As part of the Truffle Hunt event for individual visitors, the Museum holds a truffle hunting on August 14th and 29th with a starting time at 9:30 a.m. The program includes: 1. Truffle hunting in the forest with specially trained truffle dogs 2. Cooking and truffle spaghetti meal in the Continue Reading
Truffle hunting with us gets a mention in today’s Sunday Times Style section here under 5 (subscription required). No, that’s not me and my hound on the left but one of the “stars” of the film “The Truffle Hunters”! Stop press: I tweeted this and the first like was from Continue Reading
I’ve been desperate to see this documentary film – The Truffle Hunters – since I first heard of it early last year with its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January 2020. It has won awards and has been highly praised by critics. Release has been held Continue Reading
Many people are surprised to learn that truffles can be found growing wild in England. This is not a recent discovery; from the late 17th century until the 1930s, truffle hunting was a cottage industry with the main centres in Wiltshire, Sussex and Hampshire. Those involved were often farm labourers, Continue Reading
Journalist Rob Crossan recently joined us on one of our truffle hunting experience days and wrote about it for Departures Magazine and www.departures-international.com, the magazine and accompanying web site for American Express® international Platinum Card® members. You can read about his day here. The post American Express magazine showcases our Continue Reading
We recently had to say a sad farewell to our Max. He had made it to the grand old age of 17, having retired 4 or 5 years ago as a truffle hound. He came to us aged 3, rescued from the dog pound in Dublin and was taught to Continue Reading
Our “rent a truffle hound” service is included in part of an article on truffle finds in gardens that appeared in The Financial Times’ Weekend section. You can read the article “No mere truffle: could this delicacy be growing in your back garden?” here (PDF). We get quite a few Continue Reading
Every year we get lots of excited people getting in touch thinking they have found a truffle in their garden. Sometimes the family pet has found it, other times wildlife, such as a Squirrel has left some of it or more commonly, they found it while digging or tidying up Continue Reading
When you buy truffle trees, to give you a smoother delivery experience, we are pleased to announce that we have added what3words to our checkout page. what3words is a simple way to talk about and share locations. The system divides the world into 3 metre squares, giving each square a Continue Reading
The Natural History Museum of Meteora and Mushroom Museum gained two awards at Tourism Awards 2021, the biggest Greek tourism award institution. More specifically, the Museum won the GOLD award in the “Museums / Archaeological Sites / Cultural Sites” category for the complete museum experience that it offers, while the Continue Reading
