Truffle Hunt & Wine Tasting in Tuscan Chianti Hills: Uncover Truffle Secrets & Savour the Flavours
5.0
5 Ratings
Castellina in Chianti
Embark on a truffle hunt in the Tuscan Chianti Hills, uncovering the secrets of these culinary treasures. Enjoy a wine tasting and indulge in Tuscan specialties at a local organic farm.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Tuscany Private Tour - Meet your guide and truffle hunter and his dogs!
  • Tenuta di Lilliano - Look for truffle
  • Podere La Piaggia - Wine tasting and lunch with truffles
What's Included
  • Wine tasting
  • Truffle hunt experience with local expert
  • Tour escort and Driver/guide
  • Lunch
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The hills of Tuscany conceal marvels, and we are here to guide you through a journey in the depths of the Chianti forests. We’ll uncover various complex mysteries surrounding truffles, spanning their habitat, life cycle, and the training involved in preparing truffle-sniffing dogs. Our truffle hunter and his four-legged companion will welcome you into the fascinating world of truffles, encompassing all stages from foraging to dining. This unique adventure promises to leave a lasting impression.
Delighting in a morning dedicated to searching for the culinary treasure known as ‘edible gold’ amongst the picturesque Tuscan woods will be both a delight and an educational experience. Following the truffle hunt, our adventure will proceed to a local organic farm where we will enjoy a lunch featuring Tuscan delicacies, all enhanced with the truffles we’ve collected.

  • tennis shoes and long pants suggested (there are mosquitoes and wild vegetation)
  • not suitable for people with severe walking difficulties
Location
Tuscany Private Tour
Viale IV Novembre
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
5.0
(5 Ratings)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Lisadlovestotravel
Jun 26, 2022
Book all your tours here! All authentic experiences! Once in a lifetime! - I would give them 10 stars. We did three tours with this company. Each was once in a lifetime and so authentic. Not one was touristy. Go to an authentic cheese farm. Go truffle hunting. Make pasta. And drink much great wine! Gabriele was our guide and he was so wonderful!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Austin_p
May 29, 2022
Great experience! - This was a wonderful experience! Our driver/translator picked us up from our hotel in a private car, took us to location and translated our truffle hunter for us. We found several truffles and took them to the little family winery where we had a great lunch and wine tasting. All 4 of us had a great time and loved the experience.
Review provided by Viator
Miiakoski
Oct 19, 2021
Excellent way to spend a half day - Nice truffle hunting experience with dogs in the forest. Nice lunch at farm house based on the truffles and local wine testing. Atmosphere was as superior.
Review provided by Viator
628brendah
Nov 9, 2019
Unique and amazing experience! - What an amazing day! It started with truffle hunting with Roberto and his two dogs - Ori and Chloe! We learned a lot about truffle hunting and how the dogs are trained. Chloe was 'in training' and it was fun to see how Roberto used both dogs. They found about 12 truffles in all of various sizes! Then we headed to a small family winery where we ate the fruits of our labor!!! We had a 4 course 'absolutely delicious' meal, tasted a lot of great wines, in addition to olive oil and honey! We even bought a bottle of wine to take with us and watched Sylvia add the DOCG label by hand (which are closely tracked by the region)! We had a great tour guide, Paelo, with us the entire day! He picked us us at our farmhouse, was our translator when needed, was very courteous and informative! I would highly recommend this very unique experience! And I would recommend Tuscany Private Tours. They were very easy to communicate with and very responsive!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Nicolefq1787uc
Jun 7, 2019
Amazing Experience!! - We had the pleasure of using Tuscany private tour company for two different days during our vacation in Tuscany. Let me first start by saying that the tour guides are very professional and extremely knowledgeable about the area, history & various activities. Our group size consisted of 11 people and Martina, our tour guide definitely had her work cut out for her (we are a large/loud group). We booked two different tours for two separate days, but our week started with the Wine tour & village excursion. We visited 2 beautiful local villages including Radda in Chianti as well as Castellina. We had a tasting and a beautiful lunch at the Castello Monterinaldi winery. It was a scenic location and Martina educated our group on the entire wine & olive oil making process, which was very interesting. The second excursion day consisted of Truffle Hunting and another wine tasting at a private organic farm, which was both charming and delicious. The truffle hunt was an amazing experience, starting from when Martina & the additional tour guide Jada picked us up from our villa in old school Land Rovers and took us a little off roading along the way. Overall, I cannot say enough positive things about our experience with Tuscany Private Tours. I would definitely recommend this company to anyone visiting the area or looking for activities that are off the beaten path of the typical city life in Italy. Not to mention, Martina went above and beyond her tour guide role throughout the day, also assisting us in tracking down our lost luggage from the airport, acting as a translator for us from Italian to English.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Select Date and Tickets
minimum 2 guests
-
up to 8 guests
2 Adult
May 2024
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Today