Bologna and Modena tour
6 Days
From £1,719
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Explore Italy’s gastronomic capital, visit local producers, and enjoy an immersive cooking lesson in Modena
"An excellent trip with interesting food tours, cookery classes and free time to explore on your own."

October 2025

Bologna is affectionately known as La Grassa - "the fat one" - and with good reason. As Italy's culinary capital, it's celebrated for rich ragùs, comforting homemade pastas, and delicately spiced mortadella.

Your gastronomic journey begins with a guided food-focused tour of Bologna, where you'll discover the city through its culinary heritage and sample some of its most famous specialities along the way.

You'll also savour the flavours of the surrounding region with visits to a family-run Parma ham producer, a local Parmesan cheese dairy, and a traditional balsamic vinegar vineyard. Naturally, each visit includes the chance to taste these delicious products for yourself.

In nearby Modena, you'll take part in a special cooking lesson with a local host, learning how to make the most of the region's outstanding produce and recreate classic Italian dishes in your own kitchen.

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Reasons to book

Beautiful Bologna

You’ll discover how Bologna gets its reputation as Italy’s best foodie city on a guided tour, and have time to see the historic centre

Learn to cook like a local

In Modena you’ll get the chance to join a welcoming local host to learn how to cook delicious Italian dishes in the most authentic ways

Plenty of tastings

Discover the flavours of the wider Emilia-Romagna region with tours to local producers of Parma ham, Balsamic vinegar and Parmesan cheese

Pretty Parma

There’ll be some free time to explore Parma, where you can marvel at this elegant university city’s Romanesque buildings

Magnificent Modena

This city is known for its Balsamic vinegar and opera heritage as well as its links to Ferrari and Lamborghini luxury sports
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Price includes

  • Return flights from the UK
  • All transfers and airport pick-up and drop-off
  • Services of a bilingual guide
  • Three nights' hotel accommodation in Bologna
  • Two nights' hotel accommodation in Modena
  • Breakfast each day at your hotel
  • Two lunches
  • Bologna food walking tour
  • Parmesan, Parma ham, and Balsamic vinegar tour and tasting
  • Cooking lesson with a local chef

Availability

From
Sat, Sat, May 16, 2026
To
Thu, Thu, May 21, 2026
Duration
6 Days
Price per person
£1,719*

* From price is per person, based on two sharing, subject to availability. Price and itinerary correct at time of print but may be subject to change. Groups may be combined for some activities. Single supplement £460. Full payment required at the time of booking. Local charges such as tourist tax may apply. Travel insurance is not included and should be taken out at time of booking. This holiday may be sold through other selected brands. Images used may not reflect your actual tour experience. Tour is operated by and subject to the booking conditions of TS Travel Ltd (ATOL bonded).

From
Fri, Fri, Oct 2, 2026
To
Wed, Wed, Oct 7, 2026
Duration
6 Days
Price per person
£1,719*

* From price is per person, based on two sharing, subject to availability. Price and itinerary correct at time of print but may be subject to change. Groups may be combined for some activities. Single supplement £460. Deposit 30%. Local charges such as tourist tax may apply. Travel insurance is not included and should be taken out at time of booking. This holiday may be sold through other selected brands. Images used may not reflect your actual tour experience. Tour is operated by and subject to the booking conditions of TS Travel Ltd (ATOL bonded).

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Itinerary

  1. Day
    1
    Arrive in Bologna
    Bologna, Italy

    Today you'll arrive at Bologna airport where you'll be met by a guide and transferred to your stylish accommodation. Once you're settled in, the rest of the day is yours to spend at leisure. You might choose to visit Bologna's Piazza Maggiore in the very heart of the city, where you can see the elegant facades of many important buildings, like the Basilica of San Petronio and the Palazzo dei Notai.

    In the evening there'll be a group meeting where you can meet your tour manager and prepare for the following days' excursions, depending on timings the meeting may take place the next morning.

  2. Day
    2
    Bologna and Modena
    Bologna, Italy

    This morning you'll enjoy a delicious food tour of Bologna, where you'll have the opportunity to learn about this beautiful city through its fascinating history and, of course, taste its world-renowned food. The city is famous for delicacies like mortadella sausage and tagliatelle al ragù - aka spaghetti bolognese.

    In the afternoon you'll travel to Modena, a quintessential Italian city known for its operatic heritage and as being the home of Ferrari and Lamborghini sports cars. Once you've checked into your hotel you'll have the rest of the day at your leisure.

    Perhaps you'll choose to visit the Ferrari museum to learn more about Modena's connections to the luxury Italian brand. You can also pay a visit to Modena's magnificent 12th-century duomo.

    Meals - Breakfast, Lunch
  3. Day
    3
    Modena
    Modena, Italy

    This morning you'll pay a visit to a local Balsamic vineyard where you'll learn about the history of Balsamic vinegar as well as the patience and care required to produce the very best vinegar.

    You'll have the opportunity to taste various different ages of Balsamic to get a true understanding of the art of vinegar making.

    After your tour and tasting, you'll be taken for your next experience; learning to cook with a Modena local. This experience not only allows you to learn about the local cooking but gives you the opportunity to learn more about the local culture and customs from your hospitable hosts.

    After lunch you'll have the rest of the day at your leisure to explore more of Modena, or simply relax in the hotel.

    Meals - Breakfast, Lunch
  4. Day
    4
    Emilia-Romagna
    Parma, Italy

    In the morning you'll visit a local Parmesan factory to learn about the interesting and intricate process required to produce the region's most popular cheese. Then, of course, you'll get to taste different ages of Parmesan with various condiments to complement and enhance the flavour.

    Next you'll pay a visit to a local family-run Parma ham producer to learn about the painstaking process of creating Italy's most famous ham, which you'll also get to sample plenty of too.

    Then you'll be taken to the city of Parma itself, where you'll have some time to explore and have lunch before travelling back to Bologna to spend the rest of the day at leisure.

    Meals - Breakfast
  5. Day
    5
    Bologna
    Bologna, Italy

    Today you'll have a day to yourself to explore Bologna at your own pace. You'll have picked up plenty of tips on where to dine from your guides and from locals, from cheap eats to fancier restaurants, so now's your chance to try them for yourself and discover why Bologna is considered one of Italy's best foodie cities.

    Meals - Breakfast
  6. Day
    6
    Depature
    Bologna, Italy

    Check out of the hotel in the morning and transfer to the airport for your flight home, as your gourmet tour comes to an end. If your flight is later in the day, you'll be able to leave your luggage at reception and enjoy a little more of Bologna before heading home.

    Meals - Breakfast

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Availability

From
Sat, Sat, May 16, 2026
To
Thu, Thu, May 21, 2026
Duration
6 Days
Price per person
£1,719*

* From price is per person, based on two sharing, subject to availability. Price and itinerary correct at time of print but may be subject to change. Groups may be combined for some activities. Single supplement £460. Full payment required at the time of booking. Local charges such as tourist tax may apply. Travel insurance is not included and should be taken out at time of booking. This holiday may be sold through other selected brands. Images used may not reflect your actual tour experience. Tour is operated by and subject to the booking conditions of TS Travel Ltd (ATOL bonded).

From
Fri, Fri, Oct 2, 2026
To
Wed, Wed, Oct 7, 2026
Duration
6 Days
Price per person
£1,719*

* From price is per person, based on two sharing, subject to availability. Price and itinerary correct at time of print but may be subject to change. Groups may be combined for some activities. Single supplement £460. Deposit 30%. Local charges such as tourist tax may apply. Travel insurance is not included and should be taken out at time of booking. This holiday may be sold through other selected brands. Images used may not reflect your actual tour experience. Tour is operated by and subject to the booking conditions of TS Travel Ltd (ATOL bonded).

Call now to book 0330 037 4741
Quote ref: BOLOGNA
Email us