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Truffle Hunting Weekend in Umbria Italy

  • Umbria Airport, Italy
  • Active & Adventure
Italy, Europe

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Comfort accommodations Exertion level: 3
Operator: Love Umbria 24 people max
Spend a weekend truffle hunting in Umbria, Italy, eating truffles and learning how to prepare Italian truffle dishes.

Join us for a truffle hunting weekend in Umbria, Italy. Not only will you sample the precious Italian truffles but you will also take part in a truffle hunt and learn how to prepare truffle dishes.

On this tour you will:

join a local truffle hunter and his dogs on his daily truffle hunt;

enjoy a truffle lunch with truffles found by the truffle hunter:

learn to prepare truffle dishes at a cooking lesson.

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Italy, Europe

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3 testimonials about the provider, Love Umbria:

  • Reviewer: SM,Gourmet Tour, May 2009 located in USA
    "Your passion to share, educate and preserve all that you love about life in Umbria invigorates and inspires. Your genuine interest in making our vacation enjoyable, relaxing, unique and educational is unrehearsed and from the heart. My continued surprise at the lengths you went to to give us a piece of life in Umbria was more than I could have imagined or hoped for. I wanted this trip to be special. You made it exceptional. I thank you for that priceless gift."
  • Reviewer: BE, Umbria Wine Tour, July 2009 located in USA
    "The food, the sites, and of course the wine were all amazing. I have already given out your cards and raved about the personal attention that went into our trip and how each day exceeded the one before it. We can't thank you enough for an experience that we will never forget. The wine, food, and culture wouldn't have stood out as much without you explaining it all to us. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you again for one of the most wonderful experiences of our lives."
  • Reviewer: B&MS, Truffle Hunting Tour, September 2009 located in USA
    "Bravo for making our trip to Spoleto one of the most fantastic experiences we have ever had, including our hotel stay and the truffle hunt everything was faultless. Your fervor for Spoleto was truly felt by us; and your knowledge of the area was incredible. Our truffle hunt was truly once in a life time experience everyone should have. Thank you for making our 40th anniversary one we will treasure forever."

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Special information

  • This is a custom departure, meaning this trip is offered on dates that you arrange privately with the provider. Additionally, you need to form your own private group for this trip. The itinerary and price here is just a sample. Contact the provider for detailed pricing, minimum group size, and scheduling information. For most providers, the larger the group you are traveling with, the lower the per-person cost will be.

Itinerary

Friday –Welcome to Truffle Hunting Weekend & Truffle Cooking Lesson

On the first day we can arrange for you to be picked-up at the airport or local train station and taken to your accommodation for the weekend, in the famous truffle area around Spoleto and Norcia. You can choose to stay either at an agriturismo (working farm house) or a lovely Relais.

Following an introduction to the tour over a cup of coffee or aperitivo it is time to roll up your sleeves for a cooking lesson during which you will learn how to prepare truffles and to make dishes such as the local stringozzi pasta which is traditionally enjoyed with truffle sauce.

Saturday –Truffle Hunt & Truffle Lunch


In the morning we will join the truffle hunter and his dogs on their daily truffle hunt in the unspoiled Umbrian forests. There are two main types of truffles (“tartufi” in Italian) to be found in the area: the precious black truffle, Tuber melanosporum (also known as the “Norcia”, “Spoleto” or “Périgord” truffle), which can be found from December to March; and the summer black truffle, Tuber aestivum, which can be found from May until November.

After the truffle hunt, lunch will consist of local salamis and cheeses and truffle dishes prepared using fresh local truffles. The afternoon is free to relax or explore the area around Spoleto and Norcia and do some shopping in the numerous local delicatessens.

We can also organize truffle weekends to coincide with one of the many local gastronomic fairs such as the annual truffle fairs in Norcia in February/March and Gubbio in October/November in which case you could visit the fair this afternoon.

Sunday –Farewell

This morning following a farewell breakfast we can arrange for you to be taken to the airport or local train station. Alternatively why not allow yourself a few extra days to take in some more sights or spend time relaxing?

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