Basic Truffle Experience

Tour can start at 09.30 a.m. (or 3.00 p.m.) meeting and briefing at the truffle hunter’s residence;

09.45 a.m. (3.15 p.m.) truffle walking in the forest with the truffle hunter and his dog;

11.00 a.m. (4.30 p.m.) end of experience.

During truffle walking in the forest with canine expert truffle hunter, you would now about all of the different truffles that grow in Tuscany throughout the year , their natural habitat, how to preserve them, the organoleptic characteristics of truffle, its biological cycle, and very importantly, the know how to spot a very high quality truffle instead of the “fake” or “flavoured product”; we will entertain you with truffle stories, such as the one about the largest truffle in the world (found in San Miniato’s area in 1954), the legends that recall the truffle myth that look so much like superhero’s story… but, on that day, the only one superhero will be the truffle dog!