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Truffle Hunting and Barolo Tasting Tour in the Alba Area

Name: Truffle Hunting and Barolo Tasting Tour in the Alba Area
Brand: Curioseety SRLS
SKU: 17024P244
Price: 152.57 USD
Rating: 4.0 (41 reviews)

Turin, Italy

Truffles Hunting in Alba and Local Delicacies Tasting

3 hours
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Enjoy an amazing truffle hunting with a professional "Trifolao" and his trained dog in Monforte d' Alba. Breathe pure air in a plank of gorgeous wood and enjoy the intense truffle scent. Accompanied by your guide to meet the hunter and his two dogs, who are specially trained to sniff out truffles, you’ll have a good chance of tracking down the elusive fungi. Along the way, learn more about truffles and why they are so rare, and pick up expert tips on how to find them. The experience ends with a wine tasting.

Discover the secrets and traditional techniques in a real hunt for the precious white truffle
Understand how, where and why truffles grow in in the Low Piedmont area
Learn the differences between white and black truffles and enjoy the intense aroma.
Enjoy a wine tasting including the Barolo wine

What's Included

Local Professional Guide
Truffle Hunting with the dogs
Wine tasting at the winery

transportation available upon request in ADVANCED (Limited places)

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Monforte Tourism - Montourism srls Incoming tour Operator
Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 16/A, 12065 Monforte d'Alba CN, Italy
Via Garibaldi, 16/A, 12065 Monforte D'alba CN, Italia

Start time

09:45 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Meet your expert truffle hunter guide in central Monforte D'alba and start this amazing trip. The journey between the meeting point, the wood and the cellar will take you through the UNESCO vineyards of the Barolo area, discovering beautiful views and unknown roads in order to live an authentic experience. You could have the chance to see the breath taking scene of clouds descending between the hills.

Monforte d'Alba (Pass By)

Alba International White Truffle Fair (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed

Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

Operated by Curioseety SRLS

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Paul_S

We were in the Emilia Romagna region and we decided at the last minute to visit the Piedmont for a day. The experience of truffle hunting seemed unique, and based on the reviews here, we took a shot at it. It was probably the best experience during our trip -- and that is a lot to say since the other places we had visited had been amazing as well. We had even joked that we may find ourselves in someones backyard with a dog and pony show... but no, we actually went into the woods and saw the dog's ability to find and dig for truffles. Her name is Pina. It's so amazing how she could spot them. The truffle hunter was fully italian and the guide translated as he explained. Both are wonderful people. We then went to a winery to visit and taste three wines. They were all very good. The person making the presentation even recommended a handful of great restaurants to have lunch. My wife and I recommend this trip wholeheartedly.

Reviews

4.0

41 reviews

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A hidden gem of an experience

Paul_S, May 2024

Awesome experience!

Gustavo_M, Nov 2023

Awesome experience! If you get the chance to do it, don't miss it !!! The staff was very helpful and the dogs are lovely.

Great experience!

Catherine_G, Oct 2023

That was a great experience! The tour guide , the hunter were very nice and professional. We love it! Thank you!

A must do! Incredible experience!

Sheri_H, Oct 2023

A must do!! Incredible authentic, experience with Veronica, Elio, and border collies Cuba and Chloe. Hunting for truffles in the Piedmont region, on Elio’s restored by hand private property, cannot get any better. A glorious walk through the forest (anticipate some hilly areas) while learning about the white and black truffle seasons and trivia ended with a fantastic wine tasting and tour at a family owned winery. We were shocked that we actually even found some truffles thanks to these superbly trained adorable hard working dogs and Elio’s years of experience as a true truffle hunter.

No tasting of local products and therefore too expensive

Irma_B, Oct 2023

The truffles hunting was good but then we had a wine tasting of three wines and no tasting of local products. This makes the whole experience much too expensive

Totally Recommended

Lea_S, Oct 2023

This was a once in a lifetime experience! We enjoyed learning about truffles and witnessing the hunt! The guide was very informative and the hunter very friendly along with his two dogs. I would definitely recommend this activity. What I would change is the wine tasting part, I think we could’ve gone to a more authentic italian winery and maybe included lunch with wine pairing.

Truffle hunting was fun - wine tasting a bit medicore

Tamara_A, Apr 2023

We loved the truffle hunting. We did hike through the forest but it wasn't too strenuous or dirty (for those afraid of being outdoors without sidewalks). We are in fairly good shape. The English guide (Franchesa) was very informative and answered all our questions. The gentlemen and his dogs were pretty amazing to watch. It was about one hour or so in the woods, then up to a winery nearby for a wine tasting. It was a beautiful winery but it has one employee (the winemaker) and he was not as informative. You had about an hour at the winery touring and tasting four wines. Be sure to read the fine print. You must provide your own transportation as you follow the guide in her car to the two places.

Best experience

Sofia_A, Mar 2023

I really love the experience. The host is a lovely person and you will lear averything you want about the trouffles. It was one of my best experiences in Italy.

We had a great experience...

Florence_B, Nov 2022

We had a great experience with Elio and his two dogs. Francesca was an amazing guide from who we learned a lot.

Great Experience!

Dylan_M, Apr 2022

Great Experience! Even although we didn't travel in its main season we were still lucky to find some black & white truffle. The tour guide was excellent and the master of truffles with his 2 amazing dogs were fantastic. Highly recommend!

try it

Yariv_A, Oct 2021

very nice experience.. note that there is two hours wine tasting before the truffle hunting the hunter the guide and the door are supper nice.

Very interesting and...

Amy_S, Sep 2021

Very interesting and informative, Luna the dog was the star of the show. Beautiful area and very knowledgeable guides and hosts. A real taste of the Langhe region. Highly recommended!

Title should be “Wine tasting with a bit of truffels hunting.”

Susanne_F, Sep 2021

Not what we thought we had booked. Main scope was wine tasting and selling (should only be optional as per the tour description) instead of truffles hunting. Ok, Silvano greatly explained his business, but the truffles hunting was less than 1.5 hrs. The tasting of delicacies did not happen at all … as long as they did not sell us the wine as the local delicacy … All in all rather disappointing than exciting, and in this case way too expensive. We would not recommend to book this tour if you expect to get what is included in the description.

Response from Host, Sep 2021

hello susanne thanks for your review. We are sorry if we have not meet your expectations. However the wine tasting with snack was absolutely present as stated in the desciption ! Regarding the price you had a private English speaking guide, a winemaker and and the truffle hunter at your disposal. I am pretty sure you won't find anything similar for this price in the market. However thanks for your suggestios, it will help us to improve our service and experience !

Truffles hunting

Jolle_B, Nov 2020

We had a great time with Elio and his dogs finding truffles in the forest, really wonderful experience and we learned a lot! Wine testing was excellent, however a bit too long introduction with Silvano in the winery which was under big renovation. The tour took more than 4 hours instead of the 3 hours planned

So werden Trüffel gesammelt

Dietmar_G, Oct 2023

Sehr nette Guides, interessante Tour sehr stylisches Weingut, preis grenzwertig hoch. es wäre schön, wenn man den gesammelten Trüffel auch mitnehmen könnte.

Trøffeljagten var fin....

Poullund_C, Sep 2023

Trøffeljagten var fin. Guide og hund gjorde det godt. Vinsmagningen var ikke så spændende. Alt i alt en ok tur, men ikke ok i forhold til prisen. Vi skulle betale ekstra for trøflerne. Alt for dyr i forhold til oplevelsen.

Mucho viaje y contratiempos

Mariano_N, Jan 2023

Contratamos desde Turín , no se nos advirtió que teníamos que viajar 70 km. A un lugar donde no llega el tren ni colectivos , en camino arriba de un taxi nos dicen que no confirmamos con anticipación, cuando nos llegó el ok por mail, al llegar la guía nos pregunta si tenemos auto , de favor nos llevo en el Suyo. La guía y la excursión muy buena , la organización, no.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

hello thanks for your bad review. Please next time read more carefully the advertised experience as it s CLEARLY stated that clients MUST HAVE a car for this experience and that the experience is NOT in Turin ( as there no truffles in a city ! ) but it s in ALBA ! thanks

Trevligt och lyckat...

Josefina_I, Nov 2022

Trevligt och lyckat arrangemang! Hundarna hittade tryffel under jakten. Även guiden var entusiastisk och berättade med inlevelse.

Enttäuschend

Stephanie_B, Oct 2022

Der Ausflug begann in Monforte, von dort aus ging es zu einem Weingut, da waren schon mal 20 min mindestens um. Man hätte sich auch gleich dort treffen können. Trüffelsuche war Max 45 min, die beiden ersten Trüffel waren schnell gefunden, als wären sie dort platziert. Den letzten Trüffel hat die quirlige Palli wirklich entdeckt, ihr Herrchen war ganz aufgeregt, ihnen beiden gebühren die 3 Sterne für Sympathie! Danach 2h Weinprobe/Führung. Es war insgesamt das Geld nicht wert.

Die Trüffelsuche war ein Erlebnis

SIGRUN_L, Oct 2022

Die Leidenschaft des Trüffeljägers und sein guter Umgang mit seinen Hunden. Der 2. Teil die Weinprobe war auch nett, allerdings heißt es in der Viator Anzeige zuzüglich Verprobung lokaler Delikatessen, die gab es nicht. Die Anzeige sollte daher lieber einfach nur schildern, das es eine Weinprobe gibt....