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/alba-vs-la-morra-where-to-stay/): This is, by a wide margin, the most-asked lodging question in every Langhe travel forum: should you stay in Alba, or in one of the small wine villages like La Morra? It comes up again and again on TripAdvisor's Piedmont and Alba forums, in threads years apart, and the answer people actually settle on is consistent enough to be worth writing down properly.
- [Barolo Chinato: The Langhe’s Secret Spiced Wine](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/barolo-chinato-where-to-taste/): Most visitors to the Langhe leave knowing Barolo as a dry, powerful red wine. Fewer know its sweeter, spiced cousin: Barolo Chinato, a fortified, aromatised version of the same wine, traditionally drunk after dinner rather than with a meal. It's a genuine local secret — made in small volumes, rarely exported in quantity, and largely unknown outside Italy despite being over 150 years old.
- [The Barolo Chapel: Piedmont’s Rainbow-Colored Art Chapel](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/barolo-chapel-cappella-del-barolo/): Halfway up a hillside of Nebbiolo vines outside the village of Barolo sits one of the most unexpected buildings in Piedmont: a small chapel painted in bright, almost cartoonish colour, standing out against the vineyards like nothing else in the region. It's known simply as the Cappella del Barolo, or the Barolo Chapel, and it has nothing to do with religion — it's a work of contemporary art.
- [Where to Eat in the Langhe: Michelin Stars and Local Osterie](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/where-to-eat-in-the-langhe-michelin-trattorie/): The Langhe has one of the highest concentrations of serious restaurants anywhere in Italy, and the range runs from three-Michelin-star tasting menus to unpretentious osterie serving the same vitello tonnato they've made for decades. Both ends are worth knowing about — and, especially in truffle season, both ends need to be booked well ahead.
- [Do You Need an Appointment to Taste Wine in Barolo?](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/barolo-winery-tasting-appointment-guide/): Unlike Napa or much of Bordeaux, the Langhe doesn't really do drop-in tasting rooms. The great majority of Barolo and Barbaresco producers are small, family-run operations without a dedicated visitor desk — the person pouring your wine may well be the person who made it, and they're usually also running the harvest, the bottling, or the vineyard that day. That changes how you need to plan a visit.
- [Visiting the Langhe Without a Car: What You Need to Know](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/langhe-without-a-car-private-driver/): The Langhe looks made for a lazy, carless wine holiday — hilltop villages a few kilometres apart, vineyards in every direction. In practice, the region has almost no public transport built for tourists, and that catches a lot of visitors out. If you're planning to get between wineries without your own car, it's worth knowing exactly what you're working with before you book anything.
- [Best Time to Visit the Langhe: A Month-by-Month Guide](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/best-time-to-visit-langhe/): The Langhe changes character dramatically through the year — from the fog-wrapped harvest weekends of October to the quiet, near-empty vineyards of January. Unlike a beach destination, there isn't really a bad time to visit, but which season suits you depends heavily on what you're after: truffle, harvest energy, easy hiking weather, or simply fewer other visitors at the same cellar door.
- [White Truffle Hunting in Alba: What to Expect](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/white-truffle-hunting-alba/): Alba is widely considered the truffle capital of the world — not because truffles grow nowhere else, but because the woods of the Langa and Roero hills around it produce the Tartufo Bianco d’Alba, the white Alba truffle, generally regarded as the finest and most valuable truffle there is. Unlike black truffle, white truffle has never been successfully cultivated on any meaningful scale — every one sold or served has been hunted, found by a person and a dog working a patch of forest they may have worked for years.
- [Where to Stay on the Via Francigena: Best Pilgrim Hostels from Parma to Pontremoli](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/via-francigena-pilgrim-hostels/): The eight pilgrim hostels on the Via Francigena between Parma and Pontremoli — addresses, prices, beds and how to book — plus how to turn a rest day into a Parmigiano, truffle, porcini or Parma ham experience.
- [Pilgrim Day Off: Via Francigena Rest Day with Luggage Transfer and Food Experiences](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/pilgrim-day-off/): Taking a rest day on the Via Francigena through Lunigiana? We transfer your luggage to your next stop and arrange a Parmigiano Reggiano tour, truffle hunt, porcini experience, or Parma ham tour for the day off.
- [Parma to Cinque Terre: Private Day Trip with Gourmet Stops](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/parma-to-cinque-terre-private-day-trip-gourmet-stops/): Rated 4.9 ★★★★★ — Based on 269 reviews on TripAdvisor
- [Visiting a Parmigiano Reggiano Dairy from Pontremoli](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/parmigiano-reggiano-visit-from-pontremoli/): Pontremoli sits at the foot of the Cisa pass, where the Apennines separate Liguria from the Po Valley. This position — on the historic road that traders used for centuries to carry Parma ham and cheese to the Ligurian ports — puts it closer to the Parmigiano Reggiano production zone than almost any other Tuscan town. The mountain dairy at Albareto is just 30 minutes away by car.
- [Visiting a Parmigiano Reggiano Dairy from Lucca](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/parmigiano-reggiano-visit-from-lucca/): Most visitors to Lucca spend their time walking the city walls and exploring the medieval centre. Few realise that an hour and a half north, through the Apennines into the Parma mountains, they are within reach of some of the most authentic Parmigiano Reggiano production in Italy. This is mountain Parmigiano — Parmigiano di Montagna — made above 600 metres from the milk of cows grazing on mountain pastures, aged longer, and rarely found outside the region.
- [Visiting a Parmigiano Reggiano Dairy from Pisa](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/parmigiano-reggiano-visit-from-pisa/): Most visitors to Pisa spend their time at the Piazza dei Miracoli. Few realise that an hour and a half north, through the Apennines into the Parma mountains, they are within reach of some of the most authentic Parmigiano Reggiano production in Italy. This is mountain Parmigiano — Parmigiano di Montagna — made above 600 metres from the milk of cows grazing on mountain pastures, aged longer, and rarely found outside the region.
- [Full-Day Shore Excursion from Ravenna: Parmigiano, Balsamic, and Ferrari](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/ravenna-shore-excursion-parmigiano-balsamic-ferrari/): Ravenna is the port. Emilia-Romagna is the region. If your ship gives you a full day, there is enough time to get into the interior and see two of the things that make this part of Italy different from anywhere else. This excursion covers a Parmigiano Reggiano aging warehouse and your choice of a second stop: a traditional balsamic acetaia or the Ferrari Museum at Maranello. Both combinations are about 90 minutes from Ravenna by car. Both fill a day properly. Neither is something you can do in a tourist shop.
- [Truffle Hunting from Ravenna: A Shore Excursion into the Romagna Hills](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/truffle-hunting-ravenna-shore-excursion/): Ravenna’s mosaics take two to three hours. If your ship is in port for the day and you want to do something with the rest of it, the Romagna hills are an hour away by car and one of the best truffle territories in northern Italy. We run a truffle hunting experience in the Apennine foothills with a local guide and trained Lagotto Romagnolo dogs — the native Romagna breed, used for truffle hunting in these hills for generations. White truffle in autumn, black truffle the rest of the year. Available year-round.
- [Ferrara Guided Tour: Renaissance City, Cycling, and Food Tasting](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/ferrara-guided-tour/): Ferrara is 30 minutes from Bologna, entirely car-free, and almost nobody goes. The Este dynasty built one of the most coherent Renaissance cities in Italy — a planned grid of palaces, an intact castle with a water-filled moat, nine kilometres of city walls you can cycle on — and then largely disappeared from the history books, taking the city with them. This tour gives you the city with context: the history behind the buildings, the food tradition that survived the Estes, and a section of the walls by bike that most visitors never find.
- [Ferrara on Foot: A Half-Day Walking Route Through the Renaissance City](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/ferrara-walking-route/): Ferrara’s historic centre is compact, flat, and car-free. Everything worth seeing is within 20 minutes’ walk of the Castello Estense. This route covers the main sites in a logical sequence — avoiding backtracking, using the best streets rather than the most direct ones — and takes 2.5 to 3 hours at a comfortable pace with stops. Total distance: approximately 3.5 kilometres.
- [Ferrara Day Trip from Bologna: The Complete One-Day Itinerary](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/ferrara-day-trip-from-bologna/): Ferrara is 30 minutes from Bologna by direct train. There are no reservations required, no connections, and no complicated logistics. You step off at a car-free medieval city that almost nobody visits, spend a day that will not resemble any other day trip in northern Italy, and are back in Bologna for dinner. It is the most underrated day out from the city.
- [Ravenna Guided Tour: Mosaics and Food Tasting](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/ravenna-guided-tour/): Ravenna’s mosaics are unlike anything else in Italy. The colours have not faded in fifteen hundred years, the figures hold a strange stillness, and the gold still catches the light the way it did when the craftsmen set the last tesserae. The problem most visitors have is standing in front of them without knowing what they are actually looking at. This tour fixes that. In 3.5 hours with a small group and a guide who knows the iconography and the history, you visit four of the great UNESCO sites, understand what you are seeing, and end with a tasting of the food Romagnola cooks have been making in this corner of Italy for just as long.
- [Ravenna Beaches: A Guide to the Adriatic Coast](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/ravenna-beaches-guide/): Ravenna is 9 kilometres from the Adriatic. Most visitors who come for the mosaics do not realise the coast is this close — a bus or taxi from the city centre reaches the nearest beach in under 20 minutes. The coastline here stretches from Porto Corsini in the north to Lido di Savio in the south, with nine distinct beach towns along roughly 30 kilometres of shore. What they share: a calm, shallow sea, traditional beach club culture, and a backdrop of ancient Adriatic pine forest. What distinguishes them is character, crowd level, and how wild or developed the surroundings feel.
- [Ravenna Food Guide: What to Eat and Where to Eat It](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/ravenna-food-guide/): Ravenna sits in Romagna — the eastern half of Emilia-Romagna — and the food here is quite different from Bologna despite the short train journey between them. Bologna’s tradition is built around egg pasta, slow-cooked meat ragù, and pork fat. Romagna’s is built around flatbread, fresh cheese, Adriatic fish, and a lighter hand with the meat. The divide follows the Apennines: on the western (Emilian) side, tagliatelle and mortadella; on the eastern (Romagnola) side, piadina and sardoncini. Understanding this distinction makes a meal in Ravenna considerably more interesting.
- [Bologna’s Best Bakeries: Traditional Bolognese Bread and Where to Find It](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/best-bakeries-bologna/): Bologna bakes differently from the rest of Italy. The city’s food culture is built around egg pasta, cured meats, and slow cooking — and the bakeries here reflect that. The benchmark is Panificio Atti, which has been selling crescenta and torta di riso from the same address in the Quadrilatero since 1868. Beyond Atti, a cluster of artisan bakeries and neighbourhood forno have formed in the last decade that approach Bolognese bread with the same seriousness the city applies to its pasta. This guide covers where to go and what to order.
- [The Best Tagliatelle in Bologna: 7 Restaurants Worth Seeking Out](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/best-tagliatelle-bologna/): Tagliatelle al ragù is the dish Bologna is most protective of. The Chamber of Commerce holds a gold replica of the correct width — 8mm when cooked, one twelfth the height of the Asinelli tower. The sauce is a long-cooked combination of beef, pork, and vegetables with very little tomato, nothing like the minced-beef and tomato ragu served under the name elsewhere. Getting the real thing in a city full of trattorie is not difficult. Getting it at its best requires knowing which rooms to book and which to walk into without one. For the history and official recipe, see our full tagliatelle al ragù guide. This is the shorter, practical version: where to eat it.
- [Shore Excursion from La Spezia: Pisa Street Food and City Highlights Tour](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/shore-excursion-la-spezia-pisa-food-tour/): Rated 4.9 ★★★★★ — Based on 269 reviews on TripAdvisor
- [Shore Excursion from La Spezia: Gourmet Food Tour in Lucca](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/shore-excursion-la-spezia-lucca-food-tour/): Rated 4.9 ★★★★★ — Based on 269 reviews on TripAdvisor
- [Truffle Hunt from Parma: Private Half-Day with Gourmet Lunch](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/truffle-hunt-from-parma/): Rated 4.9 ★★★★★ — Based on 269 reviews on TripAdvisor
- [Visiting a Parmigiano Reggiano Dairy from La Spezia and Cinque Terre](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/parmigiano-reggiano-visit-from-la-spezia-cinque-terre/): Most visitors to Cinque Terre and La Spezia spend their time on the coast. Few realise that just over an hour’s drive inland, through the Cisa pass into the Parma Apennines, they are within reach of some of the most authentic Parmigiano Reggiano production in Italy. This is mountain Parmigiano — Parmigiano di Montagna — made above 600 metres from the milk of cows grazing on mountain pastures, aged longer, and rarely found outside the region.
- [Day Trips from Lucca: The Best Excursions in Tuscany and Beyond](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/day-trips-from-lucca/): Lucca sits at a crossroads of northern Tuscany that makes it one of the most practical bases in the region. Within two hours by public transport or car, you can reach Pisa, Florence, the Cinque Terre coast, the mountain valleys of the Garfagnana, and several excellent wine-producing areas. The day trips listed here are ranked by how easy they are to do without a car — though having a vehicle opens up the slower, more rewarding routes through the countryside.
- [How to Get to Lunigiana and Where to Stay](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/how-to-get-to-lunigiana/): Getting to Lunigiana is straightforward once you know the right routes. The region sits at a transport crossroads between Tuscany, Liguria, and Emilia-Romagna, served by a direct railway line and a motorway that make it more accessible than its reputation as a hidden gem suggests. The challenge is not getting there — it is getting around once you arrive, where a car makes a significant difference.
- [Things to Do in Lucca: The Best Experiences Beyond the Obvious](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/things-to-do-in-lucca/): Lucca rewards those who take their time. It is not a city of single landmarks to be ticked off a list but a place where the cumulative effect of a morning walk, a long lunch, a climb up a medieval tower, and a late afternoon coffee in a sun-drenched piazza amounts to something genuinely memorable. The following are the experiences that matter most — the ones locals would recommend and that stand up to repeat visits.
- [The Malaspina Castles of Lunigiana: A Complete Visitor’s Guide](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/lunigiana-castles-guide/): Lunigiana has more castles per square kilometre than almost any other region in Italy. More than 50 fortifications — from well-preserved medieval strongholds to crumbling hilltop towers — are scattered across the upper Magra valley and its tributaries. Most were built or expanded by the Malaspina family, the dominant dynasty of medieval Lunigiana and one of the most powerful noble houses in northern Italy. Dante stayed at several of their castles during his years of exile; the family’s influence stretched from Liguria to Emilia and shaped the landscape you see today.
- [What to Eat in Lunigiana: Testaroli, Panigacci, Honey and More](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/what-to-eat-in-lunigiana/): Lunigiana’s cuisine is one of the most distinctive in Italy — shaped by altitude, poverty, the chestnut forests, and centuries of isolation from the broader Tuscan tradition. You will not find bistecca or ribollita here. Instead, the region offers testaroli, panigacci, dishes made with chestnut flour, Italy’s only DOP honey, white and black truffles, and porcini mushrooms foraged from the forests above the Magra valley. It is a cuisine that rewards curiosity and rewards those willing to seek out the small trattoria over the tourist menu.
- [Lucca City Walls: The Complete Guide to Walking and Cycling the Mura](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/lucca-city-walls-guide/): No single feature defines Lucca more completely than its walls. The Mura di Lucca — a Renaissance fortification stretching 4.2 kilometres around the entire historic centre — are among the best-preserved city walls in Europe and one of the few in Italy wide enough to walk or cycle on top. Today they function as a public park in the sky, free to access year-round, offering a tree-lined loop above the red rooftops of one of Tuscany's most rewarding cities.
- [The Complete Guide to Lunigiana: Tuscany’s Most Overlooked Corner](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/lunigiana-travel-guide/): There is a corner of Tuscany that most visitors never reach. Wedged between the Apuan Alps, the Ligurian Apennines, and the Gulf of La Spezia, Lunigiana is a land of medieval castles, forested valleys, ancient pilgrimage routes, and a food culture so local it barely exists outside the villages themselves. It has no famous art museum, no universally recognised landmark, and no entry on most travellers’ itineraries. That, more than anything, is the reason to go.

## Pages
- [Langhe Wineries Map: Barolo & Barbaresco Wine Tours](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/langhe-wineries-map-barolo-barbaresco/): The Langhe splits into two wine zones on either side of Alba, each with its own villages, soils, and style. This map plots the villages and a handful of well-regarded, visitable wineries across both zones, so you can see how close together everything actually is before planning a day of tastings.
- [Motor Valley Tours from Bologna: Ferrari, Maserati and Pagani](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/motor-valley-tours-bologna/): Three guided Motor Valley tours from Bologna: the two Ferrari museums with a Lambrusco farm lunch, a Parmigiano dairy combined with Ferrari Maranello, or a choose-two from Maserati, Pagani and Lamborghini. From €250 per person, transport included.
- [Things To Do in Tuscany](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/things-to-do-in-tuscany/): From honey-sweet countryside to truffle-rich forests and rolling vineyards, Tuscany offers authentic experiences for curious travellers, food lovers, and nature seekers alike. Browse our curated tours below and book your next unforgettable moment in Tuscany.
- [Things To Do in La Spezia/Cinque Terre](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/things-to-do-in-la-spezia-cinque-terre/): La Spezia is the ideal launchpad for exploring the Cinque Terre, but it’s more than just a gateway. Nestled between Ligurian hills and the Gulf of Poets, this underrated port city offers a calm, authentic contrast to the busy tourist hotspots. Whether you’re planning day trips to Riomaggiore, Vernazza, or Monterosso, or looking to explore naval history, markets, or seaside promenades, La Spezia deserves time on your itinerary.
- [Things To Do In Parma](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/things-to-do-in-parma/): Parma is compact, largely flat, and easy to navigate. The cathedral complex — Romanesque Duomo, pink Verona marble Baptistery — sits at the centre of the historic district, ten minutes on foot from the station. A few streets away, the Palazzo della Pilotta contains the Teatro Farnese, one of the oldest surviving wooden theatres in Europe, alongside the National Gallery and the Palatine Library. The food Parma is known for — Prosciutto di Parma, Parmigiano Reggiano, culatello di Zibello — is made in the surrounding hills under strict DOP rules and can be tasted at the source. Parma was the first Italian city designated a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.
- [Things to Do in Modena](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/things-to-do-in-modena/): Modena is the home of Parmigiano Reggiano, traditional balsamic vinegar, and some of the best cured meats in Italy. We run private and small-group food experiences that take you behind the scenes — visiting the producers, tasting at source, and eating where locals eat. Below are our most popular Modena experiences. For cheese visits, timing matters — see our guide to the morning Parmigiano Reggiano tour from Modena to plan your visit around the production schedule.
- [Things To Do In Bologna](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/things-to-do-in-bologna/): Welcome to Bologna, the culinary and cultural heart of Emilia-Romagna. This 2026 guide highlights the very best things to do in Bologna — from iconic landmarks to authentic food experiences. Below you will find Bologna's main landmarks, cultural attractions, and food experiences — with links to our detailed guides for each.
- [Podcasts](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/podcasts/): Welcome to the Emilia Delizia Podcast! Dive into the heart of Italy's culinary and cultural wonders as we explore the flavors, traditions, and hidden gems of Emilia-Romagna. From Parmesan cheese dairies to balsamic vinegar producers, join us on a journey through Modena, Parma, and Bologna. Discover, savor, and be inspired!
- [Bologna 3-Night Stay: Culinary Adventures & Foodies Delight](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/bologna-3-night-stay-culinary-adventures-foodies-delight/): Indulge in the exquisite flavors of Bologna with our gourmet stay experience. Savor delicious regional cuisine made from fresh, local ingredients. Delight in cooking classes, wine tastings, and elegant dining, all designed to elevate your taste buds. Discover the art of Italian cooking while exploring the culinary treasures that this vibrant city has to offer.
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- [Free Itineary Planning Service](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/free-itineary-planning-service/): Embark on an unforgettable Italian escapade with our complimentary itinerary design service! Experience the allure of Italy’s most captivating cities, with a special focus on the gastronomical and historical wonders of Emilia Romagna, completely free for up to 6 nights and 7 days. Whether you crave the culinary delights of Parma, the architectural masterpieces of Bologna, or the historical richness of Modena, we tailor your journey to suit your unique preferences and travel style, ensuring a seamless and enriching experience throughout.
- [Food Experience from Stazione Medio Padana, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Bologna, Milan.](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/food-tour-from-stazione-medio-padana-reggio-emilia/): This experience departs from Stazione Medio Padana (Reggio Emilia AV), which is very easy to reach from Reggio Emilia, Parma, and even Milan thanks to frequent high-speed train connections.
- [La Spezia Food Tour & Wine Tasting Experience | Emilia Delizia](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/la-spezia-experience-and-wine-tour/): A La Spezia food tour that skips the shore-excursion crowds: this customizable day takes you from the cruise port into Lunigiana, the food valley behind the coast, where artisan winemakers, cheesemakers, and salumi producers still work outside the tourist circuit.
- [Walking Tours](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/walking-tours/)
- [Cooking Experiences & Market tours](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/cooking-classes-market-tours/): What: Home cooking class experience in a beautiful Italian residence, combined with a guided local market tour.
- [Afternoon Aperitivo Ham or Balsamic Experience](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/afternoon-aperitivo-tour/): Two afternoon options for visitors to Modena: a prosciutto ham tasting at a working producer, or a traditional balsamic vinegar acetaia visit. Both depart from Modena train station at 3:00pm with a private English-speaking guide and return by early evening — leaving time for the Ferrari Museum before dinner. Modena is 20 minutes by regional train from Bologna. For a full morning that combines a Parmigiano Reggiano dairy visit with balsamic and prosciutto, see the Foodies Delight food tour.
- [Contact](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/contact-page/): Important Notice for Last-Minute Bookings
- [XIII century tower b&b in Bologna](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/accommodation-and-activities-packages/xiii-century-tower-bb-bologna/): Torre Prendiparte offers visitors a truly unique experience in the historic city of Bologna. Many Italian cities once featured tall medieval fortress towers used for defence and as symbols of noble family power. Over the centuries most have disappeared, fallen into ruin, or become inaccessible.
- [Langhe Wine Tours](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/wine-tours-in-italy/langhe-wine-tours/): The Langhe is a hilly wine region in Piedmont, in north-west Italy, roughly an hour from Turin by car or a direct train to Alba or Asti. It is one of Italy’s most celebrated wine landscapes — a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2014 — known above all for Barolo, Barbaresco, and some of the country’s most serious red wines. We organise private and small-group wine tours here, from a single afternoon tasting to a full escorted itinerary combining wineries, truffle hunting, and local markets.
- [Truffle Hunting Near Bologna: Sasso Marconi and Savigno](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/truffle-hunting-bologna/): We offer two truffle hunting experiences in the Bologna hills, run by different licensed hunters in different territory. One is in Sasso Marconi, in the Bologna hills, and includes a tasting, take-home truffle, and take-home gifts. The other is in Savigno, 40 minutes out in the Apennine foothills, and includes a Truffle Museum visit with the option to buy fresh truffles at local prices. Both are led by local licensed hunters with trained dogs; both are genuine outdoor experiences, not staged ones. When you book, we confirm which location based on which hunter is available on your date.
- [Prosecco Wine Tour](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/wine-tours-in-italy/prosecco-wine-tour/): Emilia Delizia organises food and wine tours around Prosecco and Trieste. Departing from the major destinations in the north east such as Venice, Udine, Verona, Vicenza and Padua, we would delighted to be your guided for a wine discovery day while you are traveling in Italy.
- [Chianti Wine Tours from Florence and Siena](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/wine-tours-in-italy/chianti-wine-tours/): Emilia Delizia organises guided Chianti wine tours departing from Florence and Siena, visiting working estates where participants see how wine is made and taste the results alongside local food. Tours run for small groups or larger parties, with or without transport. We also organise combined programmes including cookery lessons, cultural visits, and cheese and cured meat tours — part of a broader tradition of Tuscan food and wine culture that extends well beyond the glass.
- [Labrusco Winery, Parmesan and Balsamic Tour From Modena (with Bologna Pickup)](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/2-gourmet-food-tour-farmer-brunch/): This countryside experience brings together the very best of Modena in a single day: Parmigiano Reggiano, traditional balsamic vinegar, cured meats, and organic Lambrusco, finished with a generous farmer’s brunch at an organic estate. Beyond food, this experience introduces you to Lambrusco in its authentic homeland — a sparkling red wine deeply rooted in Emilia-Romagna’s farming tradition. The Farmer’s Brunch can be booked as part of our Foodie’s Delight food tour.
- [Ferrari Test Drives](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/ferrari-and-lamborghini-factory-tours/super-car-test-drives/): we no longer take booking for the test drives until further notice. This page remains online as reference only.
- [Faqs](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/faqs/): If you're searching for what to eat in Bologna, the most famous local dishes, and whether a food tour is worth it, see our Bologna Food FAQS Guide for detailed recommendations and insider tips.
- [Skiing gourmet holidays](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/accommodation-and-activities-packages/skiing-gourmet-winter-holidays-bologna/): by Gabriele Monti November 6th, 2012
- [Modena Pasta Making Class with Gourmet Food Tour (Small Group)](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/2-gourmet-food-tour-farmer-brunch/gourmet-food-tour-pasta-making-class/): Rated 4.9 ★★★★★ — Based on 269 reviews on TripAdvisor
- [Travel Tips](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/travel-tips/)
- [Food Tours From Bologna and Modena: Tours Of Parmesan Production, Parma Ham, Balsamic Vinegar.](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/): Our Bologna food tour from Modena includes a visit to a Parmigiano Reggiano dairy approved by the consortium. We only take clients to dairies where the production is real and happening in front of you — not a staged show. Our guide explains each step in your language as the cheesemakers work the curds in the copper vats. You taste Parmesan at different ages and walk through the ageing rooms where thousands of wheels sit on wooden shelves. More about ourParmesan cheese tours. 
- [Cooking Class in Bologna: Fresh Pasta Making with Market Tour](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/cooking-lessons-in-bologna/): ★★★★★ Rated 4.9 on TripAdvisor — #1 food experience in Bologna · Travellers’ Choice 2025
- [Gourmet B&B  Accommodation.](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/accommodation-and-activities-packages/): Emilia Delizia offers stays at a beautifully refurbished working farm in Parma, perfect for families or friends. Enjoy high-standard B&B accommodations with generous breakfasts and experience authentic Italian life. Packages include English-guided visits to Parmesan production, balsamic vinegar aging, and Parma ham curing. Follow our map to meet producers directly.
- [Supercar Factory Tours](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/ferrari-and-lamborghini-factory-tours/): Our company is not only about gourmet food experiences. If you are travelling in this part of Italy, you will often hear the region referred to as “Terra dei Motori” — the Land of Engines. Many of the world’s most iconic car and motorcycle manufacturers are based between Modena and Bologna, including Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, Maserati, and Ducati.
- [Parma Food Tour](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/three-gourmet-food-tours/): Details:
- [About Emilia Delizia](https://www.emiliadelizia.com/food-tours-italy/): Emilia Delizia is a food tour company based in Bologna, operating in Emilia-Romagna since 2008. We run small-group and private experiences that take guests directly to the producers behind three of Italy’s most celebrated DOP products — Parmigiano Reggiano, traditional balsamic vinegar, and Prosciutto di Parma — as well as food walks, pasta-making classes, and truffle experiences across the region. All tours are led by licensed, English-speaking local guides with long-standing relationships with the producers we visit.