Does anyone have recommendations for Truffle hunting in Croatia? We are going in late April 2026.
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Surrey, UK
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I was so intrigued by your query that I looked it up on google.
https://unforgettablecroatia.co.uk/food-wine/truffle-hunting-in-istria/
It seems that the season is Autumn - September to December.
Posted by
Virginia
459 posts
A great place to do that is near Motovun, Istria region. That is a lovely hill town (in fact, the most Italian hill town I’ve ever seen, although not in Italy). There’s a good truffle forest nearby. But I think my forum colleagues are correct that the season is fall, not spring. I did it while on a tour in September. Off season (for truffles) it will still be a lovely town and the shops will have plenty of truffle delicacies to sell you, but hunting them probably not productive.
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My son went to this place and loved it!
https://zigantetartufi.com/pages/truffle-hunting
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David - check out https://miro-tartufi.com/en/truffle-hunting/. We recently spent half a day with them in Motovun and can’t recommend more highly. Within 5 minutes of walking in woods his dogs started digging and within 20 minutes had found half dozen ping pong ball sized truffles. Back to his farmhouse for a spread of truffle snacks followed by truffled scrambled eggs topped with the freshly cleaned truffles we had just found. Dirt-to-table in under 2 hours! Lovely people and amazing setting at the foot of the walled city of Motovun.