Truffle Season around San Miniato

The white truffle, before the main event in San Miniato during the last three weekends in November, is celebrated during the so-called “Truffle Season“, the programme of five festivals in some of the municipality’s hamlets, which will start after the opening of the truffle hunting season (10 September).

It starts at La Serra on 24, 25 and 26 September with the 14th “Sagra del tartufo bianco e del fungo porcino” (White Truffle and Porcini Mushroom Festival)

On 2 and 3 October it is the turn of the 35th “White Truffle Market Fair” in Corazzano, the second longest-running,

On 16 and 17 October, the 43rd “Sagra del tartufo bianco e del funghi” (White Truffle and Mushroom Festival) in Balconevisi, the oldest in terms of number of editions, second only to the San Miniato Fair.

The festival continues on 23-24 and 30-31 October with the youngest of them all, the 7th “San Miniato Hills Truffle Festival” in Ponte a Egola, and concludes with the 13th “Pinocchio Truffle Festival” on Sunday 7 November in San Miniato Basso.

Programs of the various festivals on the page