The 12 Best Truffle Hunting Trips in Tuscany

1.Truffle Hunting Experience with Lunch in San Miniato

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 383 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $241Our pick

Meet Francesca at her family farm near San Miniato for a gentle woodland truffle hunt with her trained dog. After about an hour, return for bruschetta, tagliolino with fresh truffles, dessert, and local wine in the family dining room. Transport from Florence requires planning.

“We had such an amazing time honestly! Everyone was accommodating, knowledgeable and fun. The food was divine honestly!”

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2.Florence Food Tour with Truffle Pasta, Steak & Free Flowing Wine

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 278 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $156

Start in Oltrarno at 5 p.m. for a small-group food walk with an English-speaking guide such as Kat, Jamie, or Katarina. Expect aged balsamic, cured meats, truffle cheeses, pasta, Florentine steak, wine, and gelato, ending near the Duomo.

“Katarina was a phenomenal host! Her fun personality, as well as her knowledge of food and the city of Florence is unsurpassed! I highly recommend booking this tour next time you are in Florence do not hesitate!”

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3.Flambé Cheese Wheel Truffle Pasta Class & Tiramisù

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 190 reviews · 3 hours (approx.)

Meet your chef near Via de’ Bardi for a three-hour Florence cooking class in English. You’ll make two pasta dishes and tiramisù, then share the food with Tuscan wine and soft drinks. Guides including Valentino and David have led warm, hands-on sessions for groups of up to 15.

“Fun hands on class learning how to make two different types of pasta. Guide also makes tiramisu for the group. As an FYI, everyone's pasta is collected and cooked for everyone to enjoy. As stated, access to house red/white wine and/or water is included.”

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4.Florence Food Tour: Home-Made Pasta, Truffle, Cantucci, Olive Oil, Gelato

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 187 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $54Best value

Walk Florence with a local guide such as Anna, Lorenzo, Marilisa, Francesco, or Valerie while tasting fresh pasta, truffle, olive oil, cantucci, Tuscan dishes, and gelato. The small group, capped at 14, mixes food stops with the Duomo, San Lorenzo, Palazzo Vecchio, and Santa Croce.

“anna our tour guide was so so knowledgeable and passionate about florence, she was the perfect tour guide and gave us so many recommendations for places to eat and things to do etc etc. will recommend to everyone i know!!!”

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5.Full-Day Small-Group Truffle Hunting in Tuscany with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 135 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $405

Leave Florence for San Miniato, where a local hunter and trained dog search the woods for white and black truffles. Enjoy a truffle lunch, Tuscan wine, and a second tasting at a Chianti winery with guides such as Matteo, Andrea, Hilary, or Julia.

“everything is so unique and exclusive, we had a great day, our guide is very professional, so much fun”

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6.Truffle Hunting in Chianti, pasta class and lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 39 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $191

Join truffle hunter Gian Marco and his dog Tabu in the woods of Cofferi 1242 near Il Ferrone. Search for black truffles, make fresh tagliatelle with the family, then eat lunch on a vineyard-view terrace with local wine, olive oil, antipasti, and truffle.

“100% recommended this experience if you are in Tuscany! We enjoyed the truffle hunting together with Marco and Taboo, we were lucky to find 5 truffles in the morning and the pasta making session was very fun too! Lunch is amazing!”

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7.Truffle Hunting, Lunch, and Wine Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 11 reviews · 7 hours · from $353

Spend seven hours with an English-speaking guide, a truffle hunter, and a trained dog in San Miniato. Search the Tuscan woods, eat a fresh truffle lunch at a family winery, and taste Chianti DOCG and Super Tuscan IGT wines. Guides have included Matteo, Andreas, Julia, and Nicolo.

“My son and I had an exquisite experience on a truffle hunting and wine tasting tour, led by our fantastic guide, Andreas. Andreas has definitely levelled up the experience sharing his life, his experience. We enjoyed the thrill of searching for truffles with an exciting dog, immersing ourselves in the delightful aroma of freshly unearthed truffles. We savored a lovely lunch featuring truffle-infused dishes. The wine tasting in Chianti was equally impressive, with Andreas sharing his extensive knowledge about the local wines and the winemaking process. This tour was a perfect blend of adventure, education, and delicious food.”

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8.Truffle Hunting and Vinci with Lunch and Winery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · 9 hours

Leave Florence for San Miniato and a two-hour truffle hunt with a professional and Lagotto dog. Eat fresh truffles at lunch, visit Leonardo da Vinci’s hometown, then taste Chianti wine at the family-run Borchi winery. Mario is named as one of the team’s drivers.

“It was great to see the dogs do something that made them happy. Loved the lunch using the truffles we found that morning”

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9.Chianti Truffle Hunting with Lunch or Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · from $225

Walk Chianti’s woods with guide Irene and her truffle dog, Tep, learning where truffles grow and how to handle them. The hunt ends back at the villa with lunch or dinner. Groups are limited to six, and the experience lasts about three hours.

“This was an amazing experience!! The truffle girls were so knowledgeable and gave us such a nice stroll through the woods to find some truffles for our lunch. We not only got 10 truffles but we had a great time doing it! It was so fun to learRead more”

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10.Private Truffle Hunting in Chianti from Florence

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $488

Travel from Florence into Chianti for a private truffle hunt with a professional hunter, dogs such as Dori or Bilba, and guides including Filippo and Roberto. Afterward, enjoy found truffles with a three-course meal and local wines at an organic farm or winery.

“My husband and I had an amazing experience from pickup to finish! Our drive was stunning first off, and a very comfortable drive at that. The hunt was quite an adventure, with the truffle dog Be Be, who was so lovable too. We found probably 6, maybe more truffles. It was so interesting, digging them up and having our dog let us know if it was a truffle. She is so smart! Then the lunch at a winery after with wines to pair and learn about while there too. All truly amazing, very memorable and totally worth it!!! Will likely be our favorite experience in Tuscany!!!!”

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11.San Gimignano Wine Tasting With Truffle Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 8 hours (approx.)

Travel from Florence with Giancarlo or the assigned Tuscany by GC driver for a private day in San Gimignano. Spend about two hours searching for truffles in the Tuscan woods, enjoy a truffle-based light lunch and wine tasting, then see medieval towers and the Vernaccia wine center. Extras cost $50 each.

“Very good experience. Everything went smoothly, the transfer were punctual and the communication was excellent. They were very kind and available for any request. We will definitely contact them again if we need their services in the future.”

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12.Truffle hunting and lunch experience, with Vinci and winery.

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $572

Travel from Florence to San Miniato for a two-hour truffle hunt with an expert forager and his dog, then enjoy a truffle-based lunch. Continue to Vinci for Leonardo’s birthplace, a historic center walk, and a Chianti tasting led by an expert winemaker. Private groups travel in English.

“Truffle hunting was great, Mario, our driver was fun and knowledgeable. The wine tasting left much to hr desired.”

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