Truffle Hunting Tour: Discover Valpolicella's Black Diamonds with Wine Pairing Adventure

Embark on a truffle hunting adventure in Valpolicella, Italy, and discover the black diamonds of the kitchen. Join a Tartufaro and their dog in the hunt, taste fresh local truffles, and indulge in a wine pairing with the famous Amarone wine.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Join a knowledgeable Tartufaro guide and their dog for an exciting hunt for scorzone (black summer) truffles in the picturesque woods and lands around Verona. Delight in tasting Valpolicella and Amarone wines, truffles, and local specialties at a genuine Italian winery.
After the hunt, enjoy a delightful pairing of Amarone wine and truffles with the…

What's Included
  • Savor fresh pasta paired with truffle
  • Indulge in local delicacies including cheeses, salami, chutney, and olive oil
  • Experience Verona’s premier Truffle Hunt at Tenuta Santa Maria Valverde
  • Join a seasonal truffle hunt with an Italian Tartufaro
  • Enjoy a guided tasting of local wines
Additional Information

Embark on a black truffle hunting expedition with a seasoned Italian Truffle Hunter and his trained dog. Explore the lands of Valpolicella while participating in a hunt for the sought-after Scorzone Truffle. Guided by the Tartufaro, you’ll hunt for this culinary gem in the forests and terrains surrounding a traditional, age-old winery in Verona. Relish…

Location
Verona
Depending on the type of your ticket, follow below: [Truffle Hunt]: meeting point at Tenuta Santa Maria Valverde loc. Gazzo 4 37020 Marano di Valpolicella VR [Truffle Hunt + transport]: 2 pick-up points: 10:00AM Piazzale Cadorna (Verona centre); 10:15AM Verona P.Nuova train station
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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L534eeyvonnem
Aug 28, 2025
All around a unique experience we will gladly come back - First we had a tour with Nicola the Chef through the property, explaining a lot about the production of Amarone wines, really very understandable and entertaining. We had the English version of the tour. Afterwards, a great hike with Ilaria of Nicola's wife started through the vineyards and the forest with the dogs, they were constantly sniffing with their noses and digging vigorously for truffles in various places.It was totally fun...at the end of the tour we had three beautiful truffles. Then our tasting began with a delicious vesper and pasta with fresh truffle, plus the delicious Valpolicella and Amarone wines. Finally, there were espresso and pastries as well as grappa in various variants. It was just fantastic and then the magnificent view of the wine region. We can only recommend the tour, this is really an experience we will tell you about for a long time to come.
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Resort31028426676
Jul 23, 2025
- Lovely experience, at a beautiful and charming location. The hosts was generous, kind and passionate about their work, and the wine, snacks and pasta with own picked truffles of the day was delicious. We truly recommend this tour.
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242celesteh
Jul 6, 2025
Favorite of our Italy trip - This is one of my favorite things we did in Italy. The truffle hunting tour was amazing. Our 11 year old daughters loved it! We hiked and found truffles with their dogs and then returned to the vineyard and had a tour of the winery. We had an amazing lunch and tasted their wines. It was so much fun!
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Jhe1963
Jul 3, 2025
see above - I can / can only recommend. With a lot of love and empathy Ilaria took us truffle hunting. Cool, great - relatively expensive, but absolutely worth it. It's a pity you don't get a little truffle as a "farewell gift" when you say goodbye.
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Resort55474302335
Jun 4, 2025
Fantastic experience ! - We had an amazing experience hunting truffles - we went out on the trail with the two dogs, their master and another couple and the dogs found 6 or 7 truffles ! It was a really special experience to see them dig and fetch the tartufos ! The other guests were super friendly and our host very knowledgeable. The lunch back at the house was excellent, and included the truffles we’d just found, as well as delicious wine, in a lovely setting with view on the valley. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone spending a few days in the Verona area !
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Riinu2017
May 12, 2025
Thank you! - We enjoyed very much Truffle hunting and the lunch was really delicious! Thank you, the kind personal and cute and fun dogs!
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Courtney_b
Apr 18, 2025
Such a great experience... - Such a great experience truffle hunting. They were so accommodating and helped get me to the location seamlessly. Wines and food were amazing. Highly recommend!
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I6386gckerstinh
Jan 18, 2025
A successful adventure - We gave this truffle hunt to our friends and it was a complete success. Yesterday it took place in fine weather. Everyone was very friendly, it was explained a lot and the dogs were adorable. After a successful search there was pasta with truffles, which were very delicious. With the Vino served, the adventure ended in a very nice ambience. The two were delighted and would definitely recommend it.
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Pezil2016
Oct 4, 2025
Recommendation for the truffle tour with Ilaria - We had a wonderful day of truffle hunting at the beginning of October. Thanks to Ilaria and her special Truffle-Searching-Dogs, we learned a lot about the area, traditional winemaking and the local truffle tradition - and we were successful ;-) We were able to grate the truffles we found over handmade pasta and enjoyed the 3 course Lunch with three different wines. All in all, a pricey but unforgettable event. Mille Grazie Ilaria🙏🏼 We had a wonderful truffle hunting day at the beginning of October Thanks to Ilaria and her special search dogs we learned a lot about the area, the traditional wine growing and the truffle tradition there and were also successful. We were allowed to grate the found truffles over the handmade pasta and enjoy them with 3 different 3 in-house wines. All in all a costly but unforgettable event. Mille Grazie Ilaria🙏🏼
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Markgood72
Jun 8, 2024
Truffle hunting was just OK, wine tasting was good - As experienced “truffle hunters” in Italy (we also did it in Tuscany 2-3 years ago), the truffle hunting part of the tour was just OK. More of a hike than anything, but only found 4-5 very small truffles, maybe the size of a marble. Compared to 2 years ago in Tuscany, we found 15-20 in half the time, all very good size, like an average strawberry. Then, when they served us food, it was good, but there was hardly any truffle on it at all, maybe just oil, not 1 slice that you usually find. Again, compared to Tuscany, the guy shaved 5-10 slices on each dish. In Tuscany, he probably used 3-4 full truffles for only 4 of us. Here, I don’t think they used even 1, just oil with some truffle specs. The wine was very good. The people were super nice, although a little slow with the tasting. I would recommend doing the tasting only and save truffle for Tuscany or elsewhere. On their website, they show shaving the truffles on the food, but they did not do that.
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up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).