Signature experience — Bologna
Parma, ham and Correggio
Duration
Full day
Price
From €740
Mercedes
Dedicated vehicle & chauffeur
Leave Bologna’s bustle behind and, within an hour, Parma’s ducal palette comes into view—Farnese legacy intact. Inside the Cathedral, Correggio’s swirling Assumption (1526–1530) rewrote ceiling painting; next door, the wooden Teatro Farnese (1618) rises like a stage waiting for trumpets. Then the road bends into the Langhirano hills, 20–25 km south, where the famous aria gentile dries prosciutto under rules enforced by the Consorzio since 1963.
For the day, your driver meets you at the hotel in Bologna, a roomy Mercedes at the ready, timing flexible: you explore and taste while they handle the wheel. With a private chauffeur in Emilia-Romagna you can link the Cathedral, Camera di San Paolo, and Palazzo della Pilotta without parking stress, then roll on to a prosciuttificio to see salting, resting, and curing in sequence. Depending on timing, add a Parmigiano Reggiano dairy stop in the plain or a trattoria lunch in Collecchio; return late afternoon, usually 60–75 minutes back.
Your itinerary
- I
09:00 — Pick-up at your Bologna hotel and drive to Parma via A1 (about 95 km, 1 hr).
- II
10:15 — Parma Cathedral and Correggio’s dome, then Camera di San Paolo (1 hr 15).
- III
11:45 — Palazzo della Pilotta and Teatro Farnese, focused visit (45 min).
- IV
13:15 — Langhirano: casual lunch and certified prosciuttificio, cellars and tasting (2 hrs), back around 17:00.
What’s included
- ✓ Dedicated French-speaking driver
- ✓ Mercedes E-Class or V-Class
- ✓ Hotel pick-up Bologna
- ✓ Waiting time and private transfers
Your chauffeur’s tip
For livelier drying rooms, go September to March and arrive before 2 pm; book the prosciuttificio visit 48 hours ahead to secure access to curing halls.
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