Truffle hunting Barolo represent a really tradition in Piedmont. You can organize truffle hunting tours experience in any season and ask for Barolo Truffle hunting experience from Milan or Turin. The best season for fresh white truffle is between the end of September to December, while for black truffles, the period for hunting them goes from May to March.
One of the most surprising months in which to visit Barolo is the month of September and October. When the rows of the vineyards are populated by bunches of grapes from which the best Barolo wine will be produced. In this period, in addition to the harvest, you can start the truffle hunting Barolo in Langhe.
This experience is the best demonstration of truffle hunting with dogs and explanation of the features, history, tradition related to truffle while taking a lovely walk in the forest of chestnuts.
Depending on the time chosen, you will meet near the forest with our Trifolau If you don’t have your own car you can require from your hotel in Langhe our private taxi service that will drive you in your truffle tour experience.
Every day there are different departure time. Inquire to know at what time you can have your Truffle Hunting Experience.
Your guide during the truffle hunting Barolo, will be a real Trifolao (truffle hunter), who along with his dog will walk you to discover the precious black and white truffle.
If you book truffle hunting Barolo tour, get ready for a unique experience. In fact, your guide will accompany you in the woods and the truffle dog will begin to look near the trees, under the ground and when he finds a small truffle he will begin to dig, your skill will be to stop the dog before it reaches the truffle. Discover 5 reason to Travel Piedmont Region, Unesco World Site Heritage.
The truffle hunting in the Langhe is a suggestive and fun experience, you will learn the main notions about research, the season of truffle hunting and much more. The white truffle, the most prized and also the most difficult to find. Each trifolao (the one who looks for truffles) knows the territories of the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato perfectly and from the month of October, until December, will accompany his faithful dog , hunting for the white truffle, in the most prolific areas in Barolo.
The tour begins with the encounter with the trifolao and his dog near the Barolo forest.
You will begin to look for the truffle and thanks to the dog that sniffs near the roots of the trees, it will find it
When the dog has found the truffle, it’s up to you to dig to extract the truffle. Depending on the season in which you will be staying in Barolo you can find white or black truffles.
During the truffle hunting tour you will discover all there is to know about truffles.
Our truffle hunting experience with Marco was definitely the highlight of our roadtrip around Piedmont. It turned out that it was just my partner and I that day so it became a rather special private event! The morning spent was perfect, from meeting Marco and his friendly dog to the exciting truffle hunt in the depths of the forests! Marco’s is a very knowledgable and genuinely passionate about truffles, besides being exceptionally entertaining and humorous (btw Marco doesn’t speak english at all, we got a translator for the entire tour). It felt like we were spending time with an old friend. We enjoyed every minute of this authentic and unforgettable experience and would highly recommend to anyone who is interested in/wants to learn more about this skilled art and profession! Grazie mille Marco— we wish you all the best with your future plans !
Honestly, this was my most favorite, best experience I have had in all of Europe so far. This one had it all! A wonderful guide, Gulio, two beautiful, friendly truffle hunting dogs, a great overview and education of truffles, wonderful conversation, beautiful views, a walk in the woods, excitement of finding rare truffles and to finish it off……..an amazing lunch with and abundance of truffles, good wine and more interesting conversation.