With a fourth-generation hunter
South of Siena, the clay hills of the Crete Senesi hide truffles beneath the oak woods. You walk them with a hunter whose family has done this for four generations, then share a long lunch at his home — the truffles you found, shaved over the food. It is Tuscany from the inside.
A hunter whose family has done this for four generations.
Watch them work the woods.
The morning's find, at his family table.
Best time to goSeptember to December for white truffles
The white truffle season, roughly September to December, is the most prized — but hunts run through much of the year.
It is a gentle walk through woodland, suitable for most travellers.