ACQUALAGNA TRUFFLE FAIR
Truffle weekend in Acqualagna (Marche) where gourmets (and the curious public) meet to study, weigh up and admire an unprepossessing-looking tuber, that is, however, at the apex of the food appreciation scale. The International White Truffle Fair, in which small fortunes change hands as chefs and dealers acquire the precious nuggets of heady musty-scented fungi, began on October 25th and ends on the 14th - 15th November 2026 having stretched over four weekends throughout the month of November.
Acqualanga is also home, however, to the relatively more available black truffle, with the Regional Fine Black Truffle Fair programmed for February and again in August.
Truffles, once considered the exclusive province of gourmet chefs and restaurants, now have a wide international following of well-off customers who have come to appreciate their distinctive flavour. A kilo of white truffle fetches between 3,500 – 11,000 euro at retail.
The present Fair programme includes market stands with truffles and truffle-flavoured specialities, cooking demonstrations by celebrated chefs, guided visits to the local Truffle Museum as well as truffle treasure hunts in the woods for all the family, with demonstrations of the sniffer dogs at work nosing out the precious tuber concealed under the earth.
Info: Tel. +39.334.2526561/072.1796741
