An afternoon guided tour of a Parmigiano Reggiano dairy, departing from Modena train station. Production finishes by midday, so afternoon visits focus on the aging cellars — the part of the caseificio where the wheels spend 12 to 36 months maturing on wooden shelves. The tour includes a guided tasting of Parmigiano Reggiano at different […]
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Livorno is the main cruise and ferry port for Tuscany. From the dock you have a medieval city to explore on foot, canal boat tours through a neighbourhood that earned the city its nickname “Little Venice,” a dramatic string of Renaissance fortifications, and easy access to the Bolgheri wine country — one of Italy’s most
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Salumi — the Italian collective noun for cured and preserved pork products — is one of the foundational elements of Italian food culture. Tuscany has its own tradition, distinct from the more internationally famous Emilia-Romagna products: Salame Toscano flavoured with garlic and black pepper, Finocchiona (fennel-seed salami), Capocollo, and the city’s own Bistecca Fiorentina as
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Tuscany is Italy’s second-largest olive oil producing region after Puglia, but arguably its most varied — the hills between Lucca, Florence, Siena and the Tyrrhenian coast each yield olive oils with distinct character, from the peppery, green-fruited oils of the Chianti hills to the lighter, more delicate oils of the Lucca coast. The region has
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Bologna is a historic city of around 400,000 inhabitants and the capital of Emilia-Romagna, one of Italy’s most important food and wine regions. Internationally famous for its cuisine, medieval porticoes, terracotta rooftops and Europe’s oldest university, Bologna combines a vibrant student population with a deeply rooted culinary culture. The surrounding hills — known as the
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Valpolicella is a DOC wine zone in the Verona hills, northwest of the city, producing a family of red wines that range from a light everyday wine to one of Italy’s most concentrated DOCG reds. The wines are made primarily from three native grape varieties — Corvina Veronese, Corvinone, and Rondinella — grown on terraced
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