What to Do in Parma, Italy in 3 Hours (VIDEO)
The plan was to take the train from Milan to Parma, spend three hours exploring Parma, and then catch another train to La Spezia. The plan worked PERFECTLY. Click “Show more” to see the 3-hour schedule below.
We booked two one-way regional train tickets (one from Milan to Parma and another from Parma to La Spezia), each at about 11 Euros per person. That allowed us to make our own schedule so we could explore Parma. We had to carry our luggage with us, but fortunately we travel light.
The highlight of the trip (besides Pepen’s food, of course) was the Parma Cathedral. The paintings and decorations inside this cathedral are unparalleled. It is one of the most awe inspiring, completely impressive buildings I’ve ever been in (and I’ve been in St. Paul’s in London, St. Peter’s in the Vatican, and most of the other impressive cathedrals of the world).
Here’s the schedule: (with video time stamps) And how long we spent there.
2pm – Arrive at Parma train station
2.15pm – Eat at Pepen (0:08) Thirty minutes, depending on how busy it is.
2.45pm – Check out Parma Cathedral (0:41) We spent an hour here.
3.45pm – Monastero San Giovanni (1:33) Fifteen minutes is fine.
4.05pm – Chiesa della Staccata (2:00) Ten minutes.
4.20pm – Teatro Farnese (2:19) Thirty minutes.
Then you have 30 minutes to eat gelato (2:53), explore (we went to a few parks that weren’t very pretty in March so they didn’t make the video), and get back to the train station.
If you’re staying in La Spezia (hiking Cinque Terre), stay with Marco on Airbnb. His apartment was fantastic and he was a great host.
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/8607317
This is part 5 of a 10-day road-trip/train-trip through Switzerland and Italy around Easter 2016. Start the journey with us from the beginning here:
Enjoy!
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All i can say is that Cathedral left me speechless!
I lived in Parma for fifteen years and this is an amazing video around the city, thanks for sharing 🙂
Beautiful video! I lived there for 20 years and I've been living in Manhattan for the last 20 years. I've done half and half ; ) lol
Do you have a video of Rome? Rome's the most beautiful city in the world.
Here in Parma for business. Awesome city!! Beautiful. Good food! Recommend strongly!
Subscribe to  the Channel missed Parma very much, lived there for 30 years…. Ciao ;Parma,Ti amok TRAVERSETOLO!!!!!A PRESTO.
Nice video man. Good to see videos on other less mainstream Italian cities as well.
I live in Parma and this video is amazing! Thank you for presenting our beautiful city to the rest of the world!
Where did you put your luggage while being in Parma?
Congratulations for the video ! Did you realise that it went on the local page of the main online newspaper, La Repubblica, which is quite popular ? Well done !
Bravo !!! Bellissimo video !! 🙂
Thank you for visiting our city! 🙂