Top Modena Dining Experiences

Booking a guided tour and tasting at Acetaia Marchi offers a unique experience, immersed in family tradition and the production of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. Visitors discover the secrets of the process, tour the aging rooms, and taste a variety of products, exploring culinary pairings to enhance each flavor.

Immerse yourself in one of the most authentic Modena's traditions, where the art of Balsamic Vinegar unfolds through the tales of our family and the secrets of century-old recipes.

Set in the heart of the Emilia-Romagna region, Modena is home to some of Italy’s most delicious cuisine. Discover the tastes, secrets, and ingredients of Modenese cooking during this private, hands-on cooking class in a local home. Prepare a delicious 3-course meal from start to finish and then enjoy the fruits of your labor accompanied by local red and white wines during this private experience.

"Acetaia la Vedetta" is immersed in the famous hills of Castelvetro, 6 km from Maranello and 18 from Modena. Let's start with our vineyards which are the basis for obtaining the quality raw material, then we explain all the phases to obtain the Traditional Balsamic Vinegar Dop, of Modena Igp and Balsamic Condiments telling our story. To conclude, there will be a pleasure to taste it both naturally and with a combination of Food, Parmesan 24 months with Dop Vinegar, bruschetta with caramelized onions with igp vinegar, and savoring a good glass of wine. We believe the union between Nature and Man is important and our company is based on this.

Make three fresh pasta dishes by hand during this private cooking class in the city of Modena. You’ll skip the impersonal feel of a larger class, and rustle up a meal in the home of a Modena local, who is part of the Cesarine network of Italy’s home cooks. Cut and eat the pasta as you learn about the Modena in an authentic Italian home kitchen.

Indulge in a culinary experience the foodie town of Modena during this half-day dining, hands-on and cooking course that lets you connect with local food traditions and people. Enjoy a four-course meal and locally produced wines and coffee in a private residence and learn to make authentic, regional recipes including a starter, pasta and dessert.

Balsamic Vinegar is one of the most prestigious gourmet specialties from Emilia-Romagna. Delve into its history and production with this private tour and tasting at a historic villa in the countryside near Reggio Emilia. Connect with a family of balsamic vinegar producers and learn how this unique vinegar is produced over decades in their traditional “acetaia” (vinegar cellar), then sample a number of different aged vinegars with your hosts.

There’s no better souvenir to bring home from Italy than the art of home-cooked Italian food. Join a local host in her Modena kitchen and learn how to prepare two different kinds of pasta from scratch on this small-group cooking class, which wraps up with assembling tiramisu. Warm up with a classic aperitivo, then, once you’ve hand-rolled your pasta and prepared your dishes, enjoy them with water, wine, and coffee.

Immerse yourself in a private pasta and tiramisu-making class in a welcoming home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and tiramisu and taste the fruit of your labour for lunch or dinner accompanied by local wines. During this private lesson, you will learn how to prepare 2 pasta recipes and the tiramisu dessert from scratch. Your Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of these iconic recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family once home with an Italian meal! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Wine-tasting in Italy is almost a traveler’s rite of passage, but few tours explore the equally rich traditions of vinegar production. With this tour, visit one of Modena’s oldest traditional balsamic vinegar producers, touring the vineyards and seeing all the stages of production from the pressing of grapes to the barrel aging. The tour includes plenty of vinegar samples, regional food tastings, and a bottle of wine produced on-site.

Modena sits in the heart of Emilia Romagna's 'Food Valley', the birthplace of some of Italy's blockbuster gourmet specialties. Sample the most famous in just a few hours with this insider food tour. Stop to taste Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, authentic balsamic vinegar, traditional Lambrusco wine, and other local treats at family-run food and wine shops in Modena's old town and learn about the area's iconic cuisine and the families behind it.

Discover the culinary heart of Emilia-Romagna with an immersive food experience near Modena. Begin with a guided tour of a local Parmigiano Reggiano dairy in Gargallo, where you'll learn the secrets behind this world-famous cheese. Watch expert cheesemakers turn fresh milk into Parmigiano Reggiano DOP using centuries-old methods, and taste different aging stages in the cheese aging rooms. After the tour, visit the farm shop to buy Parmigiano Reggiano and other local products. Then, enjoy a home-cooked lunch featuring regional specialties: Parmigiano Reggiano, cured meats (Prosciutto, Coppa, Salame), warm tigelle bread with spreads, and Lambrusco di Santa Croce wine. End with a homemade dessert, Italian coffee, and a digestif. This experience is perfect for food lovers and cheese enthusiasts seeking to explore Modena and Emilia-Romagna’s rich culinary heritage.

Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic recipes from Reggio Emilia treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. Enjoy a 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional cellars and coffee). This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

A two-hour private tour to discover Modena : a city famous for its historic center with UNESCO sites, for its gastronomy, engines, and for the friendliness of its inhabitants. Pleasant in every season, Modena offers visitors extraordinary beauties, all concentrated in its pretty old town, which tell the splendor of a city long the capital of a duchy, that of the Signori d'Este, who lived there since 1598. Unesco has recognized the universal value of its treasures by declaring the Duomo, Piazza Grande and the Ghirlandina Tower a World Heritage Site. Discover these great architectural beauties with our certified Tour Guide.

Design your own recipe and try it out with this culinary experience. First, you'll pick out three to five local ingredients at an area market. Then you'll take them to the home of your host to learn how to cook the Cessarina way, developing your own recipe. Then comes time to eat and sample local wines before calling it a day.

This experience is made unique thanks to the familiar and welcoming environment. You will find yourself in contact with the hostess, in the green of the Emilian countryside, immersed in an oasis of peace and pampered by tradition. In addition, in addition to learning how to make pasta, you will also visit the vinegar cellar of the Malagoli Daniele family and taste their balsamic vinegars. Finally, you will taste your creations while indulging in a pleasant moment in serenity.

We will accompany you to discover "the black gold of Modena" and where, solely from the milk of our cows, the most famous cheese in the world is produced, his majesty Parmigiano Reggiano. If all this is not enough for you, you will be accompanied on comfortable e-bikes, thus savoring the beauty of the area and being told stories and anecdotes of our places. A unique possibility therefore to discover the beautiful Modena hills and taste two of the most famous DOP products in the world: Parmesan and Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. A route suitable for everyone aboard brand new e-bikes and accompanied by an expert guide.

Despite being a new vinegar factory, its position nestled in the hills of Castelvetro di Modena, the best for the cultivation of Trebbiano Modenese, used in the production of balsamic vinegar, will allow you to fully experience the production process of balsamic vinegar.

Modena is the city of Parmigiano Reggiano, Balsamic Vinegar and Lambrusco wine. Discover this amazing city with OUR EXCLUSIVE FOOD WALKING GUIDED TOUR, created and organized ONLY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, walking around the Unesco city centre and the most important and famous buildings of Modena. A Food Tour in Modena is the best for discovering all its food excellences: Parmigiano Reggiano, Traditional Balsamic Vinegar, Prosciutto, Lambrusco and Pignoletto wines. A Food tour in Modena, guided by local expert guides and escorts, let you see the historical side and the culinary side of this city: from the main square Piazza Grande to the traditional market “Mercato Albinelli” since 1931, heart of the city, where stalls exhibit every day fresh products as Parmigiano Reggiano, prosciutto and typical cold-cuts.

travelers try to create dishes, fresh pasta linked to our traditions, entering a 'family atmosphere and relaxing where then you can enjoy every single dish in serenity' and joy. Here we will prepare together two types of fresh pasta, tagliatelle tortelloni. lunch or dinner with typical appetizers, the two pastas and Tiramisu 'all accompanied by a typical wine of our land and water, coffee' and liquors

Through a visit to two local producers you will live a truly unique experience! In the Acetaia you will discover customs, anecdotes, traditions and production processes linked to Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, while in the Cellar the ancient ancestral method referring to wines produced by hand and respecting the highest quality! The Acetaia is located in the ancient country farmhouse, immersed in the greenery of the plain, while the cellar is on the hills of Modena and thanks to the special position, you can enjoy an exciting view! Two familiar and welcoming places where you will live a unique and extremely authentic experience! This experience is absolutely perfect for young couples, groups of friends and families! Infants, children and teenagers can participate, but only children at least 18 years of age or children at least 16 years of age but with explicit parental permission will be able to taste the wine. In the cellar you will visit the vineyard. Comfortable clothing is recommended!

Learn to prepare fresh pasta from scratch, create delicious fillings, and master traditional Italian techniques. After cooking, sit down to enjoy your homemade ravioli paired with a glass of fine regional wine. A perfect culinary experience for food lovers visiting Italy!

The cooking class at the Vedetta will allow you to discover and taste the typical Modenese pasta and also one of the most common traditions in the province of Modena that has been handed down from generation to generation, balsamic vinegar.