11 Best Truffle Hunting Tours in Tuscany (2026): Prices, Seasons & Getting There

Truffle hunting in Tuscany costs €100 to €200 if you can get yourself to the farm, and €320 to €480 on a day tour with transport from Florence. This guide compares eleven truffle hunting tours across San Miniato, the white truffle town between Florence and Pisa, San Gimignano, the hills around Siena and Chianti, on what you eat afterwards, who can come, and the part most listings leave vague: how you actually get there.

If the truffle is one part of a day you want spent eating and drinking, our Florence wine tasting guide covers Chianti estates, and the Tuscany day trip comparison covers Siena and San Gimignano circuits. For the season, our Florence in October guide covers the weeks when the hunts and the olive mills overlap.

Six picks for the different ways people plan a truffle hunt. We weighted how the day works in practice, mostly getting there and what you eat, above the hunt itself, which is similar everywhere: a walk in the woods while the dogs work.

Three listings on this page take you to the same place. Reviews of The Truffle Hunter (€200), Italy and Tour's full day from Florence (€335) and Eating Europe's truffle feast (€305 to €330) name the same host and the same dogs on a family estate near San Miniato. The hunt and the house are the common thread; what changes is how you get there and what is served.

• The Truffle Hunter (€200): you book the farm directly and make your own way, by car or by the 09:53 train from Florence to San Miniato and a taxi. Lunch with the estate's wines is included.
• Italy and Tour (€335): a guide drives you from Florence in a minivan, and the day runs seven hours with a light two-course lunch and a wine tasting.
• Eating Europe (€305 to €330): door-to-door pickup in Florence and a four-course truffle meal with wines, in five hours.

We'd lean toward booking the farm directly if you have a car, or don't mind a 40-minute train ride and a short taxi: it saves €105 to €135 a head for what reviewers describe as the same hunt. If you would rather not think about logistics at all, the two Florence tours are the simpler day.

The hunts on this page cluster in four areas. Pick the one closest to where you are staying, since most start at the farm and none of the on-site hunts include transport.

Truffle hunts in Tuscany run all year; what changes is which truffle the dogs find. Le Pietre Vive's listing sets out the calendar for its area: the Marzuolo, or March truffle, in spring; the black summer Scorzone in summer; and black winter truffles, sometimes with the prized white truffle, in winter. A guest on a San Miniato hunt reports finding white truffles in October, and another a mix of white and black in January.

No listing guarantees a find, but across the reviews we read, guests in every season describe the dogs turning up truffles, including one August hunt the guests had been told was outside truffle season. Autumn and winter hunts are muddier; Eating Europe suggests boots in winter, and one host lends them.

Truffle hunting in Tuscany costs €100 to €105 for a hunt with a tasting or snacks, €140 to €200 with brunch or a full lunch, and €305 to €480 for a day tour with transport from Florence. Children go free or pay €40 to €116 on most on-site hunts; Podere la Marronaia is adults only. What matters more than price is what follows the hunt: the walk with the dogs is similar everywhere, so the real choice is between a tasting, a meal or a cooking class.

Hunts around San Gimignano and Siena sit on the same roads as the classic hill-town circuit covered in our Tuscany day trip guide, and Chianti hunts pair naturally with a winery from our wine tasting comparison. If the pasta was the highlight, the cooking classes in Florence cover truffle and fresh pasta classes in the city. San Miniato is also on the train line to Pisa, which our Pisa tours from Florence guide covers.

• Sort out transport before you book: only three tours here include it, all from Florence. For The Truffle Hunter, the listing gives a 09:53 train to San Miniato and guests describe a taxi from the station; one guest found they had to arrange and pay for it themselves.
• Use the farm's directions, not just the map pin: one older review describes a sat-nav leading down a rough farm track.
• Wear boots or old shoes: the woods can be muddy, especially in autumn and winter, hunts can leave the path, and Tuscany Flavour asks for boots, hiking shoes and bug spray.
• Check what food is included: Le Pietre Vive includes no tasting, and a past guest who expected one felt short-changed; Nacci Tartufi has a tasting but no lunch.
• Bring the children: most on-site hunts take children free or at reduced rates, but The Truffle Hunter is 8+, Italy and Tour 12+ and Podere la Marronaia adults only.
• Bring bug spray in summer: the woods are cooler than the towns on hot days, but guests mention mosquitoes.
• Leave room in your luggage: several farms sell truffle oils, creams and wines after the hunt.
• Visiting in August? Our Florence in August guide covers the hottest month of the year at a 30°C average, which is a strong argument for the earliest morning hunt on offer, and it flags that some rural operators pause around Ferragosto.
• Visiting in November? Our Florence in November guide covers peak white truffle season, when San Miniato runs its national market across the last three weekends and the local article replaces the summer truffle on menus across the city.
• Cancel more than 24 hours out: the listings we checked on October 6, 2026 give a full refund for cancellations at least 24 hours before.