Truffle hunting & cooking tour
Description
Awake your true adrenaline and visit the small village of Paladini, near Motovun, where the Karlić family has hunt truffles for three generations. Experience truffle hunting, a unique adventure of exploring for truffles in the Motovun forest, first created by the Karlić family and already enjoyed by many visitors from all around the globe. The three-hour adventure includes a short education about Istrian truffles and their history, tasting traditional Istrian food with truffles and local products of the Karlić family, and truffle hunting in the green oasis of Istria accompanied by the most exquisite muzzles - truffle dogs. In addition to the daylight truffle hunt, you can also experience a night truffle hunt which begins with truffles tasting accompanied by the most captivating sunset that leaves you breathless. On the top of that, all visitors have an opportunity to visit the first Truffle museum in Croatia.
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- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
Reviews(288)
It was a great experience! To see the dogs sniffing for truffles was so mesmerizing! Armin and Bela were great! Area is beautiful, Karlić grounds are beautifully decorated and it’s great to watch them prepare truffles for you. We will do it again for sure.
Truffle hunt was very lively with Gica done a great job. The scrambled eggs, the pasta with truffles and even the desserts were tasty. Great experience.
Anyone vacationing in Istria should not miss out on the topic of truffles. The truffle hunt with a subsequent tasting at Karlic Tartufi was amusing, educational, and delicious 😀 Great how people, animals, and nature work together here... we would do it again immediately. Have fun!
It was a great tour that combines food and nature! Approx. We were out for 1h with 2 dogs and it was exciting to look for the truffles and all our questions were answered by the guide Benjamin. The lunch menu was simply wonderful with a top view and everyone is super nice. Simply a great day!
Amazing experience, went here with kids and they did such a charming authentic job with amazing food, yes it's expensive but totally worth and the kids had fun too - totally recommendable!!
Wonderful introduction to and taste of the truffles of Istria. Knowledgable guide and fabulous chef guiding you through using truffles in simple but exquisite dishes.
This business has been in the Karlic family for a long time, founded by Mr. Ivan, and now run by his children Ivan and Ivana helped by the latter’s husband (not named Ivan). A most friendly team. Extremely interesting tour in beautiful setting. You will learn a lot about truffles, and have a delicious lunch. The shop sells all sorts of truffle-related products and other Croatian products (liquor, etc). Not cheap but unusual.
Very interesting family run tour finding about truffles and how they are found. Food we ate afterwards was wonderful - highly recommend. Probably going to spend a lot in the shop now! Bit of a walk on loose ground if you are unsteady on your feet. The dogs are wonderful!
Lovely place. Excellent and friendly guide Benjamin. We all enjoyed the tour and fantastic food. Truffle lovers. Thank you
Very educational and enjoyable! Learned a lot about the truffle industry and the region. And was able to sample amazing food!! Such a great well-rounded experience. Highly recommend!
