Borgo Val di Taro (also called Borgotaro) is a town in the province of Parma in Emilia-Romagna, part of the Union of the Taro and Ceno Valleys. Alta Valtaro occupies an area between Emilia, Tuscany and Liguria. Borgo Val di Taro is considered the capital of Alta Valtaro and is part of the "Cittaslow" international circuit. Inside, the church of San Antonino is worth a visit, with its 13th century organ and a painting of the Annunciation dating back to the second half of the 1600s; and again the church of San Domenico, the Town Hall, the Museum of the Walls and Palazzo Boveri, which in September 1714 hosted the Queen of Spain Elisabetta Farnese.

The first excellence linked to this area of Italy is the Porcino Mushroom of Borgotaro. This is the only PGI branded Porcini in all of Europe. I. Porcini mushrooms harvested in the most favorable season, late summer and autumn, dried or used fresh, become part of all traditional mountain menus. The Borgotarese mushroom has become one of the most famous and appreciated typical products of Parma. Here at the Porcino Mushroom of Borgotaro. A fair is dedicated in September.

Another specialty of Borgo Val di Taro is a sweet of Swiss origin. It was the early 1900s when many inhabitants of the Engadine, in the Canton of Grisons in Switzerland, left their homeland to move to Italy. Many of them stopped in Borgotaro, one opened a pastry shop there. His name was Maurizio Steckli and he brought with him a unique recipe that today is the sweet symbol of Borgo Val di Taro. They are the Amor, vanilla cream and butter cakes closed between two wafers. A small square of sweetness arrived in Emilia from the Alps. Currently the Steckli pastry shop is managed by Mrs. Paola Tagliavini who learned the Amor technique from her mother Maria Zecca who worked in the shop precisely from those who brought the famous dessert to the Borgotaro area. , and subsequently to Pontremoli.