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Italy exports the largest quantity of fresh truffles throughout the World and Umbria is the main producer of the best varieties: white, winter black, black. It counts 7,000 licensed truffle hunters distributed in about 1.500 ha of authorized regional territory. The truffle production accounts for more than 60 Euro MLN in the Italy’s National Product. Truffle hunting is one of the most fascinating activities offered in Umbria today; you can enjoy walking in the Italian countryside that is guaranteed to fill your senses and heighten your awareness as you follow expertly- trained dogs searching for the precious tuber, a thrilling experience in the deep-rooted soul of Umbria.
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The south-eastern part of Umbria is the most productive territory in Black Truffle production. The Valnerina and Spoleto areas renound for being the perfect environments for truffle to develop all year round thus representing a very important contribution to the local economy. Let’s enjoy a truffle hunt and the taste sensation that cooking with truffle provides, savouring unbelievable truffle recipes.
Truffles are not only a luxury food, but also a veritable world to discover: uncontaminated nature, tradition and an authentic passion for its processing, you can feel like a real truffle hunter for a day and savour the delicacies culinary delights based on the truffles so typical to our territory.
The Gubbio area produces the most popular and unique truffles in the World, the White truffle which matures during winter and prefers to grow at a greater depth than the other more common black truffles.
The terraced district of Campello sul Clitunno, near Spoleto and Trevi, has one of the largest family truffle economies in Umbria, thanks to its privileged environment for the production of the Superior Black Truffle.
It ripens between an altitude from 250m and 1,000 m above sea level. Immediate packaging as either fresh produce or hand- in sauces follows the seasonal pickings.
Monte Subasio is one of the most attractive sites in Umbria for the thrilling experience of a truffle hunt.
Between Assisi and Spello, the mountain environment provides the perfect soil combination for the black truffle to mature. Here nature is truly unsurpassed.
Those participating on the truffle hunt will feel mother earth beneath their feet but also the breath-taking vistas, which only Subasio can afford, unfolding before their very eyes.
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