Antica Corte Pallavicina

The tasting menu called I Culatelli dell'Antica Corte Pallavicina costs €150 and is built around the house product: culatello aged 18 and 27 months (a Slow Food presidium), a poached egg with sweet potato and golena truffle, Platinum culatello aged 40 months, carrot "buttons" with anchovy, the 42-month Gran Riserva, the cheese trolley and dessert. With a bottle of Krug Grande Cuvée shared between two, the same menu is €300. A second €150 menu, "the first fifteen years", strings together dishes created for guests such as Alain Ducasse and Anthony Bourdain. Children's menu €40.

• Il Podio dei Culatelli, culatello at 18, 27 and 37 months: €42.
• The 42-month Culatello Platinum Gran Riserva: €48.
• Hen ravioletti cooked in a bladder with 12-year Parmigiano fondue: €34.
• Frogs' legs with sweet garlic and saffron: €34.
• Pigeon two ways €48; black-pig fillet €48; white ox with wagyu €52.
• Guinea fowl wrapped in culatello and baked in Po clay, a family recipe from 1842: €90 for two.
• Desserts €20; cheese selection €26.

The Hosteria del Maiale e del Culatello, open every day, serves the estate's products at trattoria prices: a culatello board with giardiniera €18, mixed salumi €16, tortelli di erbette or anolini in brodo €12, braised white ox with polenta €18, desserts €7, cover €3. The estate's own Lambrusco and Fortana are €5 a glass. Two people can have a culatello lunch here for about €60 with wine.

The Museo del Culatello e del Masalén tells the story of the Po, the pig and the masalén (the traveling pork butchers), and ends in the underground gallery where culatelli hang to age. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last entry 5:30 p.m.), is closed on non-holiday Mondays and from January 7 to February 10 (the same page lists February 1 as its reopening, so phone in early February), and costs €7 with an audio guide in English. The castle rooms are €3 extra; a culatello tasting is €8. See also the culatello tasting page and whether culatello is worth the price.

The relais has 12 rooms, from €190 a night for a standard double to €360 for a suite, breakfast included, on its official price list checked September 29, 2026. A room booking does not reserve a dinner table, so book both. The drive from Parma is about 48 minutes; combine it with the Bassa Parmense or Busseto. The restaurant lists a private driver service for guests without a car.