Everything is ready for the opening of FICO, the park food dedicated to the excellence of theitalian food and wine.
It will open its doors next November 15 a Bologna, 40 days behind the previous schedule.
Great anticipation for the launch of this project strongly desired by the team of Oscar Farinetti, founder of Eataly. Fico, which stands for Italian Peasant Factory stands on an exhibition area of 10 hectares, 2 of which are uncovered, including fields and stables, with more than 200 animals and 2,000 cultivars.
It will be an important container of the italian specialties, attracting millions of visitors, buyers and stakeholders from all over the world.
Fico will also be an opportunity to showcase the showcasing of the food: a major project rising in a region that has always represented in the world the Italian cuisine.
In this huge park dedicated to the food, you can touch, observe and admire the production of the Italian foods.
Fico Eataly World, the factory of Italian biodiversity
The park will also be the biodiversity factory, where it will be possible to appreciate the enormous wealth of products North to south of the country.
Fico, in its 8 covered hectares, provides an indoor route of 100,000 square meters, divided into:
- 40 factories
- More than 40 refreshment places
- Stores and market
- Dedicated areas for sports, children, reading and services
- 6 educational classrooms, 6 large educational "rides", theater and cinema
- A conference center that can be modulated from 50 to 1,000 people
- A foundation with 3 universities
A space to educate
Cool will not only be an exhibition space, a showcase of thefood and wine excellence: it will also be the space for learning.
You will learn theItalian agriculture, the cultivation and processing of products, the regional specialties.
Ample space to the tastings, the catering, events and training, with 50 courses a day in classrooms, theater and teaching spaces. There will also be the museum of rural civilization, workshop and experiences sensory.
For children, there are also play areas, with educational rides dedicated to fire, earth, sea, wine and animals. Plus meetings, congresses and conferences on the latest news, trends and topics related to the food.
Six multimedia experiences, 100 thousand square meters to explore, more than 40 places to taste and more than 100 workshops distributed over an area where taste the products made in the workshop, purchase them and participate in the producer's story.
To learn more, visit the eatalyworld.co.uk website.



